Comments on: Drug coated stent recall will not occur, but serious safety concerns still exist http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/ Saiontz, Kirk & Miles personal injury and medical malpractice lawyers. Thu, 4 Dec 2008 05:05:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: bill http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-38486 bill Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:55:38 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-38486 Joy Your worries are justified. All heart patients worry. You need to eat good carbs and low fat. I have 3 drug coated stents in me. The number of people they say that have problems with these stents are only 5 percent. I was one of the unlucky ones. If your given the choice of bypass or stents I would choose bypass. I only wish I had that option offered to me. I am not saying this to scare you. I have several friends who have coated stents and have no problems. I am a member of a yahoo group listed as heartattack. You may want to join this group. Go to yahoo and click on groups. Find heartattack click and join. Any and all postings go to all the members this way we all try to help eachother. We all see the question and all of the responses and by clicking on the reply can add to that response. Best wishes. Bill Joy
Your worries are justified. All heart patients worry. You need to eat good carbs and low fat. I have 3 drug coated stents in me. The number of people they say that have problems with these stents are only 5 percent. I was one of the unlucky ones. If your given the choice of bypass or stents I would choose bypass. I only wish I had that option offered to me. I am not saying this to scare you. I have several friends who have coated stents and have no problems. I am a member of a yahoo group listed as heartattack. You may want to join this group. Go to yahoo and click on groups. Find heartattack click and join. Any and all postings go to all the members this way we all try to help eachother. We all see the question and all of the responses and by clicking on the reply can add to that response. Best wishes. Bill

]]> By: joy http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-38257 joy Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:16:10 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-38257 I am worried, i returned home after having my second stent put in after a clot formed in my last metal stent, this time a medication releasing one. I have two more blockages 30% they used to be 10%. The last stent lasted a year before I ended up with the same symptoms. I am worried because I remember being told I have small vessels. My artery was blocked the first time 90% this time the doctor said 70%. I am feeling like a time bomb waiting to go off. What can I do. Should I have had a by-pass, my dad did and 8 of his brothers and sisters have had by-passes. am I a guinnea pig, I never know if what I am feeling in my heart is the one, the last thing I will feel, please someone what should I do what questions should I ask and what research should I do. Who will be truthful. I don't want sugar coated answers. I dont even know what to eat any more. I am scared. Joy I am worried, i returned home after having my second stent put in after a clot formed in my last metal stent, this time a medication releasing one. I have two more blockages 30% they used to be 10%. The last stent lasted a year before I ended up with the same symptoms. I am worried because I remember being told I have small vessels. My artery was blocked the first time 90% this time the doctor said 70%. I am feeling like a time bomb waiting to go off. What can I do. Should I have had a by-pass, my dad did and 8 of his brothers and sisters have had by-passes. am I a guinnea pig, I never know if what I am feeling in my heart is the one, the last thing I will feel, please someone what should I do what questions should I ask and what research should I do. Who will be truthful. I don’t want sugar coated answers. I dont even know what to eat any more. I am scared. Joy

]]> By: bill morris http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-32882 bill morris Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:13:09 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-32882 Hi Christina how is your husband doing now? I did not see a reply and I was wondering. If your would like to talk, I have a good ear. Hope you and he are both in good health. Just wanted you to know that there is a group on yahoo groups listed as heartattack. Me and several others are members and we help each other through hard times. If you join what ever you post goes to all the members by e-mail. Then people respond and every time some one joins or respons all members get an e-mail. This way you get a wide range of answers from some one who might help you and your husband. I know from what I am going through this group has helped me alot. Best wishes. Bill Hi Christina
how is your husband doing now? I did not see a reply and I was wondering. If your would like to talk, I have a good ear. Hope you and he are both in good health. Just wanted you to know that there is a group on yahoo groups listed as heartattack. Me and several others are members and we help each other through hard times. If you join what ever you post goes to all the members by e-mail. Then people respond and every time some one joins or respons all members get an e-mail. This way you get a wide range of answers from some one who might help you and your husband. I know from what I am going through this group has helped me alot. Best wishes. Bill

