27 Dec Chantix May Raise Risk of Cardiovascular Events
The FDA has stated that Chantix, a drug prescribed to relieve the symptoms of smoking cessation, may increase the risk of having a major cardiovascular event.
This data was collected during clinical trials and demonstrated that there was a higher occurrence of adverse cardiovascular events in patients who were using the drug Chantix when compared to patients who were using a placebo. Major cardiovascular events include nonfatal heart attacks, cardiovascular related deaths and nonfatal strokes.
Other Issues
Chantix has also been implicated in other disturbing events. It is currently sold under a black box warning – a warning that indicates that there are severe and life-threatening side effects associated with the drug – due to its links with violence, depression and, in some patients, increased risks of suicide. This is, of course, not the first drug to be issued such a warning for this purpose.
Dangerous Drugs
Over the years, pharmaceutical companies have been sued successfully many times because of side effects associated with their drugs that could not have been foreseen by patients and that were not adequately disclosed by the pharmaceutical company themselves. The side effects are sometimes deadly. Everything from anti-acne medications to drugs given to people who are trying to avoid fractures due to osteoporosis have been implicated in lawsuits that involve patients suffering grievous injuries and families suffering the wrongful death of a loved one.
Lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies over the effects of their drugs fall into the category of product liability lawsuits. Pharmaceuticals generally go through a very rigorous testing phase before they are released on the market. On some occasions, side effects have been discovered after the drug has been in use for a long time and, in others, the dangerous side effects have become apparent much more quickly.
If you have taken Chantix or any other drug that has been implicated in cases involving side effects that were not disclosed, that were unexpected or that proved to be much more dangerous than described, you may want to contact an attorney about the matter. If your lawsuit is similar to many others, it may be added to a class action lawsuit. If your lawsuit is unique, a product liability attorney can take a valid case to court, argue it in front of a jury and, in some cases, win a substantial jury award that helps patients to recover from the adverse effects of drugs that they believed were safe.
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