If you were injured by the recently recalled painkillers Darvocet or Darvon, find out what a Darvocet lawyer can do for you - especially now that it's clear that Darvocet and Darvon manufacturers knew about the increased risks for serious side effects of these drugs, but did nothing to warn consumers.
Darvon Lawyers Can Determine If Drugs Caused Your Injury
According to Darvon and Darvocet injury lawyers, anyone who believes that Darvon, Darvocet or any one of the many propoxyphene-based drugs on the market may have caused their heart attack or other side effects, it's important to contact an attorney so that he or she can review their medical records and determine the probability of that connection.
That would be the first step into investigating whether a potential claim exists. Lawyers say that a case can generally be proven by looking at an EKG or ECG where a doctor measures the electrical current in your heart through a routine test - and that a lawsuit would be warranted as long as a significant change to the electrical activity of the heart can be shown while you were taking a propoxyphene-based product.
Manufacturers Knew Of Darvocet Dangers 30 Years Ago
Although Darvon and Darvocet have been on the market for many years, they have been a source of controversy for much of that time. In fact, the consumer group Public Citizen petitioned to have propoxyphene-based products removed from the market in the 1970's. Nothing was ever done about it until 2009 when the FDA asked Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, the maker of Darvocet, to conduct a study on the efficacy the drug. The results of that study were reported in 2010 and concluded that the drug does cause significant changes to the electrical activity of the heart.
Those results, along with Darvocet and Darvon recalls in England and Europe five years earlier, led the FDA to finally recall these dangerous drugs in the United States. Product liability lawyers expect hundreds, if not thousands, of Darvon / Darvocet lawsuits to be filed in 2011. If you've been injured, you may be entitled to compensation. Contact a Darvocet injury today to find out more.