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Dallas-Fort Worth Personal Injury lawyer, Dr. Shezad Malik and his team at Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm has offices based in Fort Worth and Dallas. We represent people nationwide who have suffered catastrophic and serious personal injuries including wrongful death, caused by dangerous drugs, defective medical devices, and medical malpractice, including Asbestos Mesothelioma, AFFF Cancer Lawsuits, Benzene Leukemia, Silicosis Lung Cancer, Bard Recovery & G2, Cordis Optease/Trapease and Cook’s Tulip and Gunther IVC Filter migration/perforation, Bard Power Port Catheter injuries, Metal on Metal hip failure and metallosis including Biomet M2A, Biomet Magnum, Stryker Rejuvenate, Stryker ABG II , Stryker Accolade, Smith and Nephew Birmingham Hip, Smith and Nephew R3, Synovo Total Hip System, Zimmer Hip M/L Taper, Wright Conserve, Wright ProFemur, Exactech Hip implant, and Exactech knee implant failures, Roundup Herbicide and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Paraquat and Parkinson’s Disease, PFAS and PFOS Water Contamination Lawsuits, Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Cancer and Wrongful Death, Suboxone dental damage lawsuits, Tepezza Hearing loss, Ozempic and Wegovy Gastro-Intestinal Injuries, Depo-Provera Brain Cancer to name a few.
Latest Drug, Personal Injury and Medical Device News
Depo-Provera Brain Cancer Lawsuits
Depo-Provera birth control injections are linked to Brain Cancer. Depo-Provera is a birth control injection shot that uses a man-made hormone to prevent pregnancy, by blocking ovulation and changing the cervical environment and uterine lining.
Depo-Provera who makes it?
The German pharmaceutical giant Pfizer makes Depo-Provera and promotes it as a safe and effective method for preventing pregnancy.
Unfortunately, recent medical research has found that Depo-Provera injections are linked to an increased risk of brain tumors called meningiomas. The study found that women using Depo-Provera birth control injections are 5.5 times more likely to develop meningiomas, which is a rare brain tumor that often requires surgical removal.
Synovo Hip Implant Lawsuits
Synovo Hip Implant Lawsuits. The Synovo Total Hip System has encountered significant issues that have led to concerns from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and resulted in lawsuits. The Synovo Total Hip System is also referred to as the Total Hip Replacement System, and also as Synovo Preserve and Endotec BP.
Noted Side Effects of Synovo Total Hip System Replacement
Hip Bone Loss. Deterioration of bone tissue surrounding the implant over time.
Hip Implant Device Loosening. The implant may become unstable within the hip joint because of loosening.
Bearing Weight becomes challenging. Difficulty in standing or walking due to the implanted device causing pain or because of loosening.
Grinding Noises. Grinding Noises from the hip implant area during walking or standing.
Worsening Pain. Increased pain in the hip implant area.
Hip Weakness. Increased weakness and instability in the hip implant area.
Bard PowerPort Failure Lawsuits
Bard PowerPort Failure lawsuits are being filed against Bard alleging that the implantable intravenous ports have serious design defects that cause the devices to break apart and migrate, leading to catastrophic life-threatening injuries, including infections, and blood clots among other injuries. The FDA approved the first Bard PowerPort device in 2000.
What is the Bard PowerPort device?
The Bard PowerPort is a specific brand and type of implantable port device, which is commonly used in medical treatments requiring frequent access to the venous system for the delivery of medications, chemotherapy, blood products, and for the withdrawal of blood samples. The Bard PowerPort is manufactured by C.R. Bard, Inc. (now part of Becton, Dickinson and Company).
Suboxone linked to Teeth Damage
Suboxone is a popular prescription medication approved by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to treat Opioid use disorder (OUD). It is made by Indivior Inc.
How does Suboxone work?
Suboxone contains a combination of two medications called Buprenorphine and Naloxone. Buprenorphine, a partial Opioid agonist, blocks the Opioid receptors in the brain reducing the withdrawal symptoms from Opioid detox and can help reduce a person’s desire for Opioids in recovery when used under physician supervision.
Ozempic Gastrointestinal Injury Lawsuit
Ozempic, also known as semaglutide, and is developed and manufactured by Novo Nordisk based in Denmark.
Ozempic is a prescription injectable only medication, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in December, 2017.
Ozempic mechanism of action for the treatment of type 2 diabetes is via glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist action. These GLP-1 receptor agonist class of drugs lower blood sugar levels in the body by increasing insulin release by the pancreas, by reducing sugar production and releasing of sugar by the liver and slowing down food leaving the stomach, according to Novo Nordisk.
Researchers have found that Ozempic and similar medications are linked to serious gastro-Intestinal side effects.
Aqueous Film Forming Foam Lawsuits
Aqueous film forming foam lawsuits. In this article I am going to address Aqueous film forming foam, what it is, what it is used for, why it is so dangerous and the personal injuries resulting from its use, the companies that manufacture it and then finally the status of the product liability and personal injury lawsuits.
What is Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF)?
Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) is a type of fire suppressant used to extinguish flammable liquid fires, including gasoline, oil, and other types of hydrocarbon-based fires. It is called “aqueous film forming” because it forms a barrier—a film of water—over the surface of the flammable liquid, which helps to cool the fire and prevent the vapor release that feeds the flames.
Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Cancer Lawsuits
As a result of recent legislation signed into law, U.S. Marines, family members and others can now file a Camp Lejeune injury lawsuit. These service members and their families and other injured people can now get compensation for injuries caused by severe water contamination in the base’s drinking water from August 1953 to December 1987.
Camp Lejeune marine base water contamination has been linked to different cancers, neurological diseases including Parkinson’s disease, kidney damage, birth defects and other serious illnesses. New claims for Camp Lejeune settlement benefits can be filed until August 10, 2024.
Tepezza Hearing Loss Lawsuits
Tepezza, is also known as teprotumumab, is the first FDA-approved drug for treating thyroid eye disease, but according to patients, it causes serious hearing loss.
Tepezza is made by an Irish company called Horizon Therapeutics, based in Dublin, Ireland. According to some patients who have taken Tepezza, they have reported various hearing problems, including increased sensitivity to sound, persistent ringing in the ears, known as tinnitus, temporary and permanent hearing loss, and much more.
Car Accidents in Texas
Car Accidents in Texas – A Big Problem for a Big State. If you’re a resident of the Lone Star state, chances are you’ve done some serious driving–whether it be up north in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex or further south near Austin and Houston. One thing all Texans can agree on is just how much driving is necessary for life in Texas, but the more time we spend on the road, the higher the probability becomes of ending up in a serious car accident or car wreck.
Would you be surprised to know that Texas is the state with the most fatal car accidents? In 2020 alone, the state saw 3,542 fatal car accident collisions. And the number of car fatalities on Texas roads is increasing–the state saw a 7.54% increase in vehicle traffic fatalities from 2019. Although the average number of total non-fatal car crashes and automobile collisions has been decreasing, it’s still unnerving to know that every time you hit the road in Texas, you may be at risk of getting in a serious car accident–one that may potentially end your life. Knowing this, it’s important that you’re familiar with your legal options if you should ever find yourself in this difficult situation.
Exactech Knee Implant Failure
Exactech Knee Implant Failure. Plastic polyethylene inserts with 147,732 recalled Exactech knee implant devices may degrade prematurely causing failure rates 3 to 7 times higher than other total knee replacement systems.
Scope of the Exactech Knee Implant Failure
A huge recall has begun for more than 140,000 Exactech knee implant replacement devices implanted in the United States since 2004. The Exactech knee implant replacement devices, have a defectively packaged polyethylene insert that may cause the knee implants to fail prematurely, resulting in the need for additional painful and expensive surgery.
Exactech is a medical device manufacturer based in Gainesville, Florida, and now admits that it has been selling defective knee implant replacement systems for almost twenty years, including Exactech Optetrak, Optetrak Logic, Truliant and Vantage makes of knee implants.
The Exactech Optetrak knee replacement system was approved for sale through the FDA’s notorious 510(k) fast-track process. Under this fast track approval process Exactech knee implants did not have to undergo extensive testing for safety and effectiveness, but only needed to show that the device was “substantially equivalent” to existing knee implants.
Zimmer Hip M/L Taper failure Lawsuits
Zimmer Hip M/L Taper failure Lawsuits. Sadly, many metal on metal hip replacement systems and hip parts that were implanted in recent years have been associated with high failure rates and other serious complications.
What Is the Problem With Zimmer Hip M/L Taper System Design?
Zimmer Hip M/L Taper System design is defective according to the lawsuits, the Zimmer M/L Taper Hip System, with a Cobalt Chromium femoral head, causes fretting and corrosion at the head-neck/stem taper junctions.
The corrosion causes metal debris, metal ions and other chemical byproducts which are released into the surrounding hip tissues. These metal debris, metal ions, and byproducts are extremely toxic and inflammatory destroying the surrounding tissue and bone, causing pseudotumors or fleshy growths in the hip joint. The release of metal debris and metal ions also causes metallosis or metal poisoning, as found in elevated blood cobalt and chromium levels.
If you received a Zimmer Hip M/L Taper hip replacement and had to undergo a hip revision surgery due to one of the following problems, you may have a legal claim:
- Failure of the metal on metal hip implant requiring early replacement
- Dislocated Hip
- Metallosis or metal poisoning with chromium or cobalt
- Tissue surrounding the implant
- Non-cancerous tumors or pseudotumors around the hip implant
Ethicon Physiomesh Hernia Lawsuits
Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon unit has recalled its blockbuster hernia repair mesh medical device from the market worldwide, after it was found to cause severe side effects and surgical revisions.
Developed Injury From Ethicon Physiomesh?
The Dr Shezad Malik law firm is currently accepting Ethicon Physiomesh injury cases nationwide.
If you or somebody you know was diagnosed with Ethicon Physiomesh injury, please contact us immediately for a free case consultation. Please use the form to contact us or call us toll-free 24 hours a day at 214-390-3189.
Roundup in the News Over Cancer Allegations
The giant agricultural chemical and herbicide producer Monsanto has come under fire over its blockbuster weed killer Roundup.
Roundup lawsuits are being filed nationwide as Monsanto is exposed to an increasing number of product liability and personal injury claims over the popular weed killer.
The lawsuits allege that the active ingredient glyphosate used in the product caused farmers, landscapers, golf course and other agricultural workers to face an increased risk of cancer.
Allegations: Monsanto Roundup linked to Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
