Drug Recall Lawyer

in Houston, Texas

Millions of Americans depend on pharmaceuticals to improve their quality of life. While the Food & Drug Administration has regulations in place to protect consumers from defective drugs, occasionally under-tested drugs reach the marketplace and put Americans in harm's way. If a defective drug has injured or caused the wrongful death of a loved one, you need a drug litigation attorney to protect your rights and fight for the compensation you deserve.

How Defective Drugs Reach the Marketplace

Pharmaceutical companies invest millions of dollars into researching and marketing their drugs. Due to the enormous sums of money invested in their products, pharmaceutical companies may release drugs before thoroughly testing them.

While both the FDA and pharmaceutical companies must test medications before releasing them to the public, occasionally unforeseen side affects arise in medications, forcing consumers that thought they were bettering their quality of life to suffer personal injury.

Liability in Drug Litigation

If you or a loved one has suffered a pharmaceutical injury, one of the following parties may be held accountable for negligence:

• Pharmacist - Properly labeling and filling medications is the responsibility of the pharmacist. If the wrong prescription is filled or improper instructions adorn the bottle, the pharmacist may be held accountable in a medical malpractice lawsuit
• Physician - It is the physician's responsibility to prescribe the appropriate drug to a patient. If they are negligent in their professional duties and cause the patient harm, a medical malpractice lawsuit may be filed
• Pharmaceutical Company - If personal injury is caused due to a pharmaceutical company releasing an inadequately tested drug or attempting to hide a drug's side effects, there may be the basis for a drug litigation case

Recent Drug Litigation Cases

Due to a pharmaceutical company's negligence, recently released drugs have caused personal injury to thousands of Americans. Some of these defective drugs include:

• Paxil - An antidepressant that increased suicidal thoughts amongst children and adolescents. GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of this drug, allegedly misrepresented data on the drug's side effects
• OxyContin - A highly addictive pain killer that is subject to abuse
• Vioxx - Proven to increase the risk of heart attack and stroke

Effectively litigating a defective drugs lawsuit requires attorneys willing to stand up to the tactics of massive pharmaceutical companies. At Kennedy Hodges, L.L.P., David W. Hodges spent two years of his defense practice solely representing defendants in medical malpractice cases, thus affording him insider knowledge of these tactics.

If you suspect that you or a loved one has been the victim of a pharmaceutical injury, please contact our Texas drug litigation attorneys today and schedule your free consultation at our Houston, Texas office.