Atlanta Injury Lawyers Bringing Avandia Lawsuits
The FDA recently issued a decision concerning the prescription drug Avandia, used to treat diabetes. The FDA cited a connection between use of Avandia and an increased risk of heart attack and heart valve damage. The drug company did not warn users of the fairly significant risk.
The pharmaceutical company knew of this side effect for some time before they began including a warning in the physician desk reference manual in late 2007.
If you or a family member has suffered heart failure, heart attack, or heart valve damage after using Avandia, contact a pharmaceutical liability attorney at Toliver & Gainer. Your initial consultation is free, with no obligation. Call (678) 374-1034.
Experience You Can Count on in an Avandia Lawsuit
Toliver & Gainer is one of the leading law firms in nation in tackling pharmaceutical liability and medical malpractice cases. Our injury attorneys have served as lead counsel in dangerous drug cases, including Tylenol and Minocycline cases in Georgia, Tennessee, California, New York, Virginia, and Florida. Our most recent acetaminophen-related case resulted in a significant financial settlement.
You Have a Limited Time to Seek Financial Recovery
Georgia drug liability law has a two-year statute of limitations in which you can file a case for injuries caused by defective and dangerous drugs. Since the drug warning was instituted in 2007, you have one year in which to bring an Avandia lawsuit claiming that the drug company failed to warn you of its side effects.
Large drug companies must be held accountable for the harm and wrongful deaths that occur when they fail to inform doctors and patients about the potential side effects of a drug. In the case of Avandia, side effects include:
- Heart problems
- Congestive heart failure
- Heart valve problems
- Heart attack
Our Defective Drugs Lawyers
Prior to becoming an attorney, A. LeRoy Toliver was a practicing pharmacist and a professor of pharmacology. His understanding of prescription drugs helps him understand pharmaceutical liability issues better than many of the expert witnesses who are called to testify in defense of drug companies.
If your injuries were not as severe or long-term, your case may be more appropriate for a class action (also called a multi-district) lawsuit. Our firm can advise you on whether to bring a case to court or whether you may qualify for a class action lawsuit in an Avandia case. We will refer you to a firm handling such cases.
To put experience on your side in an Avandia lawsuit case, contact our Conyers law office.
