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Viagra, Nexium, And Invokana: Drug Injury Lawsuits Report: Summer 2016

August 9, 2016 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

We are currently investigating possible drug injury lawsuits against the responsible pharmaceutical companies for patients who used the drugs listed below and developed certain side effects.

(1) Erectile Dysfunction (ED) Pills, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) Medicines, and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Medications in the Phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE-5) Inhibitors Class of Drugs

Adcirca (tadalafil) — Eli Lilly and Company
Cialis (tadalafil) — Eli Lilly and Company
Levitra (vardenafil hydrochloride) — GlaxoSmithKline
Revatio (sildenafil citrate) — Pfizer
Staxyn (vardenafil hydrochloride) — GlaxoSmithKline
Stendra (avanafil) — Vivus and Auxilium Pharmaceuticals
Viagra (sildenafil citrate) — Pfizer

These various prescription drug products have been linked to malignant melanoma skin cancer (but not basal or squamous cell skin cancers).

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(2) Heartburn Medicines and Acid Reflux Pills like Prevacid, Prilosec, and Nexium in the Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) Class of Drugs

Nexium (esomeprazole magnesium) [prescription drug] == AstraZeneca LP
Nexium 24HR (esomeprazole magnesium) [over-the-counter] — Pfizer Consumer Healthcare
Prilosec (omeprazole) [prescription drug] — AstraZeneca LP
Prilosec OTC (omeprazole) [over-the-counter] — Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co.
Prevacid (lansoprazole) [prescription drug] — Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.
Prevacid 24 HR (lansoprazole) [over-the-counter] — Novartis Consumer Health, Inc.

The use of these proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) can result in an increased risk of developing Acute Interstitial Nephritis (AIN) as well as other types of kidney disease and kidney injury.

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(3) Diabetes Medicines in the Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter-2 (SGLT2) Inhibitors Class of Drugs

Invokana (canagliflozin) — Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Invokamet (canagliflozin and metformin) — Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Farxiga (dapagliflozin) — AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
Xigduo XR (dapagliflozin and metformin extended-release) — AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
Jardiance (empagliflozin) — Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
Glyxambi (empagliflozin and linagliptin) — Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
Synjardy (empagliflozin and metformin hydrochloride) — Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly and Company

These drug injury lawsuits primarily involve the side effects ketoacidosis, kidney problems, and severe infections.

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These three types of drug injury cases are starting to gain some momentum in terms of the number of lawsuits filed against the responsible pharmaceutical companies in courts across the country.

We have been representing patients and their family in drug injury lawsuits for the past 16 years and this is our main practice area. Let us know if we can help you.

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Filed Under: Unsafe Drugs Tagged With: Acute Interstitial Nephritis, Acute Kidney Injury, Adcirca, Cialis, Farxiga, Glyxambi, Invokamet, Invokana, Jardiance, Ketoacidosis, Kidney Disease, Levitra, Melanoma, Revatio, Staxyn, Stendra, Synjardy, Viagra, Xigduo

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