Florida Resident Files Xarelto Lawsuit Claiming Drug Caused Fatal Side Effects

May 24, 2016 – – TheProductLawyers.com reports on the consolidation of over 2,800 Xarelto lawsuits by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL). The multidistrict litigation (MDL) is being overseen by the Honorable Judge Eldon Fallon of the Eastern District of Louisiana and has been assigned number 2592. The Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia, PA also created a mass tort program of 550 cases.

One case, in particular, that was filed by a South Florida resident and is now part of the MDL, involved the death of her husband who, at the time, was taking Xarelto as a preventative measure for strokes due to his atrial fibrillation heart condition. She is alleging in her court documents that the manufacturers of the drug, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subdivision of the Johnson and Johnson Corporation, and Bayer Healthcare, were responsible for her husband’s death since they failed to warn consumers about the potentially dangerous bleeding risks associated with their blood-thinning drug. He died of a subdural hemorrhage because doctors were unable to stop the excessive and uncontrollable bleeding.

Xarelto was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and released on the market in 2011. It was being promoted as an exciting new-generation blood thinner because unlike traditional blood thinner medications before it, the drug did not require special diets nor did patients have to be constantly monitored by their physicians. These advancements and benefits of the drug may have caused consumers to overlook the dangerous risks connected to it. Plaintiffs pursuing legal action against the makers of Xarelto claim the drug is one of the most dangerous anticoagulants on the market today. The FDA has reinforced that perception as well with its issuance of two black box warnings which essentially are the worst types of warnings that can be garnered, prior to a drug being removed completely from the consumer market.

The attorneys of Banville Law, the firm behind TheProductLawyers.com, are offering complimentary consultations to anyone who suffered injury or hospitalization after a bleed while on Xarelto. For more information about this release or the Xarelto litigation call 888-997-3792.

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