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When you’re sick or suffering from a long-term illness, it’s a great feeling when your doctor informs you that they have something that can help. Products created to help consumers should not hurt them, but unfortunately, some drugs cause harm instead of help. More and more defective products are becoming readily available every day, which raises the likelihood that more consumers will continue to be hurt.
If you or someone you know has been the victim of a defective drug, you have legal recourse available to you. An experienced Hawai‘i dangerous drug lawyer is ready to help get you the justice and compensation you deserve.
Even if a drug has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it does not mean that it’s safe for everyone. With all drugs, there are known risks or possible side effects that consumers are usually warned of, but we often think they will never happen to us or that those side effects are extreme cases.
When a drug begins to cause problems and becomes a danger to users, it’s important to recognize that extreme adverse harm should not be happening and that something should be done to stop its use.
Common medications such as Tylenol or Ozempic have caused harm to a large number of consumers, and yet they are still on the market.
There are so many drugs with known serious side effects that are easily accessible to consumers.
While manufacturers or doctors may promise that only a small percentage of users of these drugs will experience a problem, we know that’s not always the case. The following are a few of the most well-known drugs that have ongoing lawsuits:
Tylenol is one of the most common over-the-counter (OTC) medications, one that thousands of people use every day for common cold symptoms and pain relief.
While it has generally been considered safe for pregnant women, the use of Tylenol during pregnancy has now been linked to an increased risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a 2021 study from the National Institute of Health (NIH).
Many lawsuits are pending against Johnson & Johnson, the makers of Tylenol, and you may be eligible to file if you took the medication during your second or third trimester and your child has been diagnosed with ASD or ADHD.
Designed to help manage the blood glucose levels in people with type 2 diabetes, Ozempic is a once-weekly injection that increases the levels of incretins, which helps the body produce more insulin when needed.
It has also been used as a weight-loss drug, although it was never approved by the FDA for that objective. The use of Ozempic has been linked to often severe gastrointestinal health issues, especially in individuals who take high doses, are on the medication for a long time, or use it specifically for weight loss purposes.
If you used Ozempic or similar drugs, Wegovy and Rybelsus, and were later diagnosed with related gallbladder issues, you have grounds to file a lawsuit alongside others similarly harmed.
Used to treat thyroid eye disease (TED), Tepezza was the first FDA-approved drug to combat this disease, but it has since been shown to cause serious hearing loss.
65% of users reported hearing loss, hearing damage, or tinnitus (ringing in the ears), far more than the 10% the makers of the drug claimed would be affected. The ongoing lawsuits for Tepezza started in 2022 when individual users began filing product liability lawsuits against Horizon, the maker of the drug.
As of June 2023, the case against Tepezza and Horizon became a class action lawsuit or multidistrict litigation (MDL).
First approved by the FDA in 1996, Elmiron is a prescription drug used to treat bladder pain and discomfort associated with interstitial cystitis (IC). It is the only FDA-approved medication for IC, which has no known cure, but the drug has been shown to cause potentially severe vision issues, including permanent retinal damage, in its users.
A woman in Nevada, who had used the drug since 2012, filed a personal injury lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson in 2020, stating that Elmiron caused her to develop maculopathy, a retinal disease.
More lawsuits have since been filed, and if you took Elmiron for at least two years and have suffered vision problems, you are eligible to file your own suit.
If you or someone you know has suffered due to any of these drugs, or you believe your illness or injury was caused by a drug not listed, a defective product attorney at Wayne Parsons Law Office is ready to help. Even if the drug that harmed you is not in a class action or mass action lawsuit, you still have the right to file a grievance and seek justice.
We can guide you through the legal process of holding those responsible for your suffering accountable.
For most drugs with known dangers, such as those mentioned above, there are already multiple lawsuits pending against them from hundreds of affected individuals and their families. These are called mass action lawsuits or “mass torts,” and if you are suffering due to the side effects of a dangerous drug, you can join others to fight the manufacturers, suppliers, or prescribers of these drugs.
Mass torts are a combination of a lot of individual personal injury and product liability cases, but unlike class action lawsuits, each injured victim has their own case within the larger suit.
Each individual victim may have been harmed by the same product as other victims, either in a similar way or in a completely different way. No matter your exact symptoms or side effects, you can still file a claim alongside others who have been harmed.
When it comes to pursuing legal action against medications, manufacturers, suppliers, doctors, etc., knowing how much compensation or the settlement you may receive is not usually easy to determine.
Because each individual suffers differently and each case is unique, lawsuits against these companies can be confusing and time-consuming, but having a Hawai‘i dangerous drug lawyer on your side is the best choice you can make.
If you’ve suffered due to a dangerous drug in Hawai‘i, you have the right to compensation for any and all injuries or symptoms you have because of it. Wayne Parsons Law Office is contingency-based, meaning that you won’t have to pay a fee until we win your case or reach a settlement.
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