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An alleged link between the drug and osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ), a condition in which the jawbone begins to die, led to a wave of products liability lawsuits around the country.
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Fosamax Lawsuit: Merck and Estate of Woman Who Suffered from Osteonecrosis of the Jaw Reach Confidential Damage Award Agreement, Drug Injury Lawyers Blog, October 17, 2012
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Osteonecrosis of the Jaw ONJ happens when the bone in the jaw starts to die.
Fosamax Lawsuit: Merck and Estate of Woman Who Suffered from Osteonecrosis of the Jaw Reach Confidential Damage Award Agreement
A jury is ordering Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. to pay plaintiff Barbara Davids $ 10.45 million for osteonecrosis of the jaw injuries she says she sustained because she took the drug Zometa.
Another drug that is also frequently linked to osteonecrosis of the jaw is Fosamax, which is often prescribed to treat Paget's disease and osteoporosis.
The Food and Drug Administration has already confirmed that long - term use of Fosamax can lead to Osteonecrosis of the Jaw, also known as dead jaw syndrome and ONJ, atrial fibrillation, and esophageal cancer.
Boles developed osteonecrosis of the jaw after taking the medication for several years.
The issue in this cases is largely about warnings: what did Novartis have to communicate to doctors about the risks of Zometa with respect to osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ).
The Fosamax side effect that has been singled out for legal action is the development of a serious bone condition called osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ), or «dead jaw.»
Since 2001, approximately 2,400 people using Fosamax have developed Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (ONJ).
Fosamax has been linked to osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) and rare bone fractures of the femur.
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They determined that this ischemic osteonecrosis of the femur in children was differentiated from osteomyelitis.
There's a rare side effect associated with this class of drugs called osteonecrosis of the jaw.
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The radiologists reported new osteonecrosis in 22 - 24 percent of hip injection patients, compared to 5 - 9 percent in the hip control group and 5 percent in the shoulder injection control group.
A study on this subject, titled «Femoral Head Osteonecrosis Following Anatomic Stable Fixation of Femoral Neck Fractures: An in - vivo MRI Study» will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) in New Orleans on March 11, 2014.
MRI revealed decreased blood flow to the injured area and osteonecrosis in 80 percent of patients in the superomedial quadrant of the femoral head.
«A special 3 - D fast spin echo technique minimized distortion caused by metal screws used to repair the fracture, facilitating assessment of the hip joint and any potential problems concerning osteonecrosis or non-union.»
The SML declined to provide more details but the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio said the experts» team has found «irregular destruction» and osteonecrosis in bone fragments of the dorsal and lumbar vertebrae, features of the bone metastasis that appear in advanced prostate cancer.
There were no cases of incident drug - induced osteonecrosis and only 1 case of femoral shaft fracture in each group.
This is an avascular (pertaining to inadequate blood supply), aseptic (not infected), developmental osteonecrosis (dying of bone tissue) of the femoral head and neck, found almost entirely in toy or other small breeds.
Osteonecrosis (bone cell death), retinal degeneration (eye cell death) & neural necrosis (brain cell death) are some of the examples.
Although this may seem like a negligible number of personal injury lawsuits for a company as large as Merck & Co., experts believe that it is only the beginning and expect the filing of hundreds, if not thousands more claims as more cases of osteonecrosis come to light.