Personal Injury Lawyer Craig Swapp announced today that his law firm is representing clients who have suffered a heart attack, stroke, heart failure, or other cardiovascular event after taking the popular diabetes drug Avandia (generic name rosiglitazone).
Avandia is used to treat type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes affects some 20 million Americans and many looked to Avandia as a way to control their blood sugar levels.
In May 2007, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety alert warning of the significant risk of heart attacks and other heart-related deaths associated with taking Avandia. Since then, the FDA has submitted 16 FDA communications concerning Avandia usage and its link to cardiovascular events. The latest safety announcement provided an updated Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy that restricts the use of Avandia.
Avandia is manufactured by the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline. Avandia® is a registered trademark of GlaxoSmithKline.
Attorney Craig Swapp comments, “In 2010, the Senate Finance Committee issued a press release that Avandia’s manufacturer had downplayed scientific findings concerning the safety
issues with Avandia. We’re concerned that this dangerous product was kept on the market despite those findings. In particular, we’re accepting clients who had taken Avandia and afterward suffered a heart attack or stroke.” For more information about cardiovascular injuries caused by Avandia, patients are directed to the law firm’s
Avandia diabetes drug website.
The Law Firm of Craig Swapp & Associates handles serious personal injury cases, including dangerous prescription drugs, wrongful death, vehicle accidents, etc. For more information please visit Craig Swapp & Associates
personal injury attorney website or call 1-800-404-9000.
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