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Widow Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Saying Pradaxa Killed Her Husband
By Scott Hardy
A widow in Kentucky has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Boehringer Ingelheim after her husband died due to uncontrollable internal bleeding while taking Pradaxa. The Pradaxa lawsuit states that Janet Cornelius’ husband was prescribed Pradaxa by his doctor and started taking it on February 23rd, 2011. After eight months on Pradaxa Janet’s husband was taking to the hospital after experiencing a gastrointestinal internal bleed. He went through multiple blood transfusions and a litany of other treatments trying to stop the bleeding but the doctors were unsuccessful and he died due to his injuries allegedly caused by Pradaxa. Internal bleeding is a well know risk and side effect of taking Pradaxa. Typically internal bleeding can be treated unless the patient experiencing the hemorrhage is on Pradaxa. Pradaxa, unlike warfarin and other blood thinner medications, can’t be easily flushed from the system or “turned off” 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 (a Pradaxa competitor) is to just flush the patient’s system with vitamin K with which stops warfarin’s ability to interfere with blood clotting. Unfortunately, patients taking Pradaxa that experience severe internal bleeding or hemorrhage have only one way to flush the system of Pradaxa which to put the patient on dialysis. Dialysis takes a long time in which the Pradaxa user may die due to their severe internal bleeding or hemorrhage. Many families of Pradaxa patients who have died or been hospitalized after taking Pradaxa are filing lawsuits against Boehringer Ingelheim for failing to notify them of the risk of death or severe injury while taking Pradaxa. Pradaxa class action lawsuit attorneys are also discussing filing a class action lawsuit against Boehringer Ingelheim who make the drug.
In this case the Pradaxa lawsuit states that Boehringer Ingelheim “did not adequately inform consumers and the prescribing medical community about the risks of uncontrollable bleeds associated with Pradaxa usage, nor did [Boehringer] warn or otherwise advise on how to intervene and stabilize a patient should a bleed occur.” 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 or a family member 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, pain and suffering, and recovery.
If you would like more information about filing a Pradaxa internal bleeding class action lawsuit, would like to speak with an experienced Pradaxa lawyer who is actively filing 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 11th, 2012
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One thought on Widow Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Saying Pradaxa Killed Her Husband
My husband passed with in a month of starting on pradaxa. Problem is I have suffered ptsd over this and did not make claim soon enough. The limitation law sucks for those of us that have a tragedy happen to them and can’t cope right away.