Dangerous Drugs and Medical Devices

Boston Area Vaginal Mesh Lawyers

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Our Boston dangerous drugs and devices attorneys are filing lawsuits for Boston women for vaginal mesh, bladder sling, Stryker Hip Replacments and Yaz birth control pills.

The Boston Vaginal Mesh Lawsuits are perhaps the leargest mass tort class actions we have seen harming women since the Dow Corning Breast Implant Class Action. Thousands of women have been harmed with an estimated 300,000 Prolene mesh implants. Prolene is a synthetic substance that has been use to create a hammock like support for a uterine prolapse. It is also used to tighten the urethal sphincter to help with SUI or active urinary incontinence. This is minor leakage when coughing, sneezing or during phsical activity or exertion that put pressure.

In 2011 the FDA published a warning on these vaginal mesh and bladder sling devices and lawsuits started pouring in from women claiming the failed mesh had caused re prolapse, the return of urinary incontinence, bleeding, infections, inability to have intimate relations with their spouse, severe relentless pain and the need for multiple revision surgeries.

Free Legal Shield has opened a Vaginal Mesh Injury Department to help women file Boston vaginal mesh lawsuits easily. Most of these Boston transvaginal mesh lawsuits will be a part of a consolidated MDL in West Virginia. Do to the vast numbers and similarity in complications a consolidated MDL helps save court expense and allows for an easier negotiating process.

If you or a Boston loved one has a failed mesh and has not filed a lawsuit as of yet, we suggest doing so right away to protect your interests. Once the lawsuit is filed you may be able to get pre settlement funding to pay for the mesh removal.

Metal On Metal Hip Implant Lawyers, DePuy Hip Lawsuit, Stryker Hip Lawsuit

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Are You A Victim Of A Failed Metal On Metal Hip Implant?

Our lawyers are offering help to people who need revision surgery from a failed DePuy or Stryker Hip Implant. Speak to a hip Implant lawyer now.

Failed hip replacements often require a painful and expensive revision surgery. Our hip replacement lawyers work to help victims affected by defective hip replacement implants get compensation through hip replacement lawsuits.

Metal On Metal Hip Implants Have Been Recalled

Depuy Hip Replacement Recall

DePuy ASR
DePuy Pinnacle

In August 2010, Depuy Orthopaedics recalled its metal on metal ASR hip replacement after the device began failing at a rate higher than expected. The New York Times reported nearly 5,000 complaints were filed with the FDA in association with this device in 2011 alone.

Stryker Hip Replacement Recall

Rejuvenate
ABG-II Modular Stems

On July 6, 2012 Stryker Orthopaedics voluntarily removed the Rejuvenate and ABG II modular-neckstems from the market and terminated global distribution of these products.

If you arre a victim of either of these products call us for a hip implant lawyer

Yaz, Yasmin Ocella Lawyers For Strokes,Heart Attack, Bloodclots, Death

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Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella Lawyers Filing Blood Clot Lawsuits

Have you taken Yaz?

Have you taken Yasmin?

Have you taken Ocella?

Lawyers Filing Lawsuits for Blood Clots and Death From Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella

Have you suffered a:

Deep Vein Thrombosis,

Pulmonary Embolism,

Blood Clot,

Heart Attack

Stroke

Serious injury from Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella includes Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Pulmonary Embolism (PE), Stroke, Heart Attack, Blood Clots, Death, Stroke

Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella Injuries

The FDA issued Bayer a warning in October, 2008 that contained the FDA’s findings concerning Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella..
Yaz, Yasmin or Ocella lawyers are accepting injury lawsuits for blood clot related injuries only

  • Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
  • Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
  • Heart Attacks
  • Strokes
  • Blood Clots
  • Death

Contact us immediately for find put about your rigjts in a Yaz, Yasmin or Ocella lawsuit.

Mirena IUD Lawyers Accepting Mirena IUD Lawsuits Nationwide

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Free Legal Shield Mirena IUD Lawyers are accepting Mirena IUD cases where the device has migrated from position to the uterus, abdomen or a nearby organ. The device becomes embedded and causes a perforation and usually needs to be surgically removed.

Can you answer yes to any of these questions? If so, we need to hear from you today.

Were there any complications with the original insertion?
Do you have a perforation?
Has the device been surgically removed?

