Remicade Side Effects Attorneys
California Remicade Lawyers

WARNING: The use of the prescription drug Remicade has been linked to fatal infections, heart failure, an increased chance of cancer and other serious side effects.

If you or a loved one has experienced serious health related side effects as the result of the prescription drug Remicade, please contact the California law firm of Nadrich & Cohen, LLP immediately. Our aggressive attorneys provide all of our clients with aggressive and skilled legal representation and advice. For the convience of our seriously injured clients, the Law Offices of Nadrich & Cohen, LLP have 7 offices throughout California. Our skilled Remicade side effects lawyers and personal injury attorneys have recovered more than $75,000,000 on behalf of our injured clients. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so please call today to discuss your Remicade side effects case with one of our experienced Remicade lawyers.

The prescription drug Remicade (Infliximab) is an immune-suppressing medication used to treat a variety of ailments, including Chron's disease, ankylosing spondylitis, and rheumatoid arthritis. The drug, approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1998, is manufactured by Centocor, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Remicade has since been prescribed to as many as 576,000 patients worldwide. Many patients who suffer from Fistulizing Crohn's Disease use Remicade and Methotrexate to treat the condition, after having exhausted other options.

The use of Remicade has been associated with serious side effects and deadly medical conditions, including:

• Accute liver failure
• Blood disorders
• Fungal infections
• Heart failure
• Hepatitis
• Histoplasmosis
• Infections
• Listeria Sepsis
• Lupus
• Lymphoma
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Pneumocystosis
• Seizures
• Tuberculosis

In addition to the above listed side effects, Remicade has also been shown to increase patients' risks of developing certain types of cancers, including Lymphoma. If you have taken or are currently taking the prescription drug Remicade, you may be at risk for very serious side effects. If you have experienced chills, sore throat, swelling, coughing, chest pain, or any other signs of an infection you should seek medical attention immediately and undergo a thorough examination by your physician.

In a statement released by Centocor in December of 2004, the company stated: "Severe hapatic reactions occurred between two weeks to more than a year after initiation of Remicade...Some of these cases were fatal or necessitated liver transplantation."

Remicade Timeline

August 2001 - Black box warning was applied to Remicade informing consumers that Remicade has caused patients to experience side effects such as infections, fungal infections, and Tuberculosis, some of which proved to be fatal.

October 2001 - A warning was issued informing health care providers that patients who have congestive heart failure should not use Remicade. This Remicade warning was the result of medical studies in which seven patients who had congestive heart failure died after taking Remicade. There were no deaths in the group of patients with congestive heart failure who took the placebo.

January 2002 - The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to the public of links between Remicade and serious problems with the nervous system. These nervous system problems include demyelinization and Multiple Sclerosis.

If you or a loved one has suffered serious side effects as a result of taking the prescription drug Remicade, contact an experienced Remicade Lawyer at Nadrich & Cohen, LLP.