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Trovan® Lawsuit | Trovan Lawyer | Trovan Side Effects

Manufacturer: Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Uses: Used to treat many bacterial infections including, but not limited to sinusitis (sinus infection), sexually transmitted disease (STDs), pneumonia, urinary tract infection, severe strep throat, bronchitis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

n June 1999 the FDA dramatically reduced the permitted uses of Trovan after numerous reports surfaced regarding the drug's damaging affect on the liver, including its propensity to induce fatal liver failure. Today, Trovan is used as a drug of last resort, given only to those patients who are on the verge of death and have not responded successfully to other antibiotic treatments. Pfizer's own Trovan warning label reads as follows: "Trovan has been associated with serious liver injury leading to liver transplantation and/or death. Trovan-associated liver injury has been reported with both short-term and long-term drug exposure. Trovan use exceeding 2 weeks in duration is associated with a significantly increased risk of serious liver injury. Liver injury has also been reported following trovan re-exposure. Trovan should be reserved for use in patients with serious, life- or limb-threatening infections who receive their initial therapy in an in-patient health care facility (I.e., hospital or long-term nursing care facility). Trovan should not be used when safer, alternative antimicrobial therapy will be effective. (See warnings.)"

At the height of its popularity and before the warning label changed, Trovan was prescribed over 300,000 times per month. If you have taken this drug, it may be advisable to seek both medical attention to protect your health and legal counseling to protect your rights. Please keep in mind that there may be time limits within which you must commence suit.

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