Those patients who took Xarelto may suffer from afib medication side effects and only learn about these dangerous situations when it’s too late.

A plaintiff, Ruthie S., has filed an afib medication side effects lawsuit against the manufacturers of Xarelto. The plaintiff is a resident of Florida and says she took Xarelto for one week in June 2014.

The purpose of the prescription for Xarelto for that plaintiff was to treat the risk of stroke associated with atrial fibrillation. Unfortunately, Ruthie claims, the afib medication side effects were so severe that the patient had to discontinue her use of the drug just one week after starting it.

The plaintiff alleges in her afib medication side effect lawsuit that she suffered severe and serious injuries including rectal bleeding and hematochezia. Her injuries mandated hospitalization in Orange Park, Fla. and she was promptly instructed to discontinue taking Xarelto due to these injuries.

The afib medications side effects lawsuit says that the makers of Xarelto are responsible for identifying dangerous side effects and warning the medical community about them so that doctors and patients can make informed decisions about whether or not Xarelto was safe for use as an oral anticoagulant.

Xarelto is often prescribed for the purposes of reducing systemic embolism and stroke risk for those patients diagnosed with non-valvular atrial fibrillation, to reduce the risk of DVT or PE recurrence, and for those patients who are undergoing knee or hip replacement surgery for the purposes of preventing prophylaxis of DVT.

Unfortunately, however, many different patients have suffered afib medication side effects and have filed adverse event reports with the FDA and initiated their own lawsuits. The manufacturers of Xarelto have faced increasing pressure from consumers who allege that the company is responsible for failing to warn consumers about the risks of taking these medications that may present as dangerous and life-threatening side effects.

When receiving a new prescription, you and your doctor will use the information pamphlets and the label to determine whether or not the side effects of a drug are severe enough to discourage you from taking it. If the details provided by the manufacturer, however, are not accurate, you might face dangers of symptoms that could compromise your health.

Other patients in this situation might choose to file a lawsuit against the manufacturer for failure to warn.

If you or someone you know has already been affected by afib medication side effects and has had to go to hospital or cope with costly medical expenses and other devastating personal injuries that you believe would have been prevented had you known this information in advance, you may be eligible to file a lawsuit or to participate in a class action lawsuit investigation.

Thousands of people have already initiated Xarelto lawsuits alleging that the manufacturers failed to disclose appropriate safety details that would have prevented dangerous symptoms and medical conditions.

The Afib Medication Side Effects lawsuit is Case No. 2:18-CV-05609-EEF-MPN filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.