Suffering an injury from a prescription medication you assumed was safe is devastating. Despite claims of effectiveness and safety, prescription drugs hurt people every day. Many of these injuries are serious – some are even fatal. Nothing can give you back the life you had before you were injured by a dangerous drug…

Drug Companies that suspect there is a problem with orders are legally required to refuse to ship those products. But recently, a drug company in Ohio is accused of making and distributing opioids that were “suspicious,” and according to a lawsuit, this helped to fuel the national addiction and overdose crisis. Lawyers from Cuyahoga and Summit counties were the first to file lawsuits seeking to hold drug companies accountable for the nation’s opioid crisis. Until now, plaintiffs were focused on …

As lawsuits continue to be filed against hernia mesh manufacturers, one patient is about to undergo her ninth surgery to undo the damage caused by the mesh. Carmen Pacheco of Georgetown, Texas, suffered for years after her hernia repair process. The problems triggered by the mesh implanted into her during the procedure caused financial and emotional stress for her and her family. Pacheco and her medical team opted for the mesh implant because the product was marketed to last longer …

An appeals court recently ruled that Johnson & Johnson deserves a new trial after the company was ordered by a jury to pay $417 million to a woman who alleged her cancer was caused by her use of the company’s Baby Powder. Despite there being enough evidence to uphold the ruling that the company did not warn the public of the potential health risks associated with the use of talc-based products, the appeals court found there was “conflicting evidence” regarding …

Users of the Type 2 diabetes medication Onglyza claim the drug causes heart failure and the drug’s manufacturer knew of the risk and failed to warn consumers. The most recent lawsuit, filed by Texas man Wrendell Chester against Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca, claims his heart failure was caused by use of the drug. According to the lawsuit, Chester took Onglyza and Kombiglyze XR between 2010 and 2015. Following his use of the drugs, he suffered congestive heart failure and heart …

Some users of the rheumatoid arthritis drug Actemra are taking legal action against the drug’s manufacturer after their use of it led to cardiovascular incidents. The drug has been linked to reports of stroke, heart attack, and heart failure, as well as incidences of acute pancreatitis and interstitial lung disease. There are concerns that the potentially life threatening side effects linked to Actemra were not disclosed by the drug’s maker or included on the drug’s packaging despite the manufacturer knowing …