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Amiodarone
Amiodarone (brand names: Cordarone and Pacerone) is linked to severe side effects such as blindness and lung damage. Amiodarone is an anti arrhythmic drug used to correct irregular heartbeats to a normal rhythm.
Because of the seriousness of Amiodarone side effects Amiodarone lawyers have started taking Amiodarone lawsuits. Many Amiodarone lawyers are evaluating a possible Amiodarone class action lawsuit however there are others that are accepting individual cases for an Amiodarone lawsuit. If you or a loved one have been injured by Amiodarone side effects you should contact an Amiodarone attorney that specializes in Amiodarone lawsuits. One such Amiodarone attorney that I am aware of is Parker & Waichman. While searching for information about Amiodarone and other drugs I have run across many Mass Tort lawyers and have spoken to many people that have filled lawsuits against manufacturers of prescription drugs. From the conversations I have had regarding medical malpractice lawsuits, and prescription drug side effects lawsuits I found that Parker & Waichman and another firm Ennis & Ennis, P.A. are two of the most competent law firms handling these types of cases in the country.
Here are links to their web sites:
www.yourlawyer.com - Parker & Waichman
www.ennislaw.com - Ennis & Ennis, P.A.
Amiodarone is widely prescribed to treat heart rhythm disorders such as atrial fibrillation and atrial flute, conditions that the drug was never approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Doctors are prescribing this drug for off-label use without warning their patients about the drug's life-threatening side effects or that the FDA had not approved their treatment as safe and effective.
In response to an investigation by Knight Ridder, that the FDA said it would require all Amiodarone prescriptions be dispensed with a special patient medication guide detailing the drug's dangers and what conditions it is approved to treat. Patients were supposed to begin receiving the FDA-approved warning guides by early 2004, however six months later they are still under development and not being disseminated. Wyeth the maker of Cordarone has said it will take them up to a year and a half to create the document. However, other companies have been able to distribute medication guides to consumers in less than six months.
Off-label prescribing involves a doctor using a drug in ways the FDA never approved and therefore aren't listed on its label. While going off-label is legal, such use can upset the balance between risk and benefit that is crucial to get a drug approved and on the market. Rarely do doctors inform patients when a prescription is for an unapproved purpose.
Recently Amiodarone (brand names: Cordarone and Pacerone) has been linked to Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis. Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a rare condition that causes large portions of the epidermis, the skin's outermost layer, to disengage from the layers of skin below. The main cause of TEN is a severe drug reaction.