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Texas Dangerous Drugs Injury Lawyer

Serving Houston and all of the Great State of Texas

In an age of countless pharmaceutical breakthroughs, it may come as no surprise that sometimes the new wonder drugs aren’t as wonderful as they’re touted to be. With pharmaceutical giants aggressively marketing their products, the health risks associated with the medications are often downplayed or hidden from the public altogether. Consequently, the Food and Drug Administration (www.fda.gov) all too often has to request stricter warning labels for drugs, only to pull them from the market months later. By this time, however, numerous cases of serious illness and even death have surfaced as a result of a dangerous drug.

If you or someone in your family has been harmed by a dangerous drug, seek the counsel and legal aid of a Texas drug injury lawyer at the law firm of Terry Bryant. Our experienced and dedicated attorneys in Houston, Dallas, and Austin can help you get justice for the wrong done to you or your loved one by a medication.

Follow the links below to get information you need to know about some of the more prominent drug recalls and injuries.

Fosamax®

Fosamax®(alendronate), a drug that has been on the market for almost 10 years, has been linked to osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) (1). Otherwise known as “dead jaw,” osteonecrosis is a severe condition in which the jaw dies and is unable to regenerate, eventually leading to extreme pain and exposed bone in the mouth. [read more]

HRT

In the United States, an estimated 38% of menopausal women use Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) to relieve their symptoms of menopause and to prevent several debilitating conditions. However, HRT’s estrogen-progestin drug therapy has now been shown to significantly increase the risk for many alarming medical conditions including: stroke, breast cancer, heart attack, pulmonary embolism, and more. [read more]

Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis

A dye used in MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and MRA (magnetic resonance angiography) scans has been linked to a rare and potentially fatal skin disease in some users. [read more]

Permax®

The Parkinson’s disease drug Permax® (pergolide) has been recalled from the market by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after reports that the drug is linked to serious and potentially fatal heart valve damage in some users. [read more]

Seroquel®

Seroquel (quetiapine) is pharmaceutical drug in the class of atypical antipsychotics approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1997. Antipsychotic drugs are used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia which include hearing voices, seeing things, sensing things that are not there, mistaken beliefs, and paranoia (1). Seroquel is also used in the treatment of mania associated with bipolar disorder. [read more]

Zelnorm®

Zelnorm®, a drug used to treat irritable bowel syndrome in women and chronic constipation in people under age 65, has been recalled from the market by its manufacturer, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. [read more]