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A Xarelto lawsuit multi-district litigation (MDL) has been set up in Pennsylvania following a January 21, 2015 Order of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. At least 75 litigations are filed in the state claiming irreversible bleeding and fatal side effects linked to ingestion of the blood thinner. The establishment of the mass tort means all present and future claims submitted by a Xarelto attorney in the state will be centralized for consolidated pre-trial proceedings at the court of Judge Kevin Dougherty.
Janssen and Bayer Healthcare are named as defendants in over two-dozen Xarelto bleeding side effect litigations. The numbers of lawsuits are expected to amplify significantly considering the fact that the FDA received reports of over 200 deaths and about 700 bleeding injuries associated with the blood thinner between January and May 2013. Actual figures (unreported) may run into thousands. The 2012 figures, 151 died and 2,081 hospitalized, led the Institute for Safe Medication Practices to name Xarelto as one of the “10 most frequently named” drugs for side effects.
Our firm has filed a Xarelto related lawsuit in Tennessee Federal Court.
Xarleto Lawsuit Blames Manufacturer
A recent Xarelto lawsuit filed in a West Virginia federal court alleges that the manufacturers ignored research reports highlighting greater “risk of gastrointestinal bleeding and even the need for blood transfusion to eliminate irreversible side effects” associated with the blood thinner and marketed the drug despite potential threats to users.
The plaintiff, a woman, was prescribed the drug after she was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. She had gastrointestinal bleed that did not stop with any antidote and ultimately she required blood transfusion to prevent fatal conditions. According to the Xarleto attorney representing her, “the Institute for Safe Medication Practices noted that, even during the approval process, ‘FDA (reviewers) also questioned the convenient once-a-day dosing scheme … (saying) blood level studies had shown peaks and troughs that could be eliminated by twice-a-day dosing…’ and in the event of hemorrhagic complications there is no available reversal agent.”
The Xarleto product liability lawsuit seeks damages based on “negligence, fraudulent misrepresentation, fraudulent concealment, negligent misrepresentation, fraud and deceit, violation of the West Virginia Consumer Credit & Protection Act and loss of consortium.”
Study Rejects Xarleto Superiority Over Warfarin
A Japanese study reported in the Journal of Cardiology has negated the manufacturer claim that using Xarelto does not require blood monitoring, which is an essential requirement for those on Warfarin. Researchers examined 136 patients administered the blood thinner under observation and discovered that “, the drug caused a prolonged “thinning” effect, making them more likely to experience serious bleeding events” within two weeks. They advised for blood monitoring as in the case of Warfarin to prevent the bleeding risk caused by prolonged “thinning” effect from leading to fatal hemorrhage in patients and hospitalization of users.
Xarelto Bleeding Side Effect
- Death due to irreversible internal bleeding
- Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
- Stomach bleeding
- Stroke due to hemorrhage
- Adrenal hemorrhage
- Cerebral hemorrhage
- Intracranial hematoma in brain
Xarelto blood thinner was approved in 2011. Despite carrying a significant internal bleeding risk, the manufacturers promoted the drug as a next-generation anticoagulant with significant benefit over Warfarin, another blood thinner extensively used for decades. While positive results were advertised, the drug makers kept negative clinical findings away from public domain, which has been cited in most Xarleto lawsuits. Again, Bayer and Janssen introduced it and engaged in aggressive marketing efforts without suggesting any effective antidote to reverse serious bleeding effects, if happens.
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