Cardiac Failure

While everyone would like to believe that every medication they take as prescribed by their doctor is 100% safe and there will never be any risk of side effects like cardiac failure, we all know this just is not true. The number of medications that have drastic side effects has been on the increase and more and more manufacturers seem to be in a race to get their drugs to market without the benefit of long term testing. Unfortunately this has been the cause of many severe medical problems and often resulted in deaths that could have been prevented. In many cases these medications do undergo clinical trials using a broad spectrum of test patients so that the manufacturers can at least get an idea of whether or not the drug they have created is going to help with disease it is being designed to help with or cure.

While some of these tests can be quite lengthy they may or may not be sufficient to disclose major medical problems that can take years to show up like cardiac failure. There are of course some medications that show these problems early on in testing and result in changes being made. For those medications that do not show the signs and symptoms of cardiac failure in a sufficient number of patients the manufacturers simply assume that the percentages are low enough not to have to make anything of and will submit the medication for FDA approval. In some cases the manufacturer will be well aware of the problem, but when it comes time to write up the side effects of the medication will list the cardiac problems along with any others and not make a big deal out of it. This practice can be very misleading to the public and in the end can result in loss of life and severe medical problems. In the US we have all had a tendency in the past and in many cases still do, to put our trust in the FDA and their drug approval process. We have been led to believe that every drug the FDA approves is relatively safe for us to use and despite the fact that the warning label might say things like "Side effects may include drowsiness, headaches, nausea, and risk of cardiac failure"; we do not believe that the risks are high enough to affect us.

The problem comes in when medications like Avandia are used by millions of patients and within a very short time of its release on the market, cardiac failure and many other problems start to appear. In case like this we would like to think that the FDA would issue stern warnings or have the medication recalled, but that very seldom happens as the big drug companies like GlaxoSmithKline (makers of Avandia) do everything in their power to prevent such a recall due to the billions of dollars invested. If you are the victim of cardiac failure due to medications like Avandia you need the expert legal help of The Avandia Lawyer. The Law Offices of Ennis & Ennis you will find lawyers that are well versed in all of the aspects of the law regarding the problems with Avandia. They will work with you to help you get the maximum compensation for t he suffering you and your loved ones have had to cope due to your use of the medication.