Product Liability

November 21, 2010

Dilantin Stevens Johnson Syndrome SJS Attorney

As a Fort Worth Texas Dilantin Stevens Johnson Syndrome SJS attorney, we are providing this update.

Dilantin (Generic: Phenytoin) is an antiepileptic drug prescribed to manage seizures. A major side effect of Dilantin is a severe skin reaction called Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS).

Stevens Johnson Syndrome involves the skin and the mucous membranes and is a serious systemic disorder with the potential for severe illness and even death.

With Stevens Johnson Syndrome, a patient develops blistering of mucous membranes, usually in the mouth, eyes, and genitals. Nearly all cases are caused by a drug reaction, most commonly sulfa antibiotics, barbiturates, anti-seizure medication such as Dilantin and certain non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The disorder occurs in all age groups but is more common in older people and people of African American descent.

Information and commentary is provided by Dallas and Fort Worth Dilantin Stevens Johnson Syndrome Attorney Shezad Malik. The Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm can be reached in Dallas at 214-390-3189. If you have questions about drug induced Stevens Johnson Syndrome, please fill out our contact for online for a free consultation.

November 20, 2010

Fort Worth Texas Update: Darvon Darvocet Cardiac Wrongful Death

by Dr. Shezad Malik

As a Fort Worth Darvon Darvocet Product Recall Attorney we are providing this update. The FDA announced that it has requested manufacturers of propoxyphene, brand name Darvon, Darvocet and its generic equivalents, be withdrawn from the market due to serious and fatal heart risks.

Recent clinical data has shown that patients who take propoxyphene are at risk of fatal heart arrhythmia. This study showed that, even when taken at recommended doses, propoxyphene causes significant changes to the electrical activity of the heart visible on an electrocardiogram (EKG). These changes in electrical activity can increase the risk for abnormal heart rhythms linke

Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals Inc, the maker of brand name Darvon and Darvocet, has agreed to withdraw the drug from the U.S. market and the FDA has notified manufacturers of generic propoxyphene products of Xanodyne’s decision, requesting they do the same.

November 19, 2010

Dilantin Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Syndrome Attorney

by Dr. Shezad Malik

As a Fort Worth Dilantin Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Syndrome Attorney, we are providing an update on Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Syndrome (TENS).

Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN), is a more severe form of Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) with death and illness rates that are much higher than SJS.

Like SJS, TEN Syndrome are an immune complex-mediated hypersensitivity complex that involves the skin and mucous membranes. There is significant involvement of oral, nasal, eye, vaginal, urethral, GI, and lower respiratory tract mucous membranes.

November 12, 2010

Stevens Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

by Dr. Shezad Malik

As an internal medicine resident, ER physician and practicing physician, I have encountered and treated some mild cases of Stevens Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, TENS, medical conditions.

Now as a Fort Worth Steven Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis lawyer, we are providing this update.

Dilantin, Depakote, Levaquin and Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory drugs are among some of the drugs that may cause Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS).

November 11, 2010

MDL Panel Hearing For Texas DePuy Hip Replacement Litigation

by Dr. Shezad Malik

MDL Panel Hearing For Texas DePuy Hip Replacement Litigation

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) is meeting on November 18 in Durham, North Carolina.to centralize all federal DePuy ASR recall lawsuits.

The DePuy metal-on-metal hip was recalled after medical data suggested that about one out of every 8 people, if not more, who received the artificial hip may have their DePuy ASR hip fail within five years.

November 1, 2010

Dallas Depuy Hip Recall Attorney

by Dr. Shezad Malik

As a Dallas Depuy Hip Recall Attorney, I am fielding many calls from concerned plaintiffs regarding their implanted DePuy ASR Metal on Metal Hip prosthesis.

Many plaintiffs are understandably concerned, about what to do next once they receive a certified letter from their orthopedic doctor, allegedly ghost written by DePuy.

Many folks are asked to get a blood test and are asked to sign over their hip surgery medical records. Patients with the metal hip devices have suffered pain and inflammation from device malfunction, and have endured metallosis when the grinding of metal parts in the hip implants releases cobalt and chromium into their bloodstream.

October 28, 2010

Chromium and Cobalt Poisoning With DePuy ASR Hips

by Dr. Shezad Malik

As a Dallas DePuy Recall attorney I am concern about the risks of Cobalt and Chromium poisoning, resulting from the metal on metal grinding of the DePuy ASR Prosthetic Hips.

