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Texas Drug 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 drug.

If you or someone in your family has been harmed by a 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.

Chantix®

The anti-smoking drug Chantix® has been linked to depression, suicidal thoughts, and violent behavior in some users, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (1). Government scientists are currently investigating the matter after reports of mood disorders and erratic behavior in some users came to their attention earlier this year.. [read more]

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]

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]

Ortho Evra

Ortho Evra® is the number one prescribed birth control brand in the United States (1) and is known as a "transdermal contraceptive system." Ortho Evra is a birth control patch that is applied to the arms, torso, abdomen, or buttocks once a week and offers “the same efficacy as the Pill with even greater simplicity (1).” It turns out, however, that women using the Ortho Evra patch are at an increased risk for fatal blood clots compared to women taking birth control pills. [read more]

Pain Patch Recall

Painkiller patches containing the highly potent drug fentanyl have been recalled because of a manufacturing defect that could result in fatal overdoses for 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]

Trasylol®

Trasylol®, a medication frequently used during heart surgery to control bleeding, has been found to double the risk of kidney failure in patients. An estimated 10,000 people are forced to undergo dialysis each year after receiving the drug, which was approved by the FDA in 1993. Trasylol, generically known as aprotinin, is manufactured by Bayer AG and had projected sales estimates of more than $600 million in 2006. [read more]