The Cochran Firm Legal Blog

Pharmaceuticals with dangerous or deadly side effects could be in your medicine cabinet right now. Dangerous drugs and their potentially deadly side effects are at times released to the general public before their side effects are totally clear.

When the pharmaceuticals dangerous side effects do become known, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issues a drug recall. The list of recalled drugs grows daily and many consumers wonder just how safe are the drugs they take on a daily basis.

Defective pharmaceuticals have been known to cause birth defects, heart attacks, strokes, breathing problems and suicides. Drugs commonly listed in the defective category include drugs for arthritis, diet drugs, anti-depressants, cholesterol lowering medications and vaccines.

Defective pharmaceuticals can result in pain and suffering and death for many consumers and often do. The pharmaceutical companies responsible for these defective drugs coming to the market have been held liable for damages reaching into the hundreds of millions of dollars.

If you live in the San Francisco, Oakland, California area and you or someone you care about has been the victim of a defective pharmaceutical, please contact the Oakland, California office of The Cochran Firm today to schedule a confidential consultation with an experienced defective pharmaceutical attorney at no cost to you to protect your legal rights.

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