Why should the FDA get a free pass?

[koltin]

My daughter had pneumonia almost 3 years ago and was prescribed Levaquin. About 5 days into her treatment, while brushing her hair, she experienced a spontaneous rotator cuff tear so bad that it required surgery as soon as she was better. She has since had two additional surgeries and has lost nearly 30% use of her shoulder which she will likely never regain.

She is thinking of suing the makers of Levaquin, Ortho-McNeil, in a class action lawsuit. However, the FDA has know of this problem for years and thousands of people have suffered like injuries. That toxic mess of a drug is STILL on the market, has NOT been recalled and is STILL being prescribed.

Why has this drug not been recalled by the FDA? Does anyone know what it takes to get a drug recalled? Why should the FDA not share the responsibility? Isn't it their job to keep the public safe?

WARNING TO THE PEOPLE OF Y/A......PLEASE remember these names... LEVAQUIN and the generic name, LEVOFLOXICIN. PLEASE, NEVER, EVER TAKE THIS DRUG!!!

[maddox]

you could try submitting a claim form to http://www.badproducts.com . They helped me get a class action started a year ago and did a pretty good job with it. mine was for bextra, i dont know how similar your case would be. good luck

[delron]

Real health care reform

[fenwick]

All drugs have side effects, and they can often have rare, and very serious side effects. But I find it hard to believe that you bothered reading the insert that came with the drug, where it said that any join, tendon, or muscle pain was a sign of a serious side effect, in which you should immediately stop taking the drug and go to a hospital. I can guarantee that your daughter had signs prior to the event, but ignored them. You'll likely win some money, but hopefully you learn something. Read the damn insert.


Edit:
Then the doctor should have prescribed a different drug. In any event, you should have taken a more active role in your daughter's care. Again, had you read the insert, you could have prevented this. Doctors screw up, and patients need to understand that it's their health and their responsibility too.

I have to wonder what your response to her death without the drug would have been.


Then your daughter should have read the damn insert. Holy crap, how hard is it to put her in place of where I said you? Forget it. Neither one of you would apparently understand all of the big words on the insert.


Apparently she's not a very bright attorney if she doesn't even bother reading about the drug she is taking. Don't worry, her frivolous lawsuit is likely to bring her plenty of money for the side effects of a drug that SAVED HER LIFE. Maybe in the future she should just wait and see how the illness turns out. I'll give you a hint. Untreated pneumonia starts with chest pains and difficulty breathing, it ends with a ventilator, then an embalming.


Obviously delinquent? Think again. The doctor prescribed a tested and proven drug in a case where the use of such a drug was a medical necessity. ALL DRUGS HAVE SIDE EFFECTS. Doctors cannot predict which side effects any particular patient will have. It's up to the patient to take an active role in their own health. Where has personal responsibility gone? Exactly when does the patient take an active role in their own health?

You want a difficult job, look at physicians. The difficulty of their job makes patent law look like garbage pick up.

BTW, what exactly did I lose. I don't recall being in a debate.



It doesn't take a genius to read the insert of a prescription drug. In fact, it takes an idiot not to. No ego, just common sense.



My message was never that you were a neglectful mother, nor did I ever equate being a patent lawyer to a garbage collector. If these are the reading and logic skills your daughter inherited, then no wonder reading the insert did not lead her to say "Gee, this medicine has severe side effects that have symptoms that I'm experiencing without the medication. Maybe I should call my doctor and ask for a different antibiotic". That is what common sense means. Basic logic skills.

I have been calling you and your daughter an idiot since the beginning. The reason is that litigious as$holes like you two piss me off. You say how the company knew of these serious side effects, and how that they're somehow responsible for your daughter's injuries. Beyond that, you say the FDA is responsible as well. But here's the thing, THEY WARN YOU ABOUT THESE SIDE EFFECTS. THEY TELL YOU WHAT CAN HAPPEN. THEY EXPECT YOU TO BE SMARTER THAN YOU APPARENTLY ARE. So if I come off as obnoxious, so be it. If I come off as an as$hole, that's fine with me. As long as you get the idea that I think you're an idiot, and I'm sick of idiots suing because they can't form a coherent fcking thought.


You get angry, then you get dumber. I never said I could distinguish flu aches from side effect aches. THAT'S WHY I WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN THE DRUG. Other than that, your response is more of the same BS. Have fun in court suing the people who saved your daughter's life.

[ayize]

because the fda, is bought and paid for by big pharma. the bigger problem is that the prescribing physician, being highly educated should have known about the side effects of this drug. but, like politicians, too many doctors are on the dole with the druggists. how about we stop the lobbying in DC, like Oblahblah promised!!!!