Symptoms to watch out for include:

Lower abdominal pain
Heavy vaginal bleeding
Inability to locate the Mirena IUD string
Bloating,and pain in the abdomen
Nausea, Vomiting, Chills, Fever and Rapid heartbeat

Serious side effects that have been linked to Mirena include:

  • Embedment in the uterus
  • Embedment in the abdomen or a nearby organ
  • Erosion of adjacent areas such as the vagina
  • Intestinal perforations or obstruction
  • Perforation of the uterus

Mirena IUD Lawsuits Alert

Mirena IUD lawyers are filing Mirena lawsuits for a implanted Mirena IUD needing to be surgically removed because it migrated from its original position and perforated the uterine lining, You may have a potential Mirena lawsuit.

Legal Shield has launched an aggressive outreach campaign to locate all women who have had a perforation of the uterus or abdomen or another organ.

Yasmin Lawsuits Continue, Yasmin Lawyer News and Updates

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Free Legal Shield has the latest news and updates on Yasmin lawyers and Yasmin lawsuits. Women are filing Yasmin lawsuits for blood clots, pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis.

Yasmin Lawsuits Span the Globe


February 8, 2013, 01:30:00PM. By Gordon Gibb

Chicago, IL: In the 12 years since the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first approved Yasmin birth control, could the agency have imagined that by the start of 2013 there would be no fewer than 9,455 lawsuits alleging harm from Yasmin and its close contraceptive cousin, Yaz? The US Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation (MDL 2100, US District Court, Southern District of Illinois), released that figure on January 14, according to PRWeb Newswire (2/6/13).

Yasmin Lawsuits Span the GlobeIndustry watchers and health advocates surmise that we haven’t seen the last of Yaz lawsuits or similar litigation involving Yasmin. The most recent Yasmin lawsuit was filed with US District Court, Southern District of Illinois (case # 3:2012cv11630) on behalf of five plaintiffs alleging serious Yasmin adverse events and Yaz side effects stemming from the use of the two controversial contraceptives.

Three of the plaintiffs allege Yasmin DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis), together with Yasmin blood clots and heart blockages. Another plaintiff represents the estate of a woman who died after suffering a stroke. According to PRWeb Newswire, the victim had been using the Yasmin pill for a little over a month when she died.

Still another plaintiff alleges Yasmin gallbladder problems.

And concern with regard to Yasmin and Yaz continues to reverberate around the globe. In the wake of France recommending to the European Medicines Agency that Yasmin/Yaz be established as the birth control choice of last resort, the largest health insurer in Switzerland has revealed it is supporting a young Swiss woman in her legal claim against pharmaceutical giant Bayer.

According to Swiss media reports, the young woman suffered a pulmonary embolism just a few weeks after first prescribed the Yasmin pill. The embolism, it is reported, left the woman severely disabled. Medical costs related to the alleged Yasmin side effects have climbed to 600,000 Swiss francs, or $648,600 when converted into US currency value.


CSS, a health insurance powerhouse in Switzerland, wants that money back. Thus, CSS is reportedly backing the young woman in her Yasmin lawsuit, and is participating as co-plaintiff.

Metro Boston (1/9/13) reports that Bayer has agreed to pay a combined sum of $750 million to settle 3,490 US claims related to Yasmin blood clots and similar injuries involving Yaz. Another 3,800 cases pending in the US also allege blood clot injuries. However, it should be noted that those claims and Bayer’s agreement to settle cover only blood clots and Yasmin DVT. They do not include other injuries allegedly associated with Yasmin or Yaz, including Yasmin gallbladder problems.

French authorities are also seeking a restriction on the use of Bayer contraceptive Ocella, due in part to concerns over Ocella side effects.

Free Legal Shield keeps you updated on all dangerous drugs and devices harming women.

GranuFlo news Updates, Dialysis Medication Lawsuits Consolidation

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GranuFlo and Naturalyte heart attack form dialysis medication lawyers are filing lawsuits for cardiac injury and death from GranuFlo and Naturalyte.

There was a class 1 recall of GranuFlo last year due to cardiac injury during or just after dialysis treatment. NaturaLyte is a liquid acid concentrate and GranuFlo is a dry acid concentrate. Both products contain sodium acetate that converts to bicarbonate at higher then expected rates leading to immediate cardiac arrest in many dialysis patients and cardiac injury bin others.
At year s end in 2012,a Motion to Consolidate the cases into multidistrict litigation (MDL) for all federal lawsuit was filed. A request has been filed with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation asking that all Naturalyte and GranuFlo lawsuits filed in U.S. District Courts throughout the country be consolidated for pretrial proceedings in the District of Massachusetts.
Early in 2013, Fresenius said in court papers that it agreed that consolidation of the NaturaLyte and Granuflo litigation was appropriate and supported the transfer of the cases to the District of Massachusetts
On January 3, several Plaintiffs with pending lawsuits have objected to centralizing the cases in Massachusetts, indicating that the litigation should be consolidated in the southeast, because of the number of cases filed in that region. Their choices are the Southern District of Mississippi and the Northern District of Alabama have been requested. Many Florida retired seniors are dialysis patents and have been injured or killed sue to a cardiac episode from GranuFlo or Naturalyte.

