Ohio Defective Drug Lawyer

Defective drugs (sometimes called dangerous drugs) is a term often used by attorneys to describe prescription drugs that have negative side effects. Sometimes, these dangerous side effects are due to design flaws. Other times, drug companies conduct flawed tests during the design stage that fail to reveal harmful side effects. Even more disturbing, some corporations know such drugs pose a significant risk to the public but conceal such information, often for selfish financial reasons.

It goes without saying that defective drugs pose a significant risk to the public. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sometimes imposes restrictions on the sale of such drugs. In particular, the FDA sometimes issues a “black box warning” for certain dangerous drugs, the highest warning the FDA can issue to the public before issuing an FDA drug recall.

Some of the most common dangerous drugs on the market linked to serious health problems include:

• Actos
• Zantac (ranitidine)
• Lipitor
• Avandia
• Yaz
• Reglan
• Zoloft
• Topamax

Many other defective drugs exist. Let us know if you or a loved one experienced a serious health problem due to a defective drug prescribed to you by your physician or another medical professional. Our firm also has extensive experience handling defective medical device cases.