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Another Louisiana Taxotere hair loss lawsuit has been filed. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against Sanofi-Aventis over the failure to warn about the side effects of Taxotere.

Louisiana Taxotere hair loss lawsuit filed

Taxotere use in breast cancer chemotherapy associated with increased risk of permanent and horrendous hair loss.

According to Iris Guidry, in her Louisiana Taxotere hair loss lawsuit, claims that the chemotherapy drug Taxotere caused her to suffer permanent and horrendous hair loss, which is not associated with other effective breast cancer treatments.

Guidry claims that Sanofi-Aventis withheld critical information and warnings from patients and doctors about the risk that patients may experience permanent hair loss from Taxotere.

Hair Loss is common after Chemotherapy

Temporary hair loss is to be expected after chemotherapy, and the drug manufacturer claimed that hair grows back after Taxotere use. But, Guidry alleges that since she received breast cancer treatments involving Taxotere in 2011, she has continued hair loss side effects.

Taxotere Hair Loss Lawsuits

Many Taxotere failure to warn lawsuits are filed across the U.S., claiming that Sanofi-Aventis did not adequately disclose the risks of permanent and horrendous hair loss, providing reckless marketing statements. The lawsuits also claim that the drug manufacturer actively encouraged doctors to use Taxotere despite its risks and despite the availability of other, safer cancer treatments.

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Babette Davis from Wisconsin filed a morcellator product liability lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin against Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon unit after being diagnosed with leiomyosarcoma, a deadly aggressive form of uterine cancer. According to Davis, the Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon Gynecare power morcellator that was used during the laparoscopic hysterectomy caused the undiagnosed uterine cancer to be spread throughout her abdomen and pelvis.

Uterine_Cancer_Hysterectomy_AttorneyDavis has to take expensive oral chemotherapy drugs to keep the leiomyosarcoma cancer from spreading further and she knows that beating the uterine cancer is going to be a tough battle that she may not win.

Increased Risk of Cancer Spread After Morcellator Use

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