Filing Adverse Incident Reports with the FDA

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If you have had complications from a drug or device like GranuFlo, Naturalyte, Dialysis medications, the vaginal mesh, bladder sling, Mirena IUD, metal on metal hip replacement, Stryker Rejuvinate, Stryker metal rods hip replacement, Infuse bone graft, or any drug or medical device you can file an adverse incident report with the FDA. These are iimportant to do as the more there are the more chance warnings will be issued and even recalls. In the case of the vaginal mesh this is extremely important.


What you can do to make awareness of adverse events or side effects from a vaginal mesh or Mirena IUD or any drug or device?

You must stand up for justice and help others.The testing that helps to establish the safety of products, such as drugs and medical devices, is typically conducted on small groups before FDA approves the products for sale. Some problems can remain unknown, only to be discovered when a product is used by a large number of people. When you file an adverse incident report it helps get a dangerous product alert and /or recall established by the FDA. The more that file, the better chance of getting these off the market so they do not hurt anyone else. Once there is a warning or recall a lawsuit is usually filed and a multi distrct litigation established. This can even be done without a recall or warning. The more adverse incident reports the better it is for all injured people.

When problems with FDA-regulated products occur, the agency wants to know about them and has several ways for the public to make reports. Timely reporting by consumers, health professionals, and FDA-regulated companies allows the agency to take prompt action. The agency evaluates each report to determine how serious the problem is, and, if necessary, may request additional information from the person who filed the report before taking action.
What you need to make your report

You need to get your medical devices details. You can go to the hospital where mesh was implanted for these details or you can find your medical device details in your medical records by asking your surgeon’s secretary, you can apply for your medical records directly from the surgeon:

The details you require on your medical device are as follows:

  • The name of the medical device
  • The name of the manufacturer
  • The modal and serial number

If your surgeons secretary asks why you want these details please say you want to put in your adverse report into the FDA as there are already significant numbers on their database plus they have launched an investigation.

In the UK contact the MHRA

Online MHRA reporting adverse incidents involving medical devices:- www.mhra.gov.uk/Safetyinformation/Reportingsafetyproblems/Devices/index.htm

Note: You can ask the MHRA for the final manufacturer conclusion report on your medical device report. Stand up and get justice. File your adverse incident report and protect the public from a dangerous drug or devise and a manufacturer who did not do do diligence in warning the public.

GranuFlo Recall, Dialysis Medication Lawsuits, Heart Attack From Dialysis Medication Lawyers

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GranuFlo is used in Dialysis treatment. it has been recalled due to sudden heart attacks and deaths. Heart attack from dialysis medication lawyers are filing lawsuits for deaths from dialysis medications.

Definitions and Kindney Disease Overview

Chronic kidney disease (CKD): any condition that causes reduced kidney function over a period of time. CKD is present when a patient’s glomerular filtration rate remains below 60 milliliters per minute for more than 3 months or when a patient’s urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio is over 30 milligrams (mg) of albumin for each gram (g) of creatinine (30 mg/g).

End-stage renal disease (ESRD): total and permanent kidney failure. When the kidneys fail, the body retains fl uid. Harmful wastes build up. A person with ESRD needs treatment to replace the work of the failed kidneys.

Acute kidney injury (AKI): sudden, temporary, and sometimes fatal loss of kidney function

incidence: the number of new cases of a disease in a given time period

prevalence: the number of existing cases of a disease at a given point in time


Chronic Kidney Disease, Dialysis and GranuFlo. GranuFlo is a Threat to Seniors

  • The incidence of CKD is increasing most rapidly in people ages 65 and older.
  • The incidence of recognized CKD in people ages 65 and older more than doubled between 2000 and 2008.
  • The incidence of recognized CKD among 20- to 64-year-olds is less than 0.5 percent.

CKD Prevalence , GranuFlo Threat in 60 and Over Population

The prevalence of CKD is growing most rapidly in people ages 60 and older.
Between the 1988–1994 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) study and the 2003–2006 NHANES study, the prevalence of CKD in people ages 60 and older jumped from 18.8 to 24.5 percent.
During that same period, the prevalence of CKD in people between the ages of 20 and 39 stayed consistently below 0.5 percent.

