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Birth Defect Lawsuit, Pharmaceutical Birth Defect Lawsuit, Antidepressant Birth Defect Lawsuit, Drug
Birth Defect Lawsuit, Infant Disability Lawsuit, Drug Birth
Injury Lawsuit, Developmentally Disabled Child Lawsuit, and Birth
Injury Lawsuit
Information
by
Texas Birth Defect Lawyer and Drug Birth Defect
Lawyer Jason S. Coomer
Several
medications, products, and drugs have been linked to birth
defects including neural tube defects,
cleft palate,
cleft lips, and
spina bifida. Unfortunately,
through strong marketing pressure some drug companies have been
continuing to push doctors to prescribe drugs to pregnant women
that may cause severe birth defects. These birth
defects can result in death or injury to an infant including
malformation, permanent paralysis, disabilities, and severe
health problems.
If you believe that your child has
suffered a birth defect as a result of a
dangerous drug and/or medical negligence,
feel free to contact Texas Birth Defect Lawyer and Drug Birth
Defect Lawyer Jason Coomer
or
use our online submission form.
Birth Defect Lawsuit, Pharmaceutical Birth Defect Lawsuit, Antidepressant Birth Defect Lawsuit, Drug
Birth Defect Lawsuit, Infant Disability Lawsuit, Drug Birth
Injury Lawsuit, Developmentally Disabled Child Lawsuit, and Birth
Injury Lawsuit
Information
Several
antidepressant drugs and other medications prescribed for
off label and FDA approved uses have been linked to birth
defects including neural tube defects,
cleft palate,
cleft lips, and
spina bifida. Unfortunately,
some drug companies have been able to push doctors to prescribe drugs to pregnant women
that may cause severe birth defects. These birth
defects can result in serious and permanent to a child including
malformation, permanent paralysis, disabilities, and severe
health problems. If you or someone you love is on
medication and is pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant,
please discuss the potential dangers of any medication that you
are taking with a qualified medical doctor. If your child
was born with a birth defect including a neural tube birth
defect, cleft palate, or other birth defect, please feel free to
read this web site or contact
Birth Defect Lawyer Jason S. Coomer.
Pharmaceutical Spina Bifida Birth Defect Lawsuit, Birth
Defect Inadquate Warning Adequacy Lawsuit, Drug Company
Fraud Birth Defect Lawsuit, Depakote Spina Bifida Lawsuit, Depakote
Neural Tude
Defect Lawsuit, Depakote Spina Bifida Lawsuit, Drug Cleft Palate Lawsuit,
SSRI Birth Defect Lawsuit, SRRI Neural Tube Defect Lawsuit, &
Defective Drug Birth Defect Lawsuit Information
Some drugs have
ample warnings that warn doctors, pharmacists, and women
that pregnant women should avoid taking
the product while they are pregnant to avoid potential birth
defects. However, some drug
manufacturers have hidden the real dangers of their product
in order to sell more of their product including selling
their product to pregnant women. These companies value profits
over healthy children and will often market the dangerous
drug through physicians. Seeking to stop these drug
corporations and educate doctors as to the dangers of giving
certain drugs to pregnant women is an important step in
lowering the number of birth defects in the future and
protecting children from facing a shortened life with
disability.
By filing a
birth defect lawsuit against a drug company for selling and
marketing a dangerous drug that my cause birth defects, the
families of those that have lost there child or have had their
child suffer a serious birth defect can seek compensation from
the drug company as well as prevent similar unnecessary deaths
or birth defects from happening to other children and families.
Depakote Birth Defect Lawsuit Information, Depakote ER Birth Defect Lawsuit
Information, Depakote Spina Bifida Lawsuit Information and Depakote Birth Defect Lawsuit
Information
The drug, Depakote, aka Depakote ER, Depakene, Depacon, Epival,
Dépakine Chrono,Valance, and divalproex sodium (USAN) is a
drug prescribed to treat seizures, migraine headaches, manic
episodes of bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder,
prevention of both manic and depressive phases of bipolar
disorder, epilepsy, chronic pain associated with neuropathy,
and migraine headaches. Further, with the increase in
pharmaceutical marketing off-label use of the drug has
become more prevalent including
treatment of mild depression, the depressive stage of
bi-polar disorder, and chronic pain such as migraine
headaches.
Depakote has been linked to major birth
defects in children of women that were taking this drug.
According to a recent medical scientific study, women taking
Depakote had four times the risk of delivering a child with
major birth defects, compared to women taking other, similar
drugs. The range of birth defects associated with
Depakote is broad, however the report specifically cited
neural tube defects such as spina bifida. Neural tube
defects are birth defects that affect the brain and spinal
cord; spinal bifida is a defect affecting the spinal cord
that causes paralysis of the legs. There is no known cure.
