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"Do No Harm" Apparently Does Not Apply to Pharmaceutical Companies

Which two drugs have the unique distinction of contributing to health problems as diverse as breast cancer, coronary heart disease, blood clots, stroke, intense gallbladder inflammation, lupus, uterine and vaginal cancer, dementia and Alzheimer's disease? Ask Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, maker of Prempro® and Premarin® ! These drugs have been used by millions of women since 1995 as part of hormone replacement therapy to relieve menopause symptoms and osteoporosis. However, rather than helping, they caused serious harm.

Now thousands of lawsuits are playing out in America's courtrooms, alleging that Wyeth failed to warn of the drugs' dangerous side effects. "Giant pharmaceutical companies often fail to disclose the potentially life-threatening side effects of drugs to doctors and patients," said Personal Injury attorney Howard Krepack. "The Supreme Court recently ruled that patients can sue drug makers for failing to provide adequate warnings, even when the drugs have been approved by the FDA. It is these lawsuits that bring to light the dangerous and sometimes deadly side effects of medications sold in the name of 'healing.'"

Gordon, Edelstein, Krepack, Grant, Felton and Goldstein has had extraordinary success representing clients harmed by unsafe drugs, as well as clients injured by toxic substances.