After taking the blood thinner Pradaxa, a Minnesota woman experienced serious internal bleeding. Her attorney referred her case to our law firm because our attorneys have national experience with these kinds of cases. We have won millions for our clients, including $45,000,000for clients injured by another medical product. Attorney Fred Pritzker founded the law firm and has made it into one of the leading product liability law firms in the nation.
You can contact Fred or another product liability lawyer at our firm for a free consultation here. Our attorneys can help you understand if you and your family can file a Pradaxa lawsuit for personal injury or wrongful death.
Patients in Minnesota were prescribed Pradaxa as a “safe” alternative to warfarin (Coumadin), a powerful blood thinner that has some nasty side affects. What doctors did not know is that Pradaxa can cause fatal internal bleeding (including hemorrhagic stroke, which is bleeding on the brain), and there is no antidote to quickly stop the blood thinning effects of Pradaxa. With warfarin, a dose of vitamin K will quickly stop the bleeding.
After reports to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of 3,781 internal bleeding events and 542 deaths last year associated with Pradaxa, our attorneys are seeking justice for patients injured by the drug.
Pradaxa was approved by the F.D.A. in 2010 for patients with irregular heartbeat. It is manufactured by German drug maker Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. In 2011, Boehringer spent $464 million to promote Pradaxa and sales topped $1 billion. As Boehringer profited from this dangerous drug, patients were dying and experiencing internal bleeding that, in some cases, caused severe intestinal bleeding, heart attack, stroke and permanent damage to other organs.
Pradaxa was one of two medications responsible for the most medication-related deaths reported to the FDA in 2011, according to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices. Research out of the Cleveland Clinic found that Pradaxa may increase the risk of heart attack and irreversible bleeding complications.
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