Women that take Depakote, Depakote ER, Depakene, Depacon, Dépakine Chrono,
and other forms of divalproex sodium, while they are
pregnant may be at higher risk to have children with serious
birth defects including spina bifida, cleft palate, cleft
lip, and malformations. If you believe that you or
someone in your family is on Depakote or Depakote ER while
pregnant, please contact a doctor immediately.
For more
information on Depakote Spina Bifida Lawsuits, Depakote Cleft
Palate Lawsuits, and other Depakote Birth Defect Lawsuits,
please feel free to go to the following web page on
Depakote Spina Bifida
Lawsuit and Depakote Birth Defect Lawsuit Information or
please feel free
to
contact Depakote Birth Defect Lawyer and Depakote Spina Bifida Lawyer
Jason Coomer.
Topamax Birth Defect Lawyer, Topiramate
Birth Defect Lawyer, Topamax Heart Defect Lawyer, Topamax Cleft
Palate Lawyer, Topamax Cleft Lip Lawyer, and Antiepileptic Drug
(APD) Birth Defect Lawyer
(Topamax and Topiramate Birth Defect Lawsuits)
Topiramate (brand name Topamax)
is a anticonvulsant drug. It has been approved for the treatment
of epilepsy and migraines, but has been aggressively marketed
for many off-label uses including bipolar
disorder, cluster headaches, eating disorders, obesity,
fibromyalgia, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
alcoholism, sleep disorders, sleep-eating disorders, infantile
spasms, autism, periventricular leukomalacia in preterm infants
after an hypoxic-ischemic injury, essential tremor, bulimia
nervosa, obsessive-compulsive disorder, smoking cessation,
idiopathic intracranial hypertension, neuropathic pain, and
cocaine dependence. If you or a loved one have been taking
Topamax during pregnancy and had a child with a birth defect, it
is important to seek medical assistance.
The FDA recommends that "before starting
topiramate, pregnant women and women of childbearing potential
should discuss other treatment options with their health care
professional. Women taking topiramate should tell their health
care professional immediately if they are planning to or become
pregnant. Patients taking topiramate should not stop taking it
unless told to do so by their health care professional. Women
who become pregnant while taking topiramate should talk to their
health care professional about registering with the North
American Antiepileptic Drug Pregnancy Registry, a group that
collects information about outcomes in infants born to women
treated with antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy."
The
FDA has recently announced that Topiramate (brand name Topamax)
causes an increased risk of development of cleft
lip and/or cleft palate (oral clefts) in infants born to women
treated with Topamax (topiramate) during pregnancy. If you or a
loved one have been taking Topamax during pregnancy and had a
child with a birth defect, it is important to seek medical
assistance.
For more
information on a Topamax Cleft Liph Defect Lawsuit, Topamax
Cleft Palate Lawsuit, and other Topamax Birth Defect Lawsuit,
please feel free to go to the following web page on
Topamax Cleft Palate
Lawsuit and Topamax Cleft Lip Birth Defect Lawsuit
Information or if you have questions regarding a potential Topamax
lawsuit for the death of a loved one or birth defect,
please feel free to e-mail Texas Topamax Birth Defect Lawyer
Jason Coomer with your name & contact information. or
submit
an inquiry through this submission form.
SSRI Birth Defect Lawsuits, SSRI Neural
Tube Birth Defect Lawsuits, Primary Pulmonary
Hypertension in Newborns (PPHN) Lawsuits, Prozac Birth
Defect Lawsuits, Zoloft Lawsuits, and Paxil Birth Defect Lawsuits
A growing body of evidence indicates that
several drugs and medications, if used during pregnancy may
cause serious birth defects. These drugs include selective
serotonin-reuptake inhibitor SSRI antidepressants.
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are commonly
used as antidepressants. Drugs included in the SSRI class are
Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Symbyax, Celexa, Cymbalta, Effexor and
Lexapro.
These SSRI antidepressants may cause birth
defects and developmental problems if taken during pregnancy.
Some potential birth defects and developmental problems include
neural tube birth defects, heart defects, cleft palates, cleft
lips, clubbed feet, as well as other malformations and
developmental problems. These selective serotonin-reuptake
inhibitor (SSRI) drugs have been strongly marketed by the drug
companies and are commonly used to treat depression and other
disorders.
