Lawsuit Status Alert
On April 18, 2006, a seven (7) member Judicial Panel
consisting of Federal Jurists granted our Motion for
“ Multi-District
Litigation” (MDL).
We believe that the MDL process is the fairest and will save
the suffering victims of “Dead Jaw” unnecessary time and money.
March 30, 2006: Las
Vegas, Nevada., Our legal team argued that
product liability claims against Novartis, the manufacurers of Zometa and Aredia, be tried in Multi-District Court.
The Defendant Novartis opposed this motion and
lost.
Bisphosphonate News
Drug linked to death of jawbone, USA TODAY
Salvatore Ruggiero was puzzled.Over a three-year period, the jaws
of dozens of patients who had undergone oral surgery
at his hospital had failed to heal properly.
Jaw Ailment Shows Industry Moves Slowly on Drug Warnings
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, December 8, 2004; Page B1
After eight operations on patients whose jawbones turned
out to be dead, oral surgeon Salvatore Ruggiero
began doing some research....
Bisphosphonates Can Cause Problems in Jaw,
cancerpage.com (March 15, 2005) - Cancer patients
given drugs called bisphosphonates to control
hypercalcemia – too much calcium in the blood –
or the growth of bone metastases can develop
bone death in the jaw the FDA warns.
The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Bisphosphonates Can Wreak Havoc in the Mouth and Jaws, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Warns ... onset of osteochemonecrosis,
or "bis-phossy jaw," a painful, potentially disfiguring jaw condition,
according ... increase the risk of bis-phossy jaw,
it is the injectable medications
If you or a loved one has been taking any of these
“Bisphosphonates” and experienced jaw complications,
you may be due compensation.
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