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Is Your Doctor Ignoring an FDA Warning About a Drug?

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) releases warnings to patients and doctors whenever it finds that a medication could pose a serious health threat to users. This information is supposed to be acted upon by a doctor, so physicians can quickly alter any prescriptions that need to be changed. However, some doctors may choose not to heed these FDA warnings.

If you’ve been taking a drug labeled with an FDA warning, your doctor should have clearly warned you about possible side effects and gained your informed consent regarding the use of the medication. If he or she failed to do so, you may be entitled to compensation for any suffering as a result of that medication. To learn more, contact an NJ medical malpractice attorney of Levinson Axelrod, P.A., today at 800-346-5529.

FDA Warning Labels and Physician Responses

Research done regarding the publication of FDA warnings and the subsequent prescriptions signed by doctors has shown that, in some cases, no changes were made to patients’ prescriptions even after the doctor received information of possible health problems from the drug.

FDA warnings were received with a variety of responses by both doctors and patients, including:

  • Doctors failed to change prescriptions after an initial warning
  • Patients voluntarily stopped prescriptions that were deemed unsafe for other patient groups
  • Doctors gave new patients drugs according to FDA guidelines when older patients’ prescriptions were unaltered
  • Some doctors failed to monitor their patients’ conditions according to FDA warnings

A doctor may be held responsible for any subsequent health problems that a patient develops should the physician withhold or ignore important FDA warnings regarding the medication.

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If you’ve developed serious health concerns because of a doctor’s unwillingness to heed FDA drug warnings, you may be entitled to pursue compensation for your suffering. For more information, contact an NJ medical malpractice lawyer of Levinson Axelrod, P.A., today by calling 800-346-5529.