You may be eligible to file a Tylenol Autism ADHD Lawsuit / Acetaminophen Autism ADHD Claim if you or a loved one used Tylenol and/ or Acetaminophen during pregnancy, and your child was subsequently diagnosed with ADHD or Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Legal action is being strategized by our attorneys for Horizon Therapeutics’ failure to properly warn patients of potential hearing loss side effects.
You may be eligible to file a Tepezza Lawsuit if you or a loved one took Tepezza and subsequently suffered permanent hearing loss or tinnitus.
If you or a loved one took Elmiron and subsequently suffered vision loss, blindness, or any other eye injury linked to the prescription drug.
Contact the Elmiron Lawyers from TorHoerman Law.
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You may qualify to participate in a 3M Combat Arms Earplugs Lawsuit if:
Over 140,000 Exactech hip, knee and ankle implants have been recalled due to packaging errors that can lead to the breakdown of parts vital to the device’s function.
If you or a loved one suffered injuries from an Exactech implant device, you may be entitled to financial compensation.
You may be eligible to file a Hair Straightener Cancer Lawsuit if you or a loved one used chemical hair straighteners, hair relaxers, or other similar hair products, and subsequently were diagnosed with:
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Over one million people, who were present at Camp Lejeune (North Carolina) between 1953 and 1987, may have been exposed to toxic substances in the water.
The Camp Lejeune Contaminated Water Lawsuit can apply to you, a family member, or a loved one who lived at Camp Lejeune (North Carolina) and suffered health effects from the decades of water contamination that occurred.
Toxic chemicals in Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF Firefighting Foam) have been linked to numerous types of cancer, including:
AFFF Firefighting Foam lawsuits aim to hold manufacturers accountable for putting peoples’ health at risk.
If you have been exposed to Paraquat and diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease may be eligible to pursue compensation, and entitled to participate in the paraquat lawsuit.
Contact us today to see if you qualify for the Paraquat Parkinson’s Disease Lawsuit!
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Our firm is about people. That is our motto and that will always be our reality.
We do our best to get to know our clients, understand their situations, and get them the compensation they deserve.
At TorHoerman Law, we believe that if we continue to focus on the people that we represent, and continue to be true to the people that we are – justice will always be served.
Without our team, we would’nt be able to provide our clients with anything close to the level of service they receive when they work with us.
The THL Team commits to the sincere belief that those injured by the misconduct of others, especially large corporate profit mongers, deserve justice for their injuries.
Our team is what has made TorHoerman Law a very special place since 2009.
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Generic drugs are the bioequivalent of name-brand pharmaceuticals offered at a highly discounted rate.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires that all generic products must contain the same active ingredients as their name-brand counterparts, though inactive ingredients may vary to some extent.
Required to have the identical dosage form, route of administration, strength of dosage, use indicator, purity, and quality, generic drugs essentially differ in name alone.
Generic drugs are still required to undergo approval by the FDA but are not subjected to the same functionality and safety tests.
Like any manufactured product, pharmaceutical drugs are protected by patent.
Name-brand drug ingredients and manufacturing methods remain protected until their first patent expires, at which point the information can be obtained by other drug manufacturers that create the drug in a generic form.
Nearly 8 of 10 prescriptions are filled with the generic form of a name-brand drug.
This number is expected to increase as many drug patents expired in 2015-16.
Offered at an 80-85% discounted rate on average, generic forms are preferred by pharmacies and insurance companies alike.
Most insurance providers require patients be prescribed generic versions of a drug if the generic form exists.
Even if your prescription is written for a name-brand pharmaceutical it is likely that you will receive the generic form.
In a short time you will find you are saving money on your prescription medicine, but be aware that it comes at a risk – generic drug manufacturers no longer have to warn consumers of newly discovered dangers associated with their drugs.
When a consumer is injured by a defective or dangerous product, generally the manufacturer is liable for any defect in that product.
In terms of pharmaceuticals, these defects can occur when (1) a side effect is not included in the warning label, (2) the manufacturer advertises the drug for off-label use, (3) or the warning label is unclear.
However, in a 2011 case “Pliva v Mensing,” a judicial ruling found that generic drug makers should not be held responsible for injury to consumers.
The argument made to find this decision was that product liability cases brought against pharmaceutical manufacturers are tried at the state court level.
State laws regarding product liability are much more stringent than federal laws, yet the FDA sets the standards for the federal laws regarding pharmaceutical manufacturing and approves the drugs for market.
The generic drug manufacturers argue that federal approvals preempt state laws and they cannot be expected to meet both state and federal regulations because they do not design the drugs, they only recreate the name-brand form.
In the case of “Pliva v Mensing” the judge found that the generic drug manufacturer should not be held liable because they were simply recreating an already approved-for-market pharmaceutical.
While a manufacturer of a brand-name medication has a duty to warn the public of increased risks associated with the medication, whether those risks are discovered before or after the drug hits the market, generic manufacturers are required only to provide the same warnings and risk information that the brand-name manufacturer provides.
In short, if a generic manufacturer learns of a risk that is not accurately or adequately described in the drug’s written warnings, the generic manufacturer has no duty to warn the public unless the brand-name manufacturer does so first.
Where there is a gain for patients, both financially and in overall health, the gain comes at a huge cost: generic drugs are now less safe than the name-brand versions.
Although generic medicines are chemically equivalent to the original brand-name drug, they are not treated the same by the FDA.
Even if you receive a name-brand prescription, it is likely your insurance provider or pharmacist prefer the cheaper generic version, if one exists.
In the case that you were to experience adverse effects from the generic drug, it would be very difficult to prove that the manufacturer is liable for these effects.
Because you are not taking the brand-name version of the drug, the manufacturer of the original drug is also not liable for these adverse effects.
If you have experienced any adverse effects from using a generic pharmaceutical, contact the office of TorHoerman Law.
We can help you find the justice you deserve.
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