]]> By: bill http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-16789 bill Sat, 04 Aug 2007 04:53:49 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-16789 christina, i understand your concern. i had a drug coated stent , my first, in may of 06. i had two massive heart attacks in november of 06. i am one of those lucky percent that you dont hear of because they are dead, i clinicly died with each of my heart attacks. i am not saying you to worry you but with your husbands problems he needs to follow the doctors orders. tell your husband about me and if he wants to email me he can. tell him to try his best not to worry about things but to pay close attentions to his condition. if he has any unusual pain in the chest, arm, and or jaw to see a doctor. my heart attacks were on the same side of the heart as your husband but was my lad,the widow maker artery, as its called. thankfully i was already in the hospitol. i wish you and your husband the best. christina, i understand your concern. i had a drug coated stent , my first, in may of 06. i had two massive heart attacks in november of 06. i am one of those lucky percent that you dont hear of because they are dead, i clinicly died with each of my heart attacks. i am not saying you to worry you but with your husbands problems he needs to follow the doctors orders. tell your husband about me and if he wants to email me he can. tell him to try his best not to worry about things but to pay close attentions to his condition. if he has any unusual pain in the chest, arm, and or jaw to see a doctor. my heart attacks were on the same side of the heart as your husband but was my lad,the widow maker artery, as its called. thankfully i was already in the hospitol. i wish you and your husband the best.

]]> By: CHRISTINA NEWSOME http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-15709 CHRISTINA NEWSOME Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:07:49 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-15709 mY HUSBAND JUST HAD ASTENT PLACED IN THE LCA ON JULY 9 2007. i FOUND ALL THIS INFO JUST AFTER HE HAD UNDERGONE THE PROCEDURE.To make matters worse we believe that his MI was due to his lengthy intake of the diabetes drug Avandia.Iasked the MD why they would be using the eluding stent,and then treat the patient with plavix and asa afterwards, in light of all the documented problems.The MD stated that it is still the best treatment available, and that only a small % of people are experiencing problems. I replied that the so called "small % of people", issue goes right out the window when it is your loved one who is affected.We were not told about the problems with the eluding stents, the associated risks of plavix, or the required duration of post procedure treatment with Plavix.I think at the very least , if a patient MUST remain on the expensive Plavix for a lifetime, or even a year or more the drug company should be forced to supply the drug to all those who were not informed of this requirement pre-procedure. They should also bear the cost of any medical follow up, which should include diagnostic studies to detect problem very early on.My husband is a type 2 diabetic, who has elevated cholesterol, triglycerides, and hypertension. He has thr added burden of liver disease which further predisposes him to bleeding, etc. He, it seems is just the type of patient that the above should have been contraindicated.All I can do now is help him to reduce and or eliminate all of those risk factors that led to his problem, and pray to God for healing and a long life.I wish all of you fine people the very best, and I hope that only good follows you from now on. I will keep you all in my prayers. mY HUSBAND JUST HAD ASTENT PLACED IN THE LCA ON JULY 9 2007. i FOUND ALL THIS INFO JUST AFTER HE HAD UNDERGONE THE PROCEDURE.To make matters worse we believe that his MI was due to his lengthy intake of the diabetes drug Avandia.Iasked the MD why they would be using the eluding stent,and then treat the patient with plavix and asa afterwards, in light of all the documented problems.The MD stated that it is still the best treatment available, and that only a small % of people are experiencing problems. I replied that the so called “small % of people”, issue goes right out the window when it is your loved one who is affected.We were not told about the problems with the eluding stents, the associated risks of plavix, or the required duration of post procedure treatment with Plavix.I think at the very least , if a patient MUST remain on the expensive Plavix for a lifetime, or even a year or more the drug company should be forced to supply the drug to all those who were not informed of this requirement pre-procedure. They should also bear the cost of any medical follow up, which should include diagnostic studies to detect problem very early on.My husband is a type 2 diabetic, who has elevated cholesterol, triglycerides, and hypertension. He has thr added burden of liver disease which further predisposes him to bleeding, etc. He, it seems is just the type of patient that the above should have been contraindicated.All I can do now is help him to reduce and or eliminate all of those risk factors that led to his problem, and pray to God for healing and a long life.I wish all of you fine people the very best, and I hope that only good follows you from now on. I will keep you all in my prayers.

