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Product Liability and Inadequate Warning Labels

How Inadequate Warnings Affect Outcomes

Everyone can appreciate being informed about a possible harmful situation that may occur. However, what if you indulged in a product and found out afterward that important information about possible poisoning may occur if taken the wrong way? This would not only be upsetting, but the product could potentially harm you. We will examine how inadequate warnings can become a nightmare of problems through case examples.

Warning labels are commonly found on drug labels and hazardous consumer products such as cigarettes and cleaning supplies. In 2006, the Food and Drug Administration issued a requirement to manufacturers of over-the-counter pain medication to rewrite the warning statements on their products. Some of these medications include Tylenol, Advil and aspirin.

Viagra, Lipitor and Cialis are medications millions of people use. However, there are reports from Medscape General Medicine that these drugs may cause blindness in some people. Researchers have found that Viagra users were 18 times more likely for consumer complaints of blindness than Lipitor. They also found out that Viagra is 25 times more likely to cause blindness than Cialis. In one case report, to prove blindness may occur, a test was performed on one patient. After taking four doses of Cialis at different intervals, the patient suffered reversible visual field defects after each dose. The patient suffered permanent partial loss of vision after taking a fifth dose.

Can you imagine being a musician and losing an arm? Unfortunately, this was the case with Diana Levine. According to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Diana visited a Vermont healthcare clinic because she was experiencing nausea and pain. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals manufactured a drug called Phenergan, in which the label warning was supposedly approved by the FDA. The product warning stipulated that missing a vein and hitting an artery could lead to gangrene, when in reality they label said no such thing. The court ruled that Wyeth knew about this risk for over 40 years. Wyeth responded that they knew the condition could occur but decided not to update the label.

What if you were driving down a street, hit a pothole, and was thrown from your vehicle? This was the case with David Perry. In Texas, an appeals court ruling confirmed that posting a 15 mile-per-hour speed limit sign close to the pothole was not sufficient as a warning. According to a news report in the Insurance Journal, a jury found TXI Operations guilty of inadequate warning.

Rasansky Law firm is committed to being an advocate for individuals who suffer injuries or death due to inadequate warning. If you feel that you or a loved one is a victim of this product liability, do not hesitate to fill out our free case evaluation form. Our team has a Dallas product liability attorney who will gladly review the facts of your situation.

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