Dialysis Statistics By State

  • Alabama: 7,334
  • Alaska: 350
  • Arizona: 6,747
  • Arkansas:2,905
  • California: 45,047
  • Colorado: 3,360
  • Connecticut: 3,497
  • DC:1,809
  • Delaware: 1,170
  • Florida: 20,365
  • Georgia: 14,086
  • Hawaii: 2,449
  • Idaho: 916
  • I llinois: 15,268
  • Indiana: 6,539
  • Iowa: 2,296
  • Kansas: 2,384
  • Kentucky: 4,262
  • Louisiana: 7,287
  • Maine: 975
  • Maryland: 7,823
  • Massachusetts: 5,123
  • Michigan:12,293
  • Minnesota: 3,697
  • Mississippi:5,456
  • Missouri:6,467
  • Montana: 627
  • Nebraska:1,473
  • Nevada: 2,294
  • New Hampshire: 690
  • New Jersey: 10,580
  • New Mexico: 2,451
  • New York: 23,612
  • North Carolina: 12,895
  • North Dakota: 501
  • Ohio: 13,761
  • Oklahoma:3,793
  • Oregon: 2,703
  • Pennsylvania: 14,201
  • Puerto Rico:4,032
  • Rhode Island: 838
  • South Carolina: 7,199
  • South Dakota: 689
  • Tennessee: 7,482
  • Texas: 32,383
  • Utah: 1,303
  • Vermont: 380
  • Virginia: 9,332
  • Washington: 5,026
  • West Virginia: 1,794
  • Wisconsin: 4,899
  • Wyoming:248


The high incidence of Dialysis treatment in Florida is due to the numbers of aging population. Our Florida Seniors are at risk for sudden heart attack form the dialysis medication GranuFlo and Naturalyte.

Fresenius labs has used GranuFlo and Naturalyte in Dialysis Treatments. Fresnius knew of the dangers and still used the medication. As a result many of our seniors have suffered cardiac arrest and heart problems

Fresenius Claima To Be Patient-Centered Care for Chronic Kidney Disease

Fresenius Medical Care North America is a major provider of kidney dialysis services and renal care products. We provide products, dialysis care services, education and support for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), including treatment options for later stage CKD.

Our dialysis care services include hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, education tools and transplant support services, in-center, at home, or in a hospital, to fit our patients needs. We manufacture and distribute a variety of dialysis products and equipment, including dialysis machines, dialyzers and other dialysis-related supplies.

FDA Issues Class 1 Recall of GranuFlo

In late March of 2012, the FDA became aware of the apparent link between GranuFlo and cardiac arrest, according to the New York Times. In response to information about this threat to dialysis patients, which GranuFlo producer Fresenius had not made public, the FDA issued a Safety Communication warning about the dangers of alkali dosing errors for products like GranuFlo and NaturaLyte in hemodialysis patients.

In June, the FDA then issued a Class 1 recall of GranuFlo. This is the most serious class of recall, issued when the FDA deems there to be "a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death." The FDA described the reason for the recall thus:

The manufacturer is cautioning clinicians to be aware of the concentration of acetate or sodium diacetate (acetic acid plus acetate) contained in Fresenius Naturalyte Liquid and Granuflo Dry Acid Concentrate. Inappropriate prescription of these products can lead to a high serum bicarbonate level in patients undergoing hemodialysis. This may contribute to metabolic alkalosis, which is a significant risk factor associated with low blood pressure, hypokalemia, hypoxemia, hypercapnia and cardiac arrhythmia, which, if not appropriately treated, may culminate in cardiopulmonary arrest. This product may cause serious adverse health consequences, including death.

GranuFlo Lawsuits Mounting Up. Protect Our Seniors, File Your GranuFlo Lawsuit Today

GranuFlo and NaturaLyte lawsuits are being filed in courts around the country, after hundreds of patients suffered cardiac arrest, sudden cardiac death. Pur seniors are in danger. Serious heart problems have been reported following the use of the drugs during dialysis treatments. While Fresenius Medical, the manufacturer of GranuFlo and NaturaLyte, learned of the risks associated with the dialysis drugs in 2011, a GranuFlo and NaturaLyte recall was not announced until months later. GranuFlo and NaturaLyte lawsuits are now being filed on behalf of our seniors who are victims of serious heart side effects within 48 hours of a dialysis treatment with GranuFlo and Naturalyte. Problems include: sudden cardiac death, cardiopulmonary arrest, heart attack and the development of heart problems.

