Mingo couple suing over drug's side effects
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-WestVirginiaRecord
03/26/2009 - WILLIAMSON - A Mingo County couple is suing a physician and the makers of a drug used to treat reflux, alleging the companies concealed the risk of side effects and the physician failed to recognize the wife was suffering from two of them.
Shirlean and Elmer Meade filed a lawsuit in Mingo Circuit Court Feb. 25 against Dr. Deidre E. Parsley; Wyeth, Inc.; Schwarz Pharma; PLIVA, Inc.; Teva Pharmaceuticals; and six unnamed defendants.
Shirlean says she can no longer control her facial expressions, mouth, tongue and jaw because she used a generic version of the drug Reglan for more than 12 months to treat her reflux.
The conditions the woman is suffering from are called Tardive Dyskinesia and Akathisia, according to the complaint.
Elmer claims he's lost the consortium of his wife, according to the couple's 14-count complaint.
The complaint says Parsley began prescribing a generic form of Reglan to Shirlean in January 2006 for her reflux.
After taking the drugs, Shirlean failed to notice she was starting to show the signs of the onset of the conditions described in the complaint.
The Meades claim that Parsley failed to diagnose Shirlean's worsening condition and continue to prescribe her the Reglan through the end of February 2007.
Shirlean's conditions, allegedly side effects of long-term use of Reglan, weren't diagnosed until April 2, 2007, the complaint says.
The Meades claim that the makers of the name-brand Reglan knew that long-term use could cause these side effects, but concealed this information.
The makers of the generic form should have known of the alleged dangers of the drug, but relied on the information from the name-brand manufacturers for the prescription insert, the complaint says.
The Meades are seeking various actual and punitive damages in addition to legal fees.
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Simply stated, no side effects are given out with the prescription, at least not for persons who can not read tiny print.
The warning print is too small for seniors to read and very little space is provided between lines.
Also, it states (vertically on the margin) in tiny red print that "the effects listed above are not all of the possible risks that could be caused by this medication. Please consult your physician about the uses, precautions and risks of the medication specific to your health".
Who wants to pay the doctor to talk to him about the medication?!!!
The Pharmaceutical industry knows that a good percentage of people will not plow into the fine print.
this may seem trivial but it is just another way in which the public is being exploited by the Pharmaceutical industry.
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