Do a quick web search and you’ll find online forums where victims of tardive dyskinesia share heart-wrenching stories about how the prescription drug Reglan harmed them.
Available in generic form since 1982, Reglan is also sold in the U.S. under the brand name Maxolon and other names. Despite the many studies showing that Reglan was associated with tardive dyskinesia, the drug's manufacturers did place a warning on the label until 2004, and did not add the Black Box warning until February 2009.
Further investigation into Reglan determined that patients, including infants and children, and the elderly, faced significant risk of developing tardive dyskinesia. The risk is especially associated with those who have been on the drug for a long time, although symptoms have surfaced in patients after short-term use. Even after patients stop taking Reglan, symptoms of tardive dyskinesia occur.
For more than 30 years, doctors have been prescribing the drug Reglan to treat acid reflux, nausea, vomiting (in cancer patients) and gastroparesis, leaving countless victims to suffer from the frightening effects of tardive dykinesia.
A neurological disorder, tardive dyskinesia causes uncontrollable, repetitive movements of the body, such as grimacing, lip smacking, eye blinking or rapid leg and arm movements. The symptoms are rarely reversible and there is no known treatment.
If you or someone you care about has taken Reglan and developed symptoms of tardive dyskinesia, legal help is available. Call the Long Island, NY law firm of Rudolph F.X. Migliore, P.C. at (631) 543-3663 for a no cost, no obligation case evaluation.
While the harm the drug caused cannot be undone, attorney Rudolph Migliore and his team will fight to recover compensation for damages and hold liable parties responsible.
Extensive product liability experience gives the Long Island law firm of Rudolph F.X. Migliore, P. C. the expertise to handle complex defective prescription drug cases. The firm has represented clients in wide range of product liability cases in the last three decades and has worked with nationally recognized co-counsel to reach successful settlements for clients and they can help you too. Visit: www.migliorelaw.com/
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