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Home / Uncategorized / Suffer damaging side effects from taking Pradaxa®?

Suffer damaging side effects from taking Pradaxa®?

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Did you or your loved one suffer damaging side effects from taking Pradaxa®? 

Doctors across our nation have readily prescribed Pradaxa® to their patients to reduce the risk of blood clots.  Over the past years, the manufacturer of Pradaxa®, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, claimed their drug was safe and effective.  Despite these claims, many patients taking this drug have experienced incredibly harmful side effects – even death.  Some of these side effects include, but are not limited to:

  • Excessive gastrointestinal or vaginal bleeding
  • Red or black stools
  • Vomit that looks like coffee grounds
  • Heart Attack
  • Stroke
  • Bleeding Ulcer
  • And many other side effects including death

 You Can Seek Compensation

It is a drug maker’s responsibility to conduct thorough testing and warn the public and the FDA of the full extent of a drug’s risks. When this does not happen, the individuals and families harmed should consider speaking with an attorney to understand their rights. German manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim has already settled 4,000 Pradaxa® claims for $650 million dollars. That amounts to an average of $162,500 for each claimant. The lawsuits state that Pradaxa® can cause bleeding events that cannot be controlled and are sometimes fatal.

Two other anticoagulants have since been approved: Johnson & Johnson’s Xarelto® (rivaroxaban) and Pfizer and BristolMyers Squibb’s Eliquis® (apixaban). All blood thinners increase the risk of bleeding. However, if warfarin patients experience a bleeding event, doctors can administer an antidote to stop the bleeding. With Pradaxa® and the other new blood thinners, there is no antidote. Boehringer says an antidote is in development.

An experienced pharmaceutical drug attorney can seek compensation for:

  • Hospital stays, ambulance rides, medical procedures
  • Doctor’s visits
  • Future treatments
  • Lost income
  • Pain and suffering

Pradaxa® lawsuits against manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim began in March 2012. Pradaxa® lawsuits have alleged the company was aware of Pradaxa’s® deadly complications when the FDA approved it in 2010, Bloomberg reported. The company announced in May 2014 that it would pay $650 million to settle roughly 4,000 lawsuits. We are here to help you! Our law firm is evaluating claims for a Pradaxa® lawsuit.  If you or a loved one has taken Pradaxa and has suffered or continues to suffer from the side effects of this drug, Longo Legal is here to assist you with a possible lawsuit to provide you with financial compensation. We will need to gather more information from you to help us bring a claim or file a lawsuit related to injuries from Pradaxa®, so please complete the following form or call us at 855-577-4648 today.

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