“It has destroyed my life,” laments Terry Aston, a former truck driver whose life hasn’t been the same since she took antibiotic Levaquin to treat an infection back in 1991. Levaquin is a drug belonging to a class of antibiotics called fluoroquinolones, or FLQs, which include other brand-name drugs Avelox and Cipro. Responsible...
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FLQ Lawsuits Mount as MDL is Considered
As the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation gears up to hear oral arguments on a motion to establish a multi-district litigation that would centralize nearly 60 cases against manufacturers of dangerous antibiotics, even more lawsuits continue to be filed. The July 30, 2015 hearing was held on behalf of plaintiffs who allege that...
New Avelox Nerve Damage Suit Filed
After taking potent antibiotic Avelox in 2012, Jacqueline Whitters developed severe pain, numbness and weakness in her body, resulting in permanent peripheral neuropathy. Now, three years later, Whitters claims that Avelox’ manufacturers, Bayer Corp. and Merck & Co., may have known about the nerve damage risks associated with the drug yet misleadingly marketed it...
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Prescription Antibiotics Provide More than Patients Bargain For
When Dorothy D’Amato developed a lung infection in 2010, she was prescribed Avelox, a strong antibiotic, to treat her condition. After she began experiencing numbness, tingling, and pain in her feet—telltale signs of peripheral neuropathy—D’Amato started getting concerned. Her concern grew to anger, as the fine print that Bayer Healthcare’s drug carried “wasn’t anywhere...
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