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The manufacturers of the drug Neurontin reached a $325 million class action lawsuit settlement Wednesday over allegations they fraudulently marketed the prescription drug, which is used to treat seizures, restless leg syndrome, and pain caused by shingles. If approved, third-party payers of the drug will be eligible to claim a cash award from the Neurontin class action settlement, announced Friday.
The Neurontin settlement marks the end to a nearly 10-year-old class action lawsuit battle in which plaintiffs, who included both direct purchasers and third-party payers, accused Pfizer of delaying generic versions of Neurontin and promoted the drug for unapproved uses. Pfizer reached a $190 million Neurontin class action settlement with direct purchasers of the drug (consumers) in April.
The plaintiffs in the Neurontin class action lawsuit alleged that Pfizer delayed competition from generic producers of the drug, gabapentin anhydrous, which Pfizer sold under the name Neurotin, by exercising a monopoly over the medicine. The plaintiffs alleged that Pfizer’s actions included illegal off-label promotion, manipulating the patent application process, filing bogus patent lawsuits, and engaging in fraud, which the plaintiffs claim amounted to violations of the Sherman Act.
Additionally, the plaintiffs claimed they had to overpay for Neurontin. In 2004, following an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department, Pfizer pleaded guilty to criminal illegal marketing charges involving Neurontin and was hit with a $430 million fine, sparking the Neurotin class action lawsuit.
The third-party payor plaintiffs included insurance companies, health care benefit providers, union health and welfare plans, and others. The third-party plaintiffs filed a motion for preliminary approval of the Neurontin settlement, which will provide cash awards to third-party payors in the United States who purchased, paid for, administered and/or reimbursed for Neurontin sold by the Defendants or gabapentin sold by Greenstone LLC.
The Neurontin class action settlement reached in April will apply to consumers in the United States that purchased Neurontin from Pfizer at any time during the period of December 11, 2002 through August 31, 2008, and who have purchased generic gabapentin.
Details on how to file a claim for both the consumer Neurontin class action settlement and the third-party payor settlement were not immediately available, but the settlement website for the third-party payors will be www.NeurontinSettlement.com, according to court documents. The site was not live at press time.
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The TPP plaintiffs are represented by Thomas M. Sobol of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Thomas Greene of Greene LLP, Elizabeth J. Cabraser of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, Don Barrett of Barrett Law Office, Daniel Becnel Jr. of the Law Offices of Daniel Becnel Jr. and James Dugan of Dugan & Browne.
The Neurontin TPP Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit is In re: Neurontin Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation, Case No. 1:04-cv-10981, MDL 1629, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
The Neurontin Consumer Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit is In re: Neurontin Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 2:02-cv-01390, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
UPDATE: Instructions on how to file a claim for the Neurontin third-party payor class action settlement are now available! Click here or visit www.NeurontinSettlement.com for more information.
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156 thoughts on$325M Neurontin Class Action Settlement Reached with Third-Party Payors
I’ve been taking gabapentin for years my memory is terrible my body is in distress everytime I try to stop taking it I get sicker I’m nauseated and also throwing up all the time ,there are numerous things going on with my body and my Drs give me pain medication to help me with my pain also tizanidine muscle relaxer and vitamin B12 I need help there’s a lot more that has happened to me after using this medication please email me!
You have to wyn yourself off Nurotin slowly just like coming off an opioid they have the same Physical symptoms nausea, vomiting, cold sweats, Cramps,Diearia, even Yeah, even, the seizures.
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I have been on gabapinton/ neurotic for 15 to 19 year I only take when in bad pain for fibernyalga In the beginning I was given oxycodone With the gabapentin.. I was told I could take up the 1500 mg of gabapinton. I only took a 100 when needed or 200 no more than this Dose. No one told me this was not for fibermyalga. I told my neurologist I was having trouble memorizing or forgetting people’s names end different things. He said take Vitamin B12. I did notice any change. Why is it that no one cares about the people who take this pill. I now am stopping because I started getting sick every time I took gabapentin My doctor gave me vomited med to take with this so I can keep taking the meds. Now Iam going to try to stop taking the medication. Wish me luck because the pain can out way the medication . I need help.!!
I had no idea until now that after years of taking high doses of this drug that others are having the same long term side effects. My memory has gotten terrible and I’m 35 and cannot finish a sentence. I feel terrible and if I don’t take that drug, I feel worse.
I’ve been taking it for a couple years now my memory is terrible. I will forget what I’m talking about midsentence and my health is deteriorating. I take it for neck pain in my neck. Pain is out of control still.!
I’m taking gabapentin for 18 years I was informed that the drug was for pain and I would like to file class action lawsuit because I was Deceived over the years. From drug manufacturers
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Again something needs to be done. Every lawyer I talk to denies me I take 3600mlg a day. These suicidal thought are horrible don’t know how much longer I can fight it.
My name is Travis Brown ive been on gabapentin for only 3 years, but my memory has progressively gotten worse half the time I forget what I’m trying to say in mid sentence. Its been painful to walk and couldn’t stand for more than 20 to 30 minutes, after reading up on it it causes gout ankle and wrist arthritis with fumbleness which I also experience. The worst part is I’ve never had a problem with depression but everyday for the last couple of years I think of suicide and depression from not being able to work of even be productive. Also a side effect. Hopefully I make it long enough to get something or representing for my troubles.
I’ve been on neurotin for 15 yrs or more . I recently stumbled across this and am thankful bc for the last 15 yrs I’ve been telling my drs and even the pharmacist about my swelling severe memory loss it’s so bad I won’t even leave my house. My life has been taken from me. I hurt all the time my eye site is horrible . Everytime I would ask if it was the neurotin my Dr would look at me as if I was stupid ! This medication should not be on the market period ! It murders ppl!!! I became addicted and all kinds of other issues I am 41 and I lost my sister 3 yrs ago I fear I will lose what memories I have left of her ! To me taking someone’s memory is murder ! Not to mention I mean only god knows what it’s done to our bodies I feel as tho I’m dying slowly and I bame the neurotin but can’t find a lawyer pls help … I use g mail shasha21682 if anyone has any info on who I can contact pls let me know .. Praying for us all …
I was prescribed gabapentin for nerve pain and damage after 3 surgeries to repair my calcane[us . My life has been an absolute twilight of horror ever since. Consistent deteriation of my over all health. Extreme edema. Congestive heart failure unable to walk, and the pain in foot in excruciating. These people need to stop selling this drug.
I was prescribed neurontin ( gabapentin) a few months ago for nerve pain in my back. It did not take long for me to start feeling bad. The Dr changed the strength and I literally lost a week of my life. For almost a week I didn’t know who I was, I had facial ticks. When I finally was myself I have had bad memory problems, eyesight deteriorating, trembling, and now heart problems. And all this started thanks to this medication. I am now a very unhealthy woman.