Some of the most popular SSRI antidepressants
are:
For more information on SSRI
Antidepressant Birth Defect Lawsuits,
please feel free
to
contact SSRI Antidepressant Birth Defect Lawyer, Jason S. Coomer.
Wellbutrin Birth Defect Lawsuits,
Wellbutrin Neural Tube Birth Defect Lawsuits, Wellbutrin Primary Pulmonary
Hypertension in Newborns (PPHN) Lawsuits, Wellbutin Birth
Defect Lawsuits, Wellbutrin Lawsuits, and Wellbutrin Birth
Defect Lawsuits
Wellbutrin, Wellbutrin SR, Zyban, Wellbutrin XL and bupropion
are in the FDA's pregnancy category C, which means the drug can
cause injury to unborn and nursing babies. A recent
article published in American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
(July 2010) suggests that there may be an increased risk of
heart defects in the mother's offspring from the antidepressant
taken during pregnancy. The study identified a positive
association between early pregnancy Wellbutrin use and a
congenital heart problem known as a left outflow tract defect.
This heart birth defect can restrict the flow of blood to the
rest of the body from the heart's left chambers, and often must
be surgically corrected to allow the child's main artery to
function properly.
Unfortunately, depression is not uncommon in women of
childbearing age, and Wellbutrin is often used during the early
stages of pregnancy. Among the most serous side effects of
Wellbutrin are heart defects found in infants of women who took
the drugs during the first trimester of their pregnancies.
Bupropion hydrochloride is marketed under the following
names:
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Wellbutrin
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Wellbutrin SR
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Wellbutrin XL
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Zyban
For more information on Wellbutrin Birth
Defect Lawsuits,
please feel free
to
contact Wellbutrin Antidepressant Birth Defect Lawyer, Jason S.
Coomer.
Off Label Drug Marketing of Drugs
Off label
drug marketing occurs when a drug is marketed beyond its
approved FDA uses. When combined with false certifications to
the United States Government, off label healthcare whistleblower
fraud claims can arise. For more information on
Off Qui Tam Fraud Claims.
Birth Defect Lawyer, Pharmaceutical Birth Defect Lawyer, Antidepressant Birth Defect Lawyer, Drug
Birth Defect Lawyer, Infant Disability Lawyer, Drug Birth
Injury Lawyer, Developmentally Disabled Child Lawyer, Birth
Injury Lawyer, Spina Bifida Lawyer, Depakote Birth
Defect Lawyer, Depakote ER Spina Bifida Lawyer, Depakote Cleft Palate Lawyer, Depakote
Malformation Lawyer, Antidepressant Cleft Lip Lawyer, &
Defective Drug Birth Defect Lawyer
Avoidable birth defects are one of the
most devastating problems that can occur to a family and a
new baby. Parents who should be celebrating the birth
of a new child, are often caught off guard when their child
is born with severe disabilities and often do not
realize that someone may be responsible for the birth defect including drug manufacturers that hid information
about medications that can cause birth defects. The
family is typically busy taking care of the child with the
serious health problems and often does not know that the
birth defect was preventable. When they discover the
probable cause of the preventable birth defect they are
often filled with anger and rage. It can be horrifying
to find out that
a child will have permanent health problems because a drug company hid research and did
not provide an adequate warning of a product's safety.
Many drugs can cause birth
defects. It is extremely
important that you understand the potential risk of taking
any drug or medication during pregnancy.
Drug Birth Defect Lawsuits and Medical
Negligence Birth Injury Lawsuits are
some of the most complicated types of cases in the practice
of law. As a Texas birth defect and birth injury lawyer that handles
birth defect, birth injury, and infant death lawsuits, Jason
S. Coomer commonly works with
other Birth Defect Lawyers throughout the United States including
Chicago Birth Defect Lawyers, Chicago Birth Injury Lawyers, Boston Birth Defect Lawyers,
Atlanta Birth Defect Lawyers, New York Birth Defect Lawyers,
Dallas Spina Bifida Birth Defect Lawyers, Houston
Spina Bifida Birth Defect
Lawyers, and other Depakote Birth Defect Lawyers. In working with other birth defect lawyers,
we seek compensation from negligent drug companies and other
companies that
have severely injured or killed infants or mothers through
selling dangerous products, medications, and drugs that they
should have know were dangerous, but hid significant
research in order to sell more product to make a profit.
If you believe that your child has
suffered a birth defect or birth injury as a result of a
dangerous drug and/or medical negligence,
feel free to contact Texas Birth Defect Lawyer and Birth Injury Lawyer Jason Coomer
for a free review of your Texas Birth
Injury Lawsuit or Birth Defect Lawsuit or
use our online submission form.
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