Zyprexa Heart Failure, Other Side Effects Underlie Difficulties in Treatment
By John Curran
The news that federal regulators from the Food and Drug Administration are investigating two deaths related to Zyprexa side effects caused by the anti-schizophrenia medication should not be surprising based on the treatment options for those patients who deal with Post-Injection Delirium Sedation Syndrome (PDSS). Doctors have limited ways to alleviate symptoms.
There is no known antidote to PDSS, according to drug maker Eli Lilly. Instead, it recommends that healthcare professionals closely monitor symptoms of Zyprexa side effects and treat each individually. However, using certain adrenaline analogues to treat hypotension and comas is not possible, including epinephrine.
Instead, doctors are asked to use intubation and ventilation if the patient is unable to do so on his or her own, and they must monitor a patient for potential aspiration if they attempt to use adrenaline analogues. These issues and the risk additional Zyprexa side effects like a heart attack can present themselves in as little as three hours following injection, although the two deaths happened several days later.
Zyprexa lawsuit attorneys are likely to cite the fact that the medication is already part of the Food and Drug Administration’s Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy program, although it was approved for use in schizophrenia treatment just four years ago. The REMS program requires follow-up evaluations and significant monitoring and certification for treatment providers.
Eli Lilly said that the incidence of Post-Injection Delirium Sedation Syndrome was roughly two per every patient, or 39 events in 38 patients over the course of more than 2,000 patients. Extrapolating from that statistic, the potential incidence accounting for the 50,000 patients who have used the medication would be in the hundreds.
Symptoms of a Zyprexa heart attack that some patients may have experienced include mild to severe sedation, delirium that could seem like drunkenness as well as convulsions or high blood pressure.
Men and women who took the anti-schizophrenia medication and suffered severe side effects have legal options available to them. A free legal consultation is available at the Zyprexa Injection Heart Attack, Death Class Action Lawsuit Investigation. Potential plaintiffs can establish their eligibility to file a claim with the help of one of our partner Zyprexa lawsuit attorneys.
Since PDSS and other events can occur quickly and require extensive treatment, hospital bills can mount for many patients who also lose time at work while dealing with comas and other developments because of these side effects. Filing a Zyprexa lawsuit is the first step in offsetting those costs.
Updated July 10th, 2013
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