A Missouri man is in a nursing home after suffering significant injuries caused by AbbVie’s testosterone gel product AndroGel, a new lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiff Edward Heath alleges in the AndroGel lawsuit that he began taking the medication a few years ago, when he was 58, for symptoms he attributed to low testosterone after viewing AbbVie’s advertisements. After several months, he suffered strokes in January, March and May 2014.
The man alleges that he would not have risked AndroGel side effects had he been aware of the risks. According to the AndroGel lawsuit filed by his testosterone replacement therapy lawyer, AbbVie engaged in significant marketing activities, including an unbranded campaign designed to raise awareness of the significant issue of “Low T,” a snappy nickname for hypogonadism.
However, the doctor who created the test for men to assess whether they have the condition told The New York Times he had “no trouble calling it a crappy questionnaire.” In four years, the companies involved in the sales and marketing of AndroGel increased their estimates of the number of men suffering from “Low-T” from 1 million to “up to 20 million men.” Less publicity was given to AndroGel side effects including stroke, heart disease and death. Recent studies have lent credence to an increased likelihood for these events in men of at least 30 percent. That skyrockets to 200 percent in men over 65.
Despite the issues, prescriptions are not restricted to those suffering from hypogonadism or “Low T.” A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that one in four men who are at risk for AndroGel side effects never even had their hormone levels tested. Fatigue and other symptoms “that are often a result of aging” and other factors were enough for some doctors to reach for their prescription pads, according to Heath’s testosterone replacement therapy lawyer.
The AndroGel stroke side effects lawsuit is Edward George Heath v. Abbvie Inc., et al., Case No. 14-cv-03156, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
In general, AndroGel heart attack lawsuits are filed individually by each plaintiff and are not class actions.
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