Paxil Lawsuit is the latest in a long line of legal difficulties surrounding the drug known as paroxetine or “Paxil”. In previous years there were several lawsuits filed against Paxil and other generic brand drugs that are known as Sertraline, Zoloft, Prozac, Paxil, Celexa, Lexapro, and Avacor. The main issues centered around the fact that these generic versions of prescription medications are not regulated the same way that pharmaceutical drugs are and therefore cannot be held responsible for the same side effects and complications that their brand-name counterparts are held responsible for.
The lawsuits also point out that these drugs have been on the market since the 1970’s when they were initially intended to help those with obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, anxiety disorders, and bipolar disorder. This means that there has been considerable negligence on the part of the manufacturers. In some instances they have actually been negligent in suggesting a regimen for use when none was actually needed.
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Among the most common side effects of these drugs are sexual dysfunction, muscle spasms, depression, mania, and nausea. Because of this it is not uncommon for patients to seek medical treatment to counter these side effects instead of using the generic name for the medication.
If these medicines are improperly prescribed or are used improperly by the treating physician, an individual can file a claim with the assistance of a Paxil Lawsuit 2021 attorney.
The plaintiffs in this case include individually identified plaintiffs who suffered from an array of symptoms ranging from sexual dysfunction to erectile dysfunction, mood swings, anxiety to depression.
A number of these plaintiffs had to change physicians multiple times over the course of months because their cases did not improve despite taking the proper medication.
In one instance, the plaintiff had to go back to the doctor after receiving a total of eight different prescriptions for different drugs which were all ruled out by the treating physician as having any affect on his condition. This is common among patients who need multiple medications to control the different ailments in question.
One plaintiff was prescribed prednisolone at a dose of 40mg per day.
This medication had been prescribed by his treating physician prior to the date of accurate delivery. He was later told by his treating physician that he had developed kidney toxicity due to the use of the chemical name accutane. Subsequently, he received a diagnosis of liver failure and was subsequently placed on dialysis.
Another plaintiff was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, which is an auto-immune disease.
He was prescribed prednisone and was later given another drug called clomid, which has been deemed unsafe by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Despite this drug having been deemed unsafe, defendant did not warn the plaintiff that he may experience severe allergic reactions to the chemical substance contained in this drug. Plaintiff was later diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a type of cancer, due to the combination of the two drugs.
There are other examples of medications received from generic drug stores containing ingredients that have been deemed unsafe for human consumption.
Two such examples are melatonin and Valerian. Both melatonin and Valerian can cause sleeplessness, which is a serious side effect for a number of patients taking these medications. The FDA has previously deemed that generic versions of the aforementioned drugs are acceptable for use as long as they contain only natural ingredients and do not contain melatonin or Valerian.