In August of this year, DePuy Orthopaedics Inc., recalled the ASR metal-on-metal hip replacement system, admitting that about one out of every eight patients who receives the hip implant may experience early hip failure within five years. The actual ratio of defective hips may be as high as one out of five or 20%, or even higher.

Structeral design and manufacturing problems with the DePuy metal-on-metal hip replacement system allow the toxic release of chromium and cobalt to be absorbed into the blood-stream.

October 26, 2010

DePuy Hip ASR And Metallosis

by Dr. Shezad Malik

As a Fort Worth DePuy Hip Product Liability attorney I took an interesting potential client inquiry. The woman had hip replacement and she has noticed that her hair is falling out in clumps, suggesting toxic metal ion poisoning., which is described below.

DePuy XL ASR Prosthetic Hips are unique, in that they involve metal on metal grinding during a patient’s ambulation. While the metal design may have have sounded good in theory, they have turned out horribly bad in clinical practice.

Patients then develop 2 types of problems. The repetitive grinding motion, leads to microscopic wearing down of the articular surfaces and the release of metallic ions, particularly cobalt and chromium, into the tissues surrounding the hip. The metal becomes fatigued and leads to early failure.

Also there is the resultant loosening and dislocation of the device resulting in the need for early hip revision surgery and/or the release of metal debris causing tissue damage.

This absorption of metallic ions in the tissues, leads to an inflammatory reaction, resulting in pain, swelling and immobility. The absorption of metallic ions into the bloodstream leads to cobalt and chromium toxicity. Polyneuropathy is caused by cobalt–chromium metallosis after total hip replacement. Read the article here.

artificial hip joint; biopsy; metal intoxication; polyneuropathy; toxic neuropathy

October 25, 2010

Fort Worth Artificial Hip With DePuy ASR Replacement?

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Today as a Fort Worth DePuy ASR Hip Lawsuit attorney, I took in a case for DePuy ASR product liability lawsuits that we are filing.

Johnson and Johnson acknowledged in August, with the withdrawal from the market their artificial hips, that there are problems with high failure rates, metal on metal grinding and release of metal ions into the joints.

Now class actions lawsuits are being filed across the nation.

Approximately 30,000 DePuy hips have been implanted in the US alone. There is a Fort Worth orthopedic group that has implanted 800, over the past 6 years.

DePuy is paying orthopedic doctors $50 to hand over their patients medical records and grabbing the artificial joints when they get removed. Both of these acts should be resisted at all costs. This is unethical, and you risk the loss of key evidence of a defective product. We are storing our clients DePuy artificial hips in storage bottled containing formalin.

I would encourage all patients who have had a DePuy hip implanted to seek legal advice, and to safeguard their legal rights. If you have one of the DePuy ASR hip systems, you have the potential of a legal claim. Potential recoveries include compensation for your medical bills, lost wages and your pain and suffering.

October 24, 2010

Grapevine Physicians Risk Class Action Lawsuits for Using Mirena IUDs

by Dr. Shezad Malik

As a Fort Worth Medical Licensing and Doctor defense attorney I have written about the Grapevine Texas Gynecologists who were implanting Canadian bought FDA unapproved IUDs.

Now they are being sued by the Texas Attorney General on violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and Fraud.

Similar cases have been brought in other jurisdictions, and what happened to those physicians is particularly instructive.

Ob/gyn Kelly Dean Shrum, DO, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas was investigated— In June 2009, FDA agents found unapproved Mirena IUDs in Dr. Shrum’s office — a discovery that triggered criminal and civil charges.

On October 2009, a federal grand jury indicted Dr. Shrum with drug misbranding, healthcare fraud (for billing the state Medicaid program for unapproved IUDs), and 3 counts of money laundering (for depositing money from an allegedly illegal activity in his bank account). Dr. Shrum faced a maximum penalty of 3 years in prison and a $10,000 fine for misbranding, and a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for healthcare fraud and for each count of money laundering, according to federal prosecutors.

In addition, former patients have filed a class-action suit against Dr. Shrum in a state court. They allege that by implanting unapproved IUDs in them without their consent, Dr. Shrum is at fault for medical negligence, unjust enrichment, violation of the state’s law against deceptive trade practices, and breach of fiduciary duty.

If convicted he would lose his medical license.