]]> By: bill morris http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-7890 bill morris Wed, 09 May 2007 12:50:19 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-7890 Pat, I understatnd your worry, their is only a small percentage of people who are having problems with these stents,or so they say, but your relatives family needs to contact a lawyer. I have and they have been very helpful so far. Your husband needs to keep taking plavix and the doctor should have put him on asprin. I know tha their are risks taking the plavix with its side effects but he and I are in a catch 22 situation. I will not go into detail about my problems if interested I am number 7 on this blog listing. Just tell your huxband to pay attention to all the signs and to see his doctor regularly. He also chould talk to the doctor about nitroquick tablets that go under the tung. You and he both need to talk to a lawyer about you case because you could have one, I do. Your doctor is not to blame because the facts did not start comming out until december of 2006. I wish both of you well and I say that because the spouse goes through alot of worry just like the patient. Pat,
I understatnd your worry, their is only a small percentage of people who are having problems with these stents,or so they say, but your relatives family needs to contact a lawyer. I have and they have been very helpful so far. Your husband needs to keep taking plavix and the doctor should have put him on asprin. I know tha their are risks taking the plavix with its side effects but he and I are in a catch 22 situation. I will not go into detail about my problems if interested I am number 7 on this blog listing. Just tell your huxband to pay attention to all the signs and to see his doctor regularly. He also chould talk to the doctor about nitroquick tablets that go under the tung. You and he both need to talk to a lawyer about you case because you could have one, I do. Your doctor is not to blame because the facts did not start comming out until december of 2006. I wish both of you well and I say that because the spouse goes through alot of worry just like the patient.

]]> By: Pat http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-7670 Pat Mon, 07 May 2007 22:13:49 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-7670 As well my husband had five Johnson and Johnson DES's placed in the right side of his heart (the widow maker). We were never told anything about these side effects. In 1991 he had a double bypass, both (window makers) right and left side of the heart. They say they last about 10 years, however he started feeling very tried and had troble breathing about 4 years ago, got tried very easy) So now we are into the 16th years and he had another heart attack. Cath was done and found 100% closer on the right side (which was one of the graphs in 1991) They placed 5 stents inside that graph which was already 16 years old and put him on Plavix for the rest of his life. QUESTION: does anyone no if this could be more of a problem due to the age of the graph they placed these 5 stents into? We are so worried now that we have found all this information, things no one told us about. So far he is doing ok, but we had a relative that the same thing happened and he died instantly with a blood clot that had formed in the J & J stent, he had not had any open heart and it was only one stent with our relative, so I case you all can see our worries about this. I hope everyone well and I'm so glad to be able to share this worry I have with you all. As well my husband had five Johnson and Johnson DES’s placed in the right side of his heart (the widow maker). We were never told anything about these side effects. In 1991 he had a double bypass, both (window makers) right and left side of the heart. They say they last about 10 years, however he started feeling very tried and had troble breathing about 4 years ago, got tried very easy) So now we are into the 16th years and he had another heart attack. Cath was done and found 100% closer on the right side (which was one of the graphs in 1991)
They placed 5 stents inside that graph which was already 16 years old and put him on Plavix for the rest of his life. QUESTION: does anyone no if this could be more of a problem due to the age of the graph they placed these 5 stents into?

We are so worried now that we have found all this information, things no one told us about. So far he is doing ok, but we had a relative that the same thing happened and he died instantly with a blood clot that had formed in the J & J stent, he had not had any open heart and it was only one stent with our relative, so I case you all can see our worries about this. I hope everyone well and I’m so glad to be able to share this worry I have with you all.

]]> By: Janice http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-6006 Janice Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:38:32 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-6006 i had a medicated stint put in in 2003 I also take plavix. Ididnt know that there were so many problems with this.i do know that i have not felt good since i had my heart attack.I have also had all kinds of bowel and gas problems.I think this is caused from the plavix.I dont know.how do i find out what kind of stint it was. i had a medicated stint put in in 2003 I also take plavix. Ididnt know that there were so many problems with this.i do know that i have not felt good since i had my heart attack.I have also had all kinds of bowel and gas problems.I think this is caused from the plavix.I dont know.how do i find out what kind of stint it was.