File Your GranuFlo Lawsuit and Protect Your Loved Ones. Get Justice form Manufacturers who value profits over harm to people. If you, a loved one or someone you are a caregiver for has been injured by a dialysis medication call the GranuFlo Lawyer Helpline of Free Legal Shiels today.


Dialysis Injury Help Center, GranuFlo Naturalyte Helpline

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Lawyers for GranuFlo and Naturalyte are filing lawsuits for dialysis injury from Granuflo and Naturalyte. Fresenius Medical Care’s dialysis product GranuFlo is a medication that dialysis centers use to treat acute and chronic kidney failure.

Your kidneys clean the blood of waste products and help maintain the body’s pH level. When they fail, the body’s pH level become more acidic than is should be. Kidney failure is treated with chemicals that help the body convert ph level. These substances convert into the alkaline substance bicarbonate, which neutralizes some of the acid buildup in the blood stream.
GranuFlo and Naturalyte have had issues with this conversion and have shown instances of immediate heart attacks as a side effect. GranuFlo contains more bicarbonate than other dialysates.

The June 2012 New York Times article describes Fresenius’s knowledge of these risks of granuFlo and Naturalyte and the product’s high bicarbonate level. According to the article, Fresenius sent a memo to its clinics warning that the higher bicarbonate levels in GranuFlo had caused 941 heart attacks in the company’s own clinics in 2010, leading the company’s researchers to estimate that GranuFlo increases a patient’s risk of heart attack by six times. Fresenius did not send the memo to GranuFlo-using clinics that the company didn’t own, however, until March 29, 2012, when the FDA consequently began investigating Fresenius for possible violations of federal regulations, the Times reports.

Currently GranuFlo and Naturalyte lawyers are accepting claims against Fresenius for immediate hear attack form their GranuFlo and Naturalyte products. A number of dialysis patients may have already been injured by GranuFlo. If GranuFlo diaysis medication caused a sudden heart attack or cardiac arrest, hemodialysis cardiac arrest or cardiopulmonary arrest, stroke, or arrhythmia speak to a GranuFlo lawyer now by calling the GranuFlo legal team of free legal Shield. We seek justice for seniors.

Mesothelioma Lawsuits, Mesothelioma Lawyers, Asbestos, Lung Cancer

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Mesothelioma is a fatal lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Certain work environments are more prone to causing mesothelioma.

  • Shipyard Workers
  • Construction Workers
  • Power Plant Workers
  • Chemical Plant Workers
  • Industrial Workers
  • Insulators
  • Boiler Workers
  • Auto Mechanics

Types of mesothelioma

  • Pleural mesotheliomas start in the chest.
  • Peritoneal mesotheliomas begin in the abdomen.

Symptoms of Mesothelioma

  • Shortness of breath and
  • A heavy feeling in the chest area.
  • Pain under the rib cage.
  • Pain or swelling in the abdomen.
  • Lumps in the abdomen.
  • Weight loss for no known reason.

Mesothelioma Comes from Inhaling Asbestos For Long Periods Of Time

When a person breathes in the small asbestos fibers, they remain in the lungs and cause scar tissue to form on the the tiny air sacs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged. The amount of oxygen that is available to the body is reduced through asbestos exposure and worsened through repeated inhalations for long periods of time.

Notable asbestos verdicts in the United States include:
Mississippi

In May 2011, the current largest plaintiff s asbestos verdict was awarded to a former oil refinery worker. Union Carbine and Chevron Phillips Chemical were instructed to pay the man $322 million.
San Francisco, California

Alfred Todak, a former Navy electrician, was awarded $22.7 million, and his was wife was awarded $11 for loss of consortium.
Madison County, Illinois

Madison County s asbestos verdicts have typically favored the plaintiff, including the 2000 Hutchinson v. Shell Oil Company case in which a man was awarded a total of $34.1 million.

Incidence of Mesothelioma

State/Region Incidence per 100,000
New Jersey 1.52
Seattle-Puget Sound 1.44
Louisiana 1.37
Connecticut 1.08
Greater California 1.06
Utah 1.02
New Mexico 0.99
Detroit 0.89
Kentucky 0.85
Iowa 0.80
Georgia 0.70

The six states with the highest mesothelioma death rates include: Maine, Wyoming, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Washington

Mesothelioma Lawyers

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelioma or asbestos related cancer call our mesothelioma helpline today. We will connect you with an experienced mesothelioma, mass tort lawyer. Mesothelioma lawsuits are mass torts and must be handled by an experienced mass tort lawyer.