In ‘drug wars,’ pharmaceutical giants kill as surely as gangs
The term “drug wars” seems to apply only to violent cartels and gangs that wage war against each other — and against society — while dealing in illegal drugs. But how many victims do these drug wars produce compared to other drug wars which kill just as surely?
We’re speaking of giant pharmaceutical corporations which inflict untold damage on innocent Americans via defective drugs. These legal products profit them by billions of dollars before they are hit with damages of only millions of dollars.
For them, it’s a trade-off — and all about profits. They often know their product is dangerous to many people, yet market and sell it anyway so they can make unspeakable profits while innocent Americans die.
Some of the worst instances lately have included the antidepressant Paxil, produced by British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, or GSK. Paxil has been proven to cause birth defects in the infants of women who took the defective drug during pregnancy — defects which can include ailments of the brain, heart, lungs and other vital organs. These injuries can necessitate surgery, or even repeated surgeries, to attempt to correct.
GSK has reaped billions of dollars in profits on the backs of Americans who unsuspectingly take its defective drug Paxil. In fact, in 2008 alone GSK made $1.2 billion in profits off Paxil, though that was just 2 per cent of its total profits for that year.
Another dangerously defective drug is Accutane, laced with Isotretinoin. Created by Roche, a pharmaceutical giant based in Switzerland, this acne medication — which only should be used as a last resort — may help ease blemishes, but it can cause serious injuries. These can include IBDs, or inflammatory bowel diseases, known as Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease. Both are lifelong and debilitating, often mandating major surgery to address.
The list goes on and on, as Americans increasingly are conditioned by marketers and in some cases even their own physicians to think that a pill can solve everything — when in truth, that pill may come with a very high price tag, sometimes even costing your own life.
But Americans don’t have to take such punishment without a fight. Instead, they can engage a skilled and experienced defective drug lawyer or attorney for any of the 50 states to press a defective drug lawsuit. Just submit the free case evaluation form on this website and a legal representative will respond promptly to help you assess your defective drug injury case.
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