Drug Recalls and Dangerous Drugs

Drug recalls occur when a drug makes it to market with harmful or deadly side effects. Clinical drug trials do not always anticipate many of these harmful side effects and these become classified as defective drugs. Defective drugs are drugs that have been identified by the Federal Drug Administration as having dangerous side effects which outweigh the benefit the drug may give.

Dangerous Side Effects of Many Medications

Some side effects of defective drugs may include:

 • Liver Damage
 • Kidney Damage
 • Heart Damage
 • Pulmonary Dysfunction
 • Increased risk of stroke or heart attack
 • Death

Drug Recalls

When the side effects of an FDA approved drug outweight the benefits, the Federal Drug Administration issues a drug recall. Medications currently on drug recall by the FDA include:

 • Baycol®
 • Serzone®
 • Fen Phen
 • Lotronex®
 • PPA
 • Propulsid®
 • Rezulin®
 • VIOXX®

Dangerous Drugs

In addition to drug recalls, the FDA monitors approved drugs currently on the market to change labeling information (side effects, warnings, etc.) as new dangers of its use come to surface. Some types of dangerous drugs include:

 • Arthritis drugs
 • Cholesterol drugs
 • Diet drugs
 • Antidepressants
 • Vaccines
 • Other dangerous medications

If you or a loved one has been injured by a defective drug, contact us now at 1-800-870-7277 and let one of our defective drug attorneys assist you with your case.