You may have seen yesterday’s press release about Mirena, a popular contraceptive women use to prevent pregnancy for up to 5 years. In that press release, we discuss some of the reasons we’re taking on Mirena personal injury cases. But I also want to discuss it in a more personal, condensed way than a press …
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Memphis Attorney Takes on New Birth Control Complications Memphis, TN, 4/16/13 — Memphis personal injury lawyer Darrell Castle is accepting cases related to Mirena®, an intrauterine device used to prevent pregnancy for up to five years. Mirena® has been linked to perforation of the uterus after insertion – an extremely dangerous and …
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While acetaminophen is one of the most common ingredients in headache medications, including Tylenol®, it’s also the #1 cause of liver damage in the US. Recent lawsuits claim Tylenol® didn’t warn people enough about the risks of acetaminophen on the liver. Here’s what you need to know about this dangerous drug: What is acetaminophen? Acetaminophen …
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Pelvic Mesh Injury and the FDA Pelvic mesh complications have been happening for years. The device – a synthetic mesh material implanted permanently in women to help weak muscle tissues – is known to erode or become exposed, harming the pelvic organs and/or causing severe pain. As a result, many women have been left with …
A New Jersey jury has just awarded one woman $3.35 million in compensatory damages and nearly $8 million in punitive damages against Johnson & Johnson (J&J). $11.11 million total – for one transvaginal mesh injury case. That is a huge number. Why is it so high? The case involved a transvaginal mesh device called Prolift, …
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Earlier this month, the first settlements began to come in for pulmonary embolism injuries caused by Yaz and Yasmin contraceptives. The court found clear causal relationship between taking Yaz and developing pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary embolism (or PE) is a sudden blockage in a lung artery usually caused by blood clotting. PE can damage the lungs, …
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The recent deadly meningitis outbreak in Tennessee and around the country has people asking about compounding pharmacies, since it was a steroid injection from a compounding pharmacy that caused the problem in the first place. What are compounding pharmacies? What do they do? And are their products unsafe? Compounding is actually a traditional part of …
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At least 900 patients in Tennessee have been injected with a steroid medication linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak around the country. The steroid, which is meant to treat back pain, was supplied by a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy called New England Compounding Center (NECC). Its chemical name is preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate. Tennessee was the first …
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The following drugs and medical devices were recalled in September 2012, either voluntarily by the manufacturer or forcibly by the FDA: Nimodipine Capsules Used to minimize problems stemming from bleeding in the brain, Nimodipine Capsules has been recalled by Sun Laboratories because of reports that the product can crystallize and potentially lose its ability to absorb …
The FDA is warning that certain topical pain creams can cause serious skin burns. According to their consumer alert, complaints “have ranged from mild to severe chemical burns with use of such brand-name topical muscle and joint pain relievers as Icy Hot, Bengay, Capzasin, Flexall, and Mentholatum.” The products in question contain the active ingredients …
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