Amid concern that certain generic valsartan and valsartan HCTZ pills may have been distributed for years with impurities that increase the risk of cancer, the drug recall lawyers at Saiontz & Kirk, P.A. are reviewing cases for users of the hypertension drug who have been diagnosed… Read More
For years, reports of "abnormal behavior" from Tamiflu have been reported among young children prescribed the flu treatment, including suicides and devastating self-harm injuries. While the drug maker has suggested that these issues may be a result of the underlying illness, increasing evidence suggests that there… Read More
The product liability lawyers at Saiontz & Kirk, P.A. are reviewing knee replacement lawsuits for individuals who have experienced complications associated with several different artificial joint systems used in recent years. Since most surgeons never tell patients what specific type of implant was used during a… Read More
The manufacturers of the 3T Heater Cooler System, which is commonly used to control blood temperaturs during open heart surgery, failed to take basic steps that could have avoided contamination problems. As a result, individuals throughout the United States have been exposed to a risk of… Read More
The product liability lawyers at Saiontz & Kirk, P.A. are reviewing cases for women nationwide who have been left with permanent and disfiguring hair loss from side effects of Taxotere, a controversial breast cancer drug sold by Sanofi Aventis, which has been linked to a risk… Read More
The hip replacement lawyers at Saiontz & Kirk, P.A. are continuing to review potential cases for individuals nationwide who have been notified that they received a recalled Stryker L-Fit V40 femoral head, or who have undergone metal blood testing and suspect that they may have received… Read More
Due to problems with 3T Heater-Cooler Systems used in many operating rooms, a number of open heart surgery patients have developed a severe and potentially life-threatening infection, known as M. Chimaera or Mycobacterium chimaera. This slow growing infection, which is a type of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM),… Read More
Recent research suggests that millions of heartburn sufferers may have unnecessarily exposed themselves to serious kidney side effects from proton pump inhibitors (PPI), even though safer alternatives to Nexium, Prilosec, Protonix, Prevacid, Dexilant and other similar drugs were available that do not carry the same risks.… Read More
While Johnson & Johnson has continued to refuse to settle Risperdal lawsuits being pursued by hundreds of boys and young men who developed gynecomastia after using their popular medication, a Pennsylvania jury sent a resounding message last week, awarding $70 million in damages in one case.… Read More
As concerns continue to mount over the link between kidney problems and Nexium, Prilosec, Prevacid, Protonix and other similar heartburn drugs, there is also growing evidence that the manufacturers knew or should have known about the risks, yet failed to warn the public. If better kidney… Read More
