New Pradaxa Hemorrhage Lawsuit Filed

By Top Class Actions | May 10, 2012

Category: Pharmaceuticals

By Scott Hardy

A new Pradaxa lawsuit has been filed alleging that it’s behind a Tennessee resident’s severe cerebral hemorrhage. The resident is not part of a Pradaxa class action lawsuit, but, chose to file his lawsuit individually, possibly to maximize his potential return if the Pradaxa case settles. The new Pradaxa internal bleeding lawsuit (Case No. 3:12-cv-00599MRK) states that the Plaintiff took Pradaxa from February, 22nd, 2011 to April 23rd, 2011. Pradaxa is typically prescribed to help reduce the risk of a stroke and is very popular, especially for older patients who are taking multiple medications, as it doesn’t interact with other drugs the patient was prescribed. On, or near, April 23rd the Plaintiff suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, as well as a number of other severe personal injuries which are permanent.

Internal bleeding and hemorrhage problems are typically treatable quickly unless the patient is taking Pradaxa. The issue is that Pradaxa, unlike warfarin and other blood thinner medication, can’t be easily bypassed if a patient is experiencing severe internal bleeding or hemorrhage. The usual treatment used to bypass the effects of a blood thinner medication like warfarin is to just flush the patient’s system with vitamin K with which stops warfarin’s ability to interfere with blood clotting. Unfortunately, if a patient is taking Pradaxa and experiences severe internal bleeding or hemorrhage the only way to flush the system of Pradaxa is to put the patient on dialysis. This takes a significant amount of time in which the Pradaxa patient may die due to their severe internal bleeding or hemorrhage. Many families of Pradaxa patients are filing lawsuits against Boehringer Ingelheim for failing to notify them of the risk of death or severe injury while taking Pradaxa. There are also discussions of a Pradaxa class action lawsuit being filed to help those who weren’t as severely injured by Pradaxa.

Thankfully, in this case, the patient didn’t die as his cerebral hemorrhage was treated, but his lawsuit is seeking significant financial compensation for his injuries and lifelong medical treatment allegedly necessitated by his brief use of Pradaxa. If you are taking Pradaxa and experiencing any signs of internal bleeding you should contact your doctor immediately. You may be experiencing internal bleeding if you have pink or brown urine, red or black stools, bruises that happen without a known cause and may get larger, if you are coughing up blood or blood clots and/or vomiting blood or your vomit includes particles that look like coffee grounds. If you are taking, or were taking Pradaxa, and experienced internal bleeding or hemorrhage you may be able to file a lawsuit to help you pay for your expenses and recovery.

If you would like more information about filing a Pradaxa internal bleeding class action lawsuit, would like to speak with a Pradaxa lawyer experienced with internal bleeding cases or file a Pradaxa internal bleeding personal injury lawsuit just go to the Pradaxa Internal Bleeding Class Action Lawsuit Investigation page. Pradaxa attorneys are actively investigating all claims regarding internal bleeding, hemorrhage and other problems which may have been caused by Pradaxa or warfarin.

Updated May 10th, 2012

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