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Painkiller patches containing the highly potent drug fentanyl have been recalled because of a manufacturing defect that could result in fatal overdoses for some users (1).
If someone you care about used a pain patch and died of a fentanyl overdose, someone at our law firm would like to speak with you.
Update I:
TheFood and Drug Administration(FDA) announced, “Actavis Inc., the United States manufacturing and marketing division of the international generic pharmaceutical company Actavis Group HF, today announced that its subsidiary Actavis South Atlantic LLC is proceeding with the voluntary recall from wholesalers and pharmacies of all lots of Fentanyl transdermal system CII patches sold in the United States.”
This expanded recall covers all of their CII pain patches and goes on to warn patients that they should not use these patches because of the potential to overdose on the highly potent drug inside the patches.
Update II:
According toThe Associated Press, “Two Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries that make and distribute a painkilling skin patch must pay nearly $16.6 million to the family of a suburban woman who died from a drug overdose while using the product, a jury ruled Monday. The verdict is the fourth trial loss for the companies since 2006.
“A Sanford, Fla., jury last month awarded $13.3 million to the family of Susan Hodgemire, 34, who died after undergoing back surgery and using the Duragesic patch. In June 2007, a federal jury awarded $5.5 million to the father of a 28-year-old man who died in 2003 while wearing the patch.”
In July 2008,The Associated Pressreported that illegal versions of fentanyl manufactured in Mexico caused more than 1,000 deaths during the past several years.
Sources:
1) “Fentanyl Painkiller Patches Recalled,” by Natasha T. Metzler ofThe Associated Press. Accessed 2/14/08 viawww.ap.org.
2) “Fentanyl Transdermal System (Patch) (marketed as Duragesic and generics) Overview,” from the Food and Drug Administration. Accessed 2/14/08 viawww.fda.gov.
Duragesic® is a registered trademark of Johnson & Johnson and is used here only for the purpose of identifying the product in question. This law firm is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or associated withThe Associated Press, the Food and Drug Administration, Johnson & Johnson, or any of its subsidiaries.
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