]]> By: Austin Kirk http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-5103 Austin Kirk Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:46:35 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-5103 Janice, legal claims involving dangerous medical products and medications often take several years. There is no indication that there will be a quick settlement for the heart stent lawsuits. However, if you believe you may have a legal claim, you should <a href="http://www.youhavealawyer.com/submission.php?action=blog_comments&inquiry=stent" rel="nofollow">request a claim evaluation</a> sooner rather than later, as every claim has a statute of limitations which will require that your claim be filed by a certain date. We would be happy to speak with you and review any further questions you may have about the legal process to pursue compensation for heart stent injuries. Janice, legal claims involving dangerous medical products and medications often take several years. There is no indication that there will be a quick settlement for the heart stent lawsuits. However, if you believe you may have a legal claim, you should request a claim evaluation sooner rather than later, as every claim has a statute of limitations which will require that your claim be filed by a certain date. We would be happy to speak with you and review any further questions you may have about the legal process to pursue compensation for heart stent injuries.

]]> By: Janice http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-5064 Janice Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:18:28 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-5064 Do you think there will be a settlement anytime soon? Do you think there will be a settlement anytime soon?

]]> By: DON http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-3142 DON Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:55:53 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-3142 AS WELL I HAVE HAD THE BOSTON STENTS PUT IN THIS YEAR IN HAN AROUND THE 6 TH DAY. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD CONTUING CENTER CHEST PAIN, CONGESTED HEART FAILURE. I HAVE EXPERNICED BLACK OUTS AFTER A CHEST PAIN. MAKING MY HEAD GO NUMB. I HAVE HAD TWO HEART ATTACKS SINCE jAN OF THIS YEAR. I JUST WANT TO FEEL BETTER. PLEASE HELP. AS WELL I HAVE HAD THE BOSTON STENTS PUT IN THIS YEAR IN HAN AROUND THE 6 TH DAY. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD CONTUING CENTER CHEST PAIN, CONGESTED HEART FAILURE. I HAVE EXPERNICED BLACK OUTS AFTER A CHEST PAIN. MAKING MY HEAD GO NUMB. I HAVE HAD TWO HEART ATTACKS SINCE jAN OF THIS YEAR. I JUST WANT TO FEEL BETTER. PLEASE HELP.

]]> By: Austin Kirk http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-2875 Austin Kirk Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:09:17 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-2875 Margaret, There are two types of drug coated stents which have been approved for use in the United States. They were approved in 2003 and 2004. In most cases, after the stents are placed, your husband would have been given a card with the type of stent used. If you need further information, please contact our office toll free at (800) 522-0102. Margaret, There are two types of drug coated stents which have been approved for use in the United States. They were approved in 2003 and 2004. In most cases, after the stents are placed, your husband would have been given a card with the type of stent used. If you need further information, please contact our office toll free at (800) 522-0102.

]]> By: Margaret http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-2537 Margaret Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:56:53 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-2537 Can you please tell me the month and year that these drug coated stents began being used. My husband had one stents in 1994 and one year later had to have two stents to reopen the same location. In 1999, he underwent 6 bypasses and by 2005 had a pacemaker/defibulator inplanted. Thanks for the help. Can you please tell me the month and year that these drug coated stents began being used. My husband had one stents in 1994 and one year later had to have two stents to reopen the same location. In 1999, he underwent 6 bypasses and by 2005 had a pacemaker/defibulator inplanted. Thanks for the help.

]]> By: steve http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-1309 steve Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:49:06 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2006/12/11/drug-coated-stent-recall/#comment-1309 I had a stent put in Feb of 2005, i started having problems again 6 months later, in August of 2006 I had to have a second stent put in just above where the first one was put.I have been on plavix since feb. 2005 and have not ha any more problems. Dr. did say i may have to stay on plavix for rest of my life. I am now 61 Steve I had a stent put in Feb of 2005, i started having problems again 6 months later,
in August of 2006 I had to have a second stent put in just above where the first one was put.I have been on plavix since feb. 2005 and have not ha any more problems. Dr. did say i may have to stay on plavix for rest of my life. I am now 61 Steve

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