Heparin
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating cases of people across the country who are getting sick after being administered Heparin intravenously. Due to many people getting sick and some who died while being administered heparin, many during dialysis, the drug manufacturer, Baxter, recalled the product from the market. Reported adverse reactions have included nausea, significant drop in blood pressure, chest pain, dizziness, vomiting, headache and tachycardia. Some of these reactions can be so serious as to result in death. The reactions generally will occur shortly after being administered or given the heparin. If you were given heparin intravenously, specifically during a dialysis treatment within the first six months of 2008 and had any of these reactions, please contact the Niedenthal Law Firm and we will help you in determining if you were injured as a result of being given heparin which was poorly manufactured.
For additional information regarding an injury due to contaminated Heparin and the process involved in pursuing such a case, please contact our office by calling 866-977-4LAW (4529) or online by clicking here.