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Hormone Replacement Therapy Breast Cancer Lawyer,
Prempro Cancer Lawyer, Prempro Breast Cancer Lawyer, HRT Malignant
Neoplasm Lawyer, and
Texas Prempro Lawyer
(HRT Prempro Cancer
Lawsuit Information)
Hormone
Replacement Therapy drugs, Prempro and Premarin,
have been used by at least 6 million women worldwide and
have generated billions of dollars in revenues for drug
companies. However, growing scientific evidence
indicates that Prempro and Premarin increase risks of breast
cancer, may cause several forms of cancer including lung
cancer to spread more rapidly, strokes, heart
problems, and other health problems. Further, there is
growing evidence that the drug manufacturers may have
misrepresented the benefits and health problems caused by these
drugs.
If you or a loved one have been taking
Prempro and Premarin, it is important to seek
medical advice about the risk of breast cancer, spreading
cancer, heart problems, strokes, and other health problems. If you have questions regarding a
potential Prempro lawsuit,
please feel free to send an e-mail message to Texas Prempro Cancer Lawyer
Jason Coomer with your name & contact information
or
use our online submission form.
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
Cancer Lawsuit Information, Prempro Breast Cancer Lawsuit
Information, Prempro Cancer Lawsuit Information, and Prempro
FDA Actions and Warnings
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
involves the use of hormones and synthetic progestogens to
artificially boost hormone levels in women. HRT Drugs
such as Prempro and Premarin have been prescribed to women
undergoing menopause due to surgery (mastectomy) or in
postmenopausal women. It was thought that these HRT
Drugs provided relief from symptoms such as hot flashes,
irregular menstruation or weight gain.
HRT drugs, Prempro and Premphase, are
conjugated estrogens/medroxyprogesterone acetate tablets
that are used in Hormone Replacement Therapy and for many
years were commonly prescribed to millions of women around
the World. Prempro was heavily marketed by its drug
manufacturer, Wyeth, through pharmaceutical representatives
and medical doctors to make Hormone Replacement Therapy the
standard of care in many communities. These marketing
efforts were extremely successful and made the company
Billions of dollars.
However, in 2002 the National Institutes
of Health released the results of scientific research that
found that women receiving HRT including the long-term use
of Prempro had an increased risk of breast cancer, heart
disease and strokes. This study, called the Woman’s Health
Initiative (WHI), showed doctors that virtually everything
that the pharmaceutical companies had been telling them
about the benefits and risks of Hormone Replacement Therapy
(HRT) Prempro was wrong. This study concluded that the
risk of taking Prempro outweighed its benefits, and urged
woman on the study to stop taking Prempro immediately.
The study found that Prempro hormone replacement therapy
increases the incidence of breast cancer by 26%, heart
attacks by 29%, strokes by 41%, and double the amount of
blood clots in the legs and veins.
In 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) issued a warning for Prempro that it caused an
increased risk of Breast Cancer and Malignant Neoplasms.
The FDA warnings also include other adverse reactions and
precaution information that is important to read and
understand.
More recent medical research on Prempro
has shown that Prempro increased women's risk of breast
cancer and that their cancers were more likely to have
spread to their lymph nodes. Further, women who took the
hormones were more likely to die of breast cancer.
Also, it was found that Prempro raises the number of lung
cancer deaths, although it doesn't increase the number of
lung cancer cases.
Wyeth’s Prempro and its other major HRT
drug, Premarin, have been used by at least 6 million women
worldwide. Prempro has generated annual sales of more than
$1 billion. With so much at stake, the drug
manufacturer of Prempro, Wyeth, has invested heavily in
litigation and is fighting thousands of Prempro lawsuits.
Many of these Prempro lawsuits that are pending against
Wyeth allege that the company failed to adequately warn
about the risk of invasive breast cancer from hormone
replacement therapies, and intentionally hid the cancer risk
from women.
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Cancer Lawsuit
Information, Prempro Breast Cancer Lawsuit Information,
Prempro Cancer Lawsuit Information, and Prempro FDA Actions
and Warnings
In February 2011, after extreme pressure from numerous
people and groups that have sought justice from Prempro
health problems, losing loved ones from breast cancer, women
having to have mastectomies, and over eight years of
litigation; Pfizer Inc. has agreed to pay about $330 million
to resolve claims that its Prempro menopause drug caused
breast cancer. As part of this settlement, Pfizer will
settle more than 2,200 lawsuits alleging the company's Wyeth
unit hid Prempro's cancer risks.
The settlements may be a signal that
Pfizer is trying to resolve long-standing litigation issues
after being hit with multimillion verdicts throughout the
nation and as part of its recent management change.
