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When you take medication, the expectation is that it will help you heal, manage a condition, or improve your quality of life. Unfortunately, some prescription drugs can cause serious harm — even when taken exactly as directed. Many of these medications have been on the market for years, yet continue to cause severe injuries.
If you’ve been harmed by a prescription medication, Carabin Law’s experienced Texas dangerous drug attorneys can help you pursue compensation for medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and other damages.
Understanding Prescription Drug Lawsuits
Pharmaceutical companies have a legal duty to ensure their medications are safe and to provide clear warnings about potential risks. When they fail to do so, injured patients may have the right to file a prescription drug lawsuit under product liability law.
Even medications approved by the FDA are not exempt from liability. If a manufacturer knew — or should have known — about the risks and failed to warn patients, they can be held responsible for resulting injuries.
Common Causes of Prescription Drug Injuries
Prescription drug injuries often occur due to errors or negligence on the part of the manufacturer. Common causes include:
Manufacturing errors or contamination can make medications unsafe.
Pharmaceutical companies must inform patients and doctors about known risks, side effects, or interactions.
Instructions that lead to overdose, underdose, or dangerous drug interactions.
Promoting drugs for unapproved uses that pose health risks to patients.
When companies fail to remove dangerous drugs from the market promptly.
Injuries Caused by Prescription Medications
Patients injured by medications may suffer a wide range of serious health problems, including:
Liver, kidney, or heart complications caused by harmful drug reactions.
Medications may increase the risk of dangerous clotting or cardiovascular events.
Memory loss, seizures, or nerve damage resulting from drug use.
Harm to infants when medications are taken during pregnancy.
Stomach or intestinal complications caused by drug side effects.
Filing a Prescription Drug Lawsuit in Texas
Texas law allows injured patients to file a lawsuit for damages caused by dangerous medications. The statute of limitations is two years from the date you discovered — or should have discovered — the injury.
To succeed in a prescription drug case, you must demonstrate:
You were injured while taking the medication.
The medication was used as prescribed.
You were not aware of the specific danger associated with the drug.
The injury resulted directly from the medication.
Carabin Law works closely with medical experts and investigators to build strong cases that prove manufacturer negligence and maximize compensation.