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A brief guide to filing a Levitra lawsuit

 

Issued to help male patients with erectile dysfunction, taking a Levitra dosage carries several small but significant risks. To date, no Levitra lawsuit has been successful in obtaining a settlement for damage done through use of the drug. No new information has emerged in recent years concerning the risk of adverse effects through taking a Levitra dosage.

 

Drugs such as Levitra are known as PDE5 inhibitors. In 2005 and 2006, multiple scientific journal reports were published stating that studies of usage of a Levitra dosage or similar medications such as Viagra and Cialis. A 2006 report in the Canadian Adverse Reaction Newsletter noted that five reports had been filed in connection with PDE5 inhibitor usage concerning a rare ocular disorder known as NAOIN. This reaction to a Levitra dosage takes the form of permanent obstruction of the upper or lower half of one tie.

 

No Levitra settlement was obtained through civil court by any man who experienced this adverse effect. Despite being alerted to the issue, the FDA chose not to issue a warning regarding this potential effect of a Levitra dosage, since a firm causal relationship was not established between the drug and this condition. This may be why no litigation is known to have succeeded in obtaining a related Levitra settlement.

 

However, in 2007 the FDA updated its warning regarding the risk of sudden temporary or permanent hearing loss in connection with this drug. In response to multiple reports of PDE5 inhibitors including a Levitra dosage leading to this effect, the FDA reviewed its records and found 29 reports of such responses to the drug. No Levitra lawsuit was successfully filed by anyone who reported this adverse response.

 

Since updating the information included with each Levitra dosage in 2007, the FDA has taken no further regulatory steps with respect to the drug. Filing litigation with the purpose of obtaining a Levitra settlement could theoretically be accomplished by patients who suffered such responses prior to the warning label information being updated. However, the statute of limitations for such a Levitra lawsuit has expired. If any plaintiffs were successful in negotiating an out-of-court Levitra settlement, this has not been publicly recorded.

 

Patients who develop NAOIN may have grounds for a Levitra lawsuit. In order to obtain a Levitra settlement, an attorney would have to prove that insufficient warning regarding such a possibility was provided by the manufacturer. This type of Levitra lawsuit would also need to be able to clearly demonstrate that the medication was solely responsible for this outcome. Since relatively few cases of such responses have been recorded, it would be difficult to provide proof of a causal pattern justifying a Levitra settlement.

 

However, it should not be hard to explore pursuing a Levitra lawsuit for free. Many pharmaceutical attorneys can be found willing to provide a free evaluation of your case's chance of ending with a Levitra settlement. You must have documentation of the prescription for a Levitra dosage and subsequent reactions. Without proper medical documentation, no Levitra lawsuit can proceed. If you believe your doctor was negligent in monitoring your treatment, you may wish to sue them for a Levitra settlement regarding malpractice.

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