Hormone Replacement Therapy Drug Lawyer, Premarin
Lawyer, Prempro Lawyer, Premphase Lawyer, and Cancer Lawyer
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) drugs
including Prempro, Premarin and Premphase are used to treat
the adverse health conditions many women experience as they
enter and progress through menopause. Recent scientific
evidence brings into questions as to if drugs like Premarin,
Prempro and Premphase provide the benefits that are marketed
by the drug manufacturer and have been linked long-term use
of these drugs to serious health conditions such as breast
cancer and endometrial cancer.
Drug Company Fraud Lawsuit Information, Drug
Representative Whistleblower Fraud Lawsuit Information,
Drug Company Off-Label Marketing Lawsuit Information and
Fraudulent Drug Company
Marketing Scheme Lawsuit Information
The Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic
Act (”FDCA”), provides a systematic scheme for the
approval of new drugs and new drug formulations intended
to be marketed for use in interstate commerce. Under the
FDCA, a new drug product cannot be marketed unless the
FDA approves the product and determines that it is safe
and effective for its intended use. When the FDA
approves a drug, it approves the drug only for the
particular use for which it was tested, but after the
drug is approved for a particular use, the FDCA does not
regulate how the drug may be prescribed. Thus, a drug
that has been tested and approved for one use only can
also be prescribed by a physician for another use, known
as “off-label.”
Though physicians may prescribe drugs
for off-label usage, the FDA prohibits drug
manufacturers from marketing or promoting a drug for a
use that the FDA has not approved. A manufacturer
illegally “misbrands” a drug if the drug’s labeling
includes information about its unapproved uses. A drug
is deemed misbranded unless its labeling bears adequate
directions for use. The courts have agreed with the FDA
that the FDCA requires information not only on how a
product is to be used (e.g. dosage and administration),
but also on all the intended uses of the product. Oral
statements and materials presented at industry-support
scientific and educational activities may provide
evidence of a product’s intended use. If these
statements or materials promote a use that is
inconsistent with the product’s approved labeling, the
product is misbranded under the FDCA for failure to bear
labeling with adequate directions for all intended uses.
Several drugs have been aggressively marketed for many off-label
uses including to relieve pain, migraine headaches, neuropathic pain, nystagmus, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome,
mood-stabilizing treatment for bipolar disorder,
menopausal hot flashes, and idiopathic subjective tinnitus. It is estimated that
Pfizer has received large amounts of money through off-label
marketing and fraudulent marketing. Pfizer has paid a total
of $2.75 billion in off-label penalties since 2004 which is
a little more than 1 percent of the company’s revenue of
$245 billion from 2004 to 2008. (Pfizer
Broke the Law by Promoting Drugs for Unapproved Uses).
It is important for those with special knowledge of fraud
against Medicare, Medicaid, and other government health
benefit programs to step up and blow the whistle on this
fraud. For more information on becoming a
Pharmaceutical Marketing Fraud Whistleblower with the
potential claim a large economic recovery as well as to help
stop Drug Company Fraud that injures people and costs
Billions of dollars, please go to the following webpage
Pharmaceutical Marketing Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit
Information.
Hormone Replacement Therapy Drug Lawyer, Premarin &
Prempro Breast Cancer Lawyer, Prempro Breast Cancer Lawyer,
Premphase Cancer Lawyer,
HRT Malignant Neoplasm Lawyer, and
Prempro Cancer Lawyer
Texas Dangerous Drug Attorney Jason
Coomer commonly works with other lawyers throughout Texas
and the United States including Texas Prempro Breast Cancer Lawyers,
Houston Prempro Cancer Lawyers, Boston HRT Prempro Breast
Cancer Lawyers, San Antonio
Prempro Pharmaceutical Fraud Lawyers, Dallas Prempro Cancer Lawyers,
and other Austin Dangerous Drug Claim Lawyers. By sharing
information and working together, his law firm and other
firms throughout Texas and the United States are able to
provide better representation for there clients.
Texas Prempro Cancer Lawyer Jason Coomer also
works on
Accutane Lawsuits,
Chantix Lawsuits,
Reglan Tardive Dyskinesia Lawsuits,
Defective Birth
Control Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella Lawsuits,
Avandia Lawsuits,
Paxil Infant
Heart Lawsuits,
Ketek Lawsuits,
Gadolinium Contrast Dye Lawsuits,
Antidepressant (SSRI) drug Lawsuits, and
other
defective drug and medication Lawsuits. If you or a loved one have or
are taking Prempro or other Hormone Replacement Therapy
Drugs, please consult your doctor, especially if you have
cancer or a family history of breast cancer. If you
or a loved one has questions about a potential Prempro
Breast Cancer Lawsuit or HRT Drug Cancer
Lawsuit, feel free to e-mail any questions you might have to
PremproCancerLawyer@texaslawyers.com. |
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