Ortho Evra Birth Control

The Ortho Evra birth control patch may be dangerous to your health. If you have suffered cardio-related complications from using the Ortho Evra birth control patch, the our Colorado personal injury lawyers at The Sawaya Law Firm may be able to help you.

The FDA approved updated labeling for the Ortho Evra contraceptive patch to warn the public that the product exposes women to higher levels of estrogen than most birth control pills. Higher levels of estrogen may put some women at increased risk for getting blood clots and other heart-related complications.

There have been a number of dangerous side effects that have been reported, such as fatal heart attacks and strokes.

Contact us immediately if you have experienced any of the following issues after using the Ortho Evra patch:

• Blood Clots
• Pulmonary embolism
• Heart attack
• Stroke

Darvocet and Darvon

Darvocet, also known as Darvon and distributed under a variety of brands, has been banned in England. The drug used to be the second most popular prescribed medication in England. The ban is based on government concerns about people dying from relatively low-level overdoses and its increasingly frequent use in suicides.

Darvocet is a combination of propoxyphene and acetaminophen or aspirin depending on its use.

Manufacturer Eli Lilly and Company promoted it as a safe, non-addicting substitute for codeine. Propoxyphene figured into 6,449 emergency room admissions in the US in 1996, and was cited by medical examiners as the twelfth-leading cause of drug fatalities for the previous year.

Studies of the popular British form of the drug, Co-proxamol, show that patients can possibly overdose and die by exceeding their dosage by as little as two doses.

Many deaths have been associated with this propoxyphene formulation, either in accidental or intentional overdoses. Another study, conducted more recently, indicates that the effect of the medication was a contributing factor, if not the causative factor, in 18 percent of all drug-related deaths and 5 percent of all suicides prior to its withdrawal in England.

Several groups have called for the withdrawal of Darvon and Darvocet from the US market, citing similar concerns about the dangerous potential of the drug in terms of accidental overdose and its known popularity as a method of suicide.

If you or a loved one accidentally overdosed or attempted suicide using Darvon or Darvocet, please contact the personal injury lawyers at The Sawaya Law Firm. Call or email us today.

Charité Artificial Spinal Disk

If you or a loved one suffers from complications due to Johnson & Johnson’s Charité artificial spinal disc, we encourage you to contact the Denver and Greeley personal injury lawyers at The Sawaya Law Firm.

Charité spinal disc was approved in the United States in 2004 to relieve chronic lower back pain and disc degeneration. Many people with the implanted Charité spinal disc have reported increased or similar pain levels as compared to before the operation as well as little improvement in their motion abilities. Due to complications from the Charité spinal disc, some patients are required to have life-threatening revision surgeries. Call today for a free consultation, or simply fill out the contact form on this website. We will call you for an appointment.