Orange County Pharmaceutical Product Liability Lawyer

When you take a prescription drug, you have the right to assume it has been thoroughly tested. You should be able to expect your drug to carry any warnings about known side effects and for the product to be safe overall. Most drug companies work hard to reinforce these expectations by providing their customers only with safe, well-tested drugs. Unfortunately, not all companies are this honest and even when they are, some problems take a long period of time to really show themselves. If you or a loved one has been injured or killed by a drug defect, contact an Orange County pharmaceutical product liability attorney today.

When pharmaceutical companies create new drugs, they are required to do years of testing before they approach the FDA with permission to release the drug to the market. Once this testing is complete, the FDA must review the research records of the company to evaluate the safety of the drug. If the drug is then deemed to be suitable for the public it will be brought to market. While this process is rather stringent, dishonest companies have been caught lying to the FDA about the results of their testing and some companies honestly do not learn about consequences of the drug until much later in time. In these cases, the company will be required to issue a drug recall and victims of the medication may contact an Orange County pharmaceutical product liability lawyer and file suit against the drug manufacturer.

If you or a loved one was hurt or killed by a defective drug, it is important to start your personal injury lawsuit in Orange County as soon as possible. You only have four years from the date the drug harmed you in order to take legal action against the company. If you learn a prescription you have taken has been recalled, do not wait until the side effects begin kicking in before you contact an Orange County personal injury attorney with experience in these types of cases.

Multiple prescription drugs are taken off the market every year. Some common pill recall cases in the last year include: Avandia; Accutane; Baycol; Denture Creams; Hydroxycut; Ortho Evra; Rezulin; Serzone; Zicam; and Zyprexa. If you have taken any of these medications, please call The Law Offices of Christopher E. Purcell and ask to speak with a skilled Orange County personal injury lawyer in our firm.

Law Offices of Christopher E. Purcell
Orange County Personal Injury and Accident Attorney
7700 Irvine Center Drive, Suite 200
Irvine, CA 92618
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From offices in Irvine, we represent clients in Orange County, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, and throughout Southern California as well as those traveling along I-5, I-405, SR 55, SR 57, SR 73,  SR 133 and other area highways.