In August 2017 the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) granted a second motion for centralization or consolidation of federal court lawsuits brought by plaintiffs in proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) cases alleging kidney injury. In more detail, the JPML established IN RE: PROTON-PUMP INHIBITOR PRODUCTS LIABILITY … [Read more...]
Prevacid, Nexium, And Prilosec Linked To Risk Of Chronic Kidney Damage
A recent medical study done by medical researchers in St. Louis, Missouri indicates that more than half of those patients who develop chronic kidney damage (CKD) while using proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) heartburn drugs and acid reflux medicines do not experience acute kidney problems before their CKD diagnosis. These researchers published their … [Read more...]
Nexium / Prilosec / Prevacid Series: Factors for Drug-Injury Lawsuits
This will be the final article of the Nexium, Prilosec, Prevacid blog series. In my previous article, I provided a timeline of the medical literature concerning the link between these PPI drugs and negative kidney side-effects. In this article, I will discuss some of the factors that determine whether a patient may have a viable drug-injury case … [Read more...]