Defective Drugs: Reglan Lawsuits and Tardive Dyskinesia
The drug Metoclopramide (brand name Reglan, Octamide, Maxolon ) which is used to treat some gastrointestinal disorders such as gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD), diabetic gastroparesis and nausea has been linked to the serious neurological movement disorder known as tardive dyskinesia.
On February 26, 2009 the FDA issued an alert warning against chronic use of metoclopramide containing drugs and requiring a boxed warning.
Reglan side effects of tardive dyskinesia and drug induced movement disorders are characterized by rarely reversible symptoms that include random movements in the tongue, lips or jaw as well as facial grimacing, movements of arms, legs, fingers and toes along with swaying movements of the trunk or hip.
According to the FDA: "Recently published analyses suggest that metoclopramide is the most common cause of drug-induced movement disorders.
Another analysis of study data by the FDA showed that about 20 percent of patients in that study who used metoclopramide took it for longer than three months.
The FDA has also become aware of continued spontaneous reports of tardive dyskinesia in patients who used metoclopramide, the majority of whom had taken the drug for more than three months."
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