 Rezulin
Side Effects FAQ
What is Rezulin?
How serious are the Rezulin side effects?
What are some side effects Rezulin patients
have experienced?
What is a liver function test?
What are some symptoms of Rezulin liver failure?
What is a liver transplantation operation?
What other prescription diabetes drug can
I use in response to the Rezulin recall?
Do I have any legal rights regarding the prescription
diabetes drug Rezulin and its side effects?
What is Rezulin?
Rezulin is an oral medication prescribed for patients with
Type-2
diabetes. First approved in 1997, Rezulin remained
on the U.S. market until March 2000 due to the liver
failure Rezulin caused that led to the death of at least 63
patients.
How serious are the Rezulin side effects?
There have been an estimated 430 Rezulin patients that suffered
liver failure. It was found that a Rezulin patient's risk of liver
failure is increased 1,200 times by taking the diabetes drug.
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What are some side effects Rezulin patients
have experienced?
The liver damage Rezulin can cause is hard to detect due to the
minimal symptoms during the beginning stages of the disease. Later
stages of liver damage Rezulin patients may experience jaundice,
abdominal pain, nausea, clay colored stools, and dark urine. Rezulin
liver
damage can result in the need for a liver transplant or death.
Heart failure has been linked to the use of Rezulin as well.
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What is a liver function test?
A liver function test detects liver damage Rezulin can cause through
a blood test. Since Rezulin affects the levels of enzymes in the
liver there is a test that indicates the enzyme levels in the blood.
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What are some symptoms of Rezulin liver
failure?
Symptoms of liver failure include, jaundice, sever fatigue, abdominal
pain, weight loss, nausea, loss of appetite, back pain, darkened
urine, and vomiting.
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What is a liver transplantation operation?
A liver transplant operation replaces a diseased or failed liver
with a new one or a portion of one from a donor. After the operation
occurs the liver will grow to be full sized in six to eight weeks
if only a portion of a liver was used.
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What other prescription diabetes
drug can I use in response to the Rezulin recall?
Two diabetes drugs, Avandia and Actos, are FDA approved and they
both appeared to offer the benefits Rezulin offered but without
the dangerous and life threatening Rezulin
side effects.
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Do I have any legal rights regarding the
prescription diabetes drug Rezulin and its side effects?
CONTACT
US if you have any questions regarding your rights and Rezulin
lawsuit information. Many people have died from the liver failure
Rezulin has caused that had been reported from the time of the diabetes
drug’s approval. The FDA did not issue a Rezulin
recall until the dangerous diabetes drug had been prescribed
to 2 million people after it sped through the FDA approval process
in 6 months on the “fast track” approval process.
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