A middle-aged woman sustained serious heart valve injury (i.e.
primary pulmonary hypertension) from taking a prescribed diet drug
Redux, which contains Fen/Phen. Our firm maintained joint responsibility with an experienced drug injury
firm who settled the case.
$2.5 Million Settlement
A wife and mother of two children died of a cerebral hemorrhage
after taking an over the counter diet drug diet drug containing
Ephedra. The deceased’s husband contacted our firm for help.
Our firm maintained joint responsibility with an experienced product liability attorney who settled
the case.
$900,000 Settlement
We were co-counsel in a case involving a dietary supplement with
PPA. The client suffered a stroke and had a brain bleed that required
two surgeries. Our firm maintained joint responsibility with an experienced product liability attorney
who settled the case.
$ 750,000 Settlement
A teenager committed suicide after taking an anti-depressant drug
for several weeks. The young boy’s life was cut short just
one week before his birthday. Our firm maintained joint responsibility with an experienced product liability
attorney who settled the case.
$1.25 Million Settlement
Our client was the mother of a one year old child who was born with a complex cardiovascular condition. The child was diagnosed with arterial septal defect, ventricular septal defect and congestive heart failure, all conditions caused by the mother's use of Paxil during the first trimester of her pregnancy. Our firm maintained joint responsibility with an experienced drug injury firm who settled the case.
$800,000 Settlement
When Baycol was removed from the market in 2001, we were contacted by many Rhode Islanders who were injured by this medication. Our firm maintained joint responsibility with an experienced attorney in pharmaceutical litigation, who was successful in negotiating a multi-million dollar settlement for several clients.
$2 Million in total Settlements
Due to taking the drug zyprexa, a number of our clients developed type 2 diabetes as a side effect. Our firm maintained joint responsibility with a pharmaceutical litigation law firm, who was successful in negotiating a multi-million dollar settlement for our clients.
$3.8 Million in total
Settlements
A Connecticut man was diagnosed with Type II diabetes after using the medication, Zyprexa. Our firm maintained joint responsibility with an experienced attorney in pharmaceutical litigation, and the case was settled out of court.
$500,000 Settlement
The vaccine Gardasil causes very serious side effects, including death. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) maintains the vaccine only has minor side effects, eighteen deaths have been reported. Although not causally linked to Gardasil, eleven of the deaths occurred less than 7 days after the women received the vaccine. The youngest victim was only 11 years old. Forty-five women have experienced miscarriages or spontaneous abortions soon after receiving Gardasil injections.
Gardasil is a vaccine designed to prevent the Human Papilloma Virus or HPV. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease. Normally HPV will not cause any symptoms and will go away on its own. However, in a small number of cases, if untreated, HPV can lead to genital warts and cervical cancer. There are about 40 types of HPV; Gardasil is only designed to prevent 4 types of HPV, 6, 11, 16 and 18. However, two of those types cause 70% of cervical cancer, while the other two types cause 90% of genital warts. The FDA approved Gardasil in June 2006. At the time the FDA heralded Gardasil as a “huge advance.” Nevertheless, Gardasil is still in testing phase and final tests will not conclude until September 2009.
Gardasil is administered through a series of three injections. The three injections are given over a six month period of time, the second dose two months after the first and the third dose four months later. Gardasil is recommended only for girls and women aged 9-26 years old. The FDA has not approved it for use in older women. In fact in June 2008, the FDA declined to approve Gardasil for women ages 27-45. Currently, the best time to receive the Gardasil vaccine is before a girl or woman becomes sexually active. The normal age recommended for girls to receive the vaccine is 11 or 12 years old.
The developers of Gardasil, Merck & Company, stated Gardasil was virtually free from side effects. However, this is not accurate, over 8,000 cases of adverse side effects have been reported to the FDA’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System or VAERS. Gardasil has serious side effects.
In 2008, Judicial Watch, a public interest group, issued a special report on the FDA’s quick approval of the Gardasil vaccine. Click here to read the Judicial Watch Report on Gardasil. It found the FDA rushed through the approval of Gardasil, after only a six month review process and has been on the market for over two years while testing of the vaccine is incomplete. The long term effects of Gardasil are unknown, particularly the effects on a woman’s fertility. In addition, the effectiveness of Gardasil long term is unknown. The vaccine is thought to only be effective in preventing HPV for two to five years, which means girls and women will have to receive multiple vaccines throughout their lifetime.
Merck & Company aggressively lobbied for Gardasil to be mandatory for public school children, even though, neither the New England Journal of Medicine nor the American College of Pediatrics recommend mandatory vaccines. Over twenty states have considered making Gardasil either mandatory or voluntary for middle school girls. However, only Virginia has passed such a bill into law, which contained an opt-out provision for parents. Even Dr. Diane Harper, a specialist who helped developed Gardasil is against mandatory vaccines. She said, “the vaccine has not been out long enough for us […] to really understand what all of the potential side effects are going to be.”
Dr. Diane Harper expresses concerns over what she considers a rush to recommend and mandate the vaccination of very young girls with the vaccine. Read full article...
PLEASE SPEAK WITH YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE DISCONTINUING THE USE OF GARDASIL OR ANY OTHER PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
If you believe that you or a loved one has suffered serious injury or death as a result of Gardasil, you may want to speak with a personal injury attorney regarding a potential lawsuit. An injury lawyer familiar with new developments in the investigation of Gardasil may be able to help you make important personal and legal decisions.
Please contact the law offices of d'Oliveira & Associates at 1-800-992-6878 or fill out a contact form for a free legal consultation.