Tennessee Unlawful Distribution of Pain Narcotics and Defective BioGlide Shunts
Product Liability Update: Unlawful Distribution of Pain Narcotics and Defective BioGlide Shunts Expose Tennesseans to Risks of Serious Personal Injury
The following nine companies have manufactured and distributed unapproved prescription pain narcotics containing morphine sulfate, hydromorphone, and oxycodone, thus posing severe concern for product liability in Tennessee.
• Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane, Inc., Columbus, Ohio
• Cody Laboratories, Inc., Cody, Wyoming
• Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., Mahwah, N.J.
• Lannett Company, Inc., Philadelphia
• Lehigh Valley Technologies, Inc., Allentown, Pa.
• Mallinckrodt Inc. Pharmaceuticals Group, St. Louis
• Physicians Total Care Inc., Tulsa, Okla.
• Roxane Laboratories Inc., Columbus, Ohio
• Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals Inc., Newport, Ky.
By law, narcotics must be subjected to the FDA’s safety and effectiveness standards before going to market because they may be unsafe, ineffective, inappropriately labeled, or of poor quality. Consequently, the above-listed companies have acted unlawfully and exposed people to risks of serious personal injury in Tennessee.
Another product creating potential Tennessee personal injury liability is the BioGlide Ventricular Snap Shunt Catheter (shunt) manufactured by Medtronic, Inc. The shunt has recently been bumped up to Class I status, which means there is a reasonable probability that the use of the shunt will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
The BioGlide shunt is a component of a ventricular catheter used for the treatment of hydrocephalus (build up of fluid around the brain). This shunt has been found defective and potentially compromises the ventricular catheter.
Consequences for a patient with failure of a ventricular catheter may include: nausea, vomiting, headache, lethargy, change in mental status, seizures, visual disturbance, and other more serious conditions. Patients who have a ventricular catheter and have experienced any of these symptoms should call their physician.
If you or a loved one has experienced serious personal injury as a result of any of the products described in this update of Tennessee product liability, call the top personal injury attorneys at Baker Associates at 866-853-2888 for a free consultation.
