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Lawyers Provide Latest News on Levaquin Lawsuits and Side Effects

  
Winder & Counsel provides the latest news on lawsuits involving Levaquin and information on the drug's side effects.  

Texas, Arkansas Lawsuits Allege Antibiotic Caused Tendon Damage

  
The Southeast Texas Record | December 3, 2009
An antibiotic, sold since 1997, is the subject of three new lawsuits recently filed in East Texas and West Arkansas which argue the drug causes a higher incidence of tendon injuries.

Levaquin, a broad spectrum fluoroquinolone antibiotic is marketed as a first-line therapy for common bronchitis and sinusitis infections.

Johnson & Johnson Antibiotic Draws Lawsuit

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Wall Street Journal | May 22, 2009

Johnson & Johnson faces civil lawsuits regarding the antibiotic Levaquin filed by one of the most prominent plainfiff's attorneys involved in the suits over Merck & Co.'s Vioxx painkiller.

The legal action comes nearly a year after the Food and Drug Administration, responding to pressure from consumer groups, requested that block-box warnings be added to the antibiotic and others in its class regarding the risk of tendon ruptures.

FDA Orders 'Black Box' Warning on Some Antibiotics

  
CNN | July 8, 2008

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Tuesday ordered the makers of certain antibiotics to add a "black box" label warning—the FDA's strongest—to alert patients of possible tendon ruptures and tendonitis.

"The new language will strengthen the existing warnings," said Dr. Edward Cox, director of the FDA's Office of Antimicrobial Products.

The FDA is requiring the label warnings and a medication guide for fluoroquinolone drugs, which include Cipro, Levaquin, Avelox, Noroxin and Floxin.
Winder & Counsel presently is investigating legal claims against the manufacturer of Levaquin. We invite you to contact us for a free, confidential consultation about your legal rights.

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Levaquin News

Texas, Arkansas Lawsuits Allege Antibiotic Caused Tendon Damage
The Southeast Texas Record | December 3, 2009

Johnson & Johnson Antibiotic Draws Lawsuit
Wall Street Journal | May 22, 2009

FDA Orders 'Black Box' Warning on Some Antibiotics
CNN | July 8, 2006