Bextra Side Effects Lawsuit

Bextra, a valdecoxib tablet, is used for oral administration to relieve the symptoms of osteoarthritis, adult rheumatoid arthritis, and for the treatment of primary dysmenorrheal.The tablets contain either 10mg or 20mg of veldecoxib.

              The inactive ingredients in Bextra include:

lactose monohydrate
microcrystalline cellulose
pregelatinized starch
croscarmellose sodium
magnesium stearate
hydroxypropyl methylcellulose
polyethylene glycol
polysorbate 80
titanium dioxide
Bextra Tablets are white, capsule shaped, film-coated, 10mg or 20mg tablets with a four pointed star shape on one side and “10” or “20” debossed on the opposite side. Bextra is supplied as a bottle of 100, a bottle of 500, or a carton of 100 unit doses. It should be stored at 77°F but its excursions are permitted to 59-86°F. 

Baycol Side Effects Lawsuit Attorney

Baycol Lawsuit

 Baycol, cervastatin sodium tablets used for oral administration, are tablets that consist of 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, or 0.8mg of cervastatin sodium. Cervistatin sodium is a hygroscopic amorphous, white or off white, powder that is soluble in methanol, water, ethanol, and slightly in acetone.

 2007: Bayer paid $8 million to over state attorneys general allegations that it did not warn about safety issues concerning its cholesterol-lowering Baycol. Baycol is no longer on the market.

Baycol is used when the response to dietary restriction has been inadequate as and addition to diet to reduce elvated Total-C, LSL-C, apo B, and TG and to increase HDL-C levels in patients with primary hypercholesterolemia and mixed dyslipidemia. Therapy with these sorts of drugs should be risk factor intervention in patients at a significally high risk of atherosclerotic vascular disease due to hypercholesterolemia.

Paxil Side Effects Lawsuit

              Paxil, a paoxentine hydrochloride tablet, is an antidepressant; antidepressants may increase the risk of suicidal thinking and behavior in children and young adults. The drugs also inhabit the risk of overdose and dependency axil is used to treat Major Depressive Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Panic disorder, Social Anxiety disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder and posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

              For Major Depressive Disorder, Paxil should be administered with or without food as a single daily dose. The initial recommended dose is 20mg/day. Patients who are Non-responsive to 20mg dosage may benefit from 10mg /day up to 50mg/day maximum and changes in dose should take place at the intervals at least one week.

For Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Paxil should be administered with or without food as a single daily dose. The initial recommended dose is 40mg a day. Patients who are Non-responsive to 20mg dosage may benefit from 10mg /day up to 50mg/day maximum and changes in dose should take place at the intervals at least one week.

Raptiva Side Effects Lawsuit Attorney

              Raptiva, a drug that is no longer available in the U.S. because of its association with Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML), is an injectable drug that is used to treat moderate and severe plaque psoriasis and who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy in adults 18 years of age or older.

              Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy is a serious and frequently fatal brain infection that is often acquired during childhood. It is caused by a polyomavirus that attacks the brain and the central nervous system. Most adult patients do not develop PMD but are infected with the JC virus. Patients who survive PML usually are permanently disabled.       

Recommended dosage for Raptiva is a single conditioning dose of 0.7mg/kg followed by a weekly subcutaneous dose of 1mg/kg. The maximum Raptiva dose should not exceed a total of 200mg. Doses should be administered under the supervision of a physician unless it is deemed appropriate for self-injection with a medical follow-up after proper training in the preparation and injection is administered.