PROZAC LITIGATION
Do You Have a Prozac Lawsuit?
Tracey Law Firm - Houston, Texas
In 1987, the FDA approved Prozac (fluoxetine) for the treatment of depression. In 1988, the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly Company launched Prozac, which was the first SSRI to reach the market in the United States. According to Eli Lilly, Prozac was both safe and effective. However, Prozac soon came under fire for increasing the risk of suicidal thoughts. By the early 1990's lawsuits began to be filed by the parents and families of teenagers who killed themselves while taking Prozac. Currently Prozac carries a "black box" warning about the risk associated with the use of Prozac and suicidal thinking and behavior.
Now, in addition to causing adolescents to commit suicide, Prozac is now also linked to major birth defects. A recent study published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology in November 2008 by Orna Diav-Citrin of The Israeli Teratogen Information Service found a four-fold increased risk of cardiovascular defects in infants born to mothers who took the Prozac (fluoxetine). Read the Prozac press release.
In addition to heart defects, Prozac has also been linked to Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the newborn (PPHN). PPHN is a life-threatening disorder in which the newborn's arteries to the lungs remain constricted after delivery, limiting the amount of blood flow to the lungs and therefore the amount of oxygen into the bloodstream. Ten percent to 20 percent of infants with PPHN will end up dying even if they receive treatment.
A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) by Christina Chambers of the University of California, San Diego, found a six-fold increased risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPH) in infants born to mothers who took an antidepressant in the last trimester of pregnancy. On July 19, 2006, the FDA issued a Public Health Advisory for Prozac and several other antidepressants based on this study.
Our firm is not afraid of any pharmaceutical company, no matter how big they are. We have the financial resources needed to fight them and will not hesitate to take your Prozac lawsuit to trial when we think it will maximize compensation for our client. In fact, the experienced trial lawyers here have obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements on behalf of their clients over the last 15 years.
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If you took Prozac or generic fluoxetine during pregnancy and your child was born with a birth defect - we encourage you to contact us online immediately.
