Massachusetts Personal Injury News
Voluntary Cleviprex Drug Recall Expanded
March 18, 2010 – Washington, D.C. – The discovery of a metal substance in some vials of Cleviprex has created a need to expand the product recall of the popular hypertension drug.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Cleviprex is an emulsion that needs to be injected to treat patients with hypertension. The foreign matter found in some vials is made up mostly of stainless-steel particles, which could possibly decrease the blood flow in capillaries causing a host of serious health conditions. This could reduce the supply of blood to bodily tissues, affecting major organs, such as the brain, lungs, kidney, liver, or heart.
The recalled hypertension drug is manufactured by Medicines Co., which initially recalled 11 lots of the drug in December. The expanded recall affects 4 more lots.
The Cleviprex recall has not yet caused illness or injury in any consumers and representatives of the companies say the size of the particles found in some vials is too small to affect the human body. However, if the particles were to clump together, it could present a serious health hazard.
If you have been made ill or suffered injury because of a recalled drug, or you have been affected by the Cleviprex recall, you may have the grounds for a Massachusetts personal injury lawsuit. The Kiley Law Group, a law firm based in Andover, Massachusetts, takes time when speaking with you about your case and works with you on a contingent fee basis so there are NO FEES unless our trained personal injury lawyers wins your case. Call now to schedule a FREE evaluation of your case – 1-888-208-1695.
