Arizona Reglan Lawyers
Medications should help you, not harm you. However, some medications cause such powerful and debilitating side effects that they receive a Black Box label from the Food and Drug Administration. The Black Box is the strongest warning label a drug can have without being removed from the market. Reglan is one such medication that now has a Black Box label due to its link to devastating neuromuscular disorders like tardive dyskinesia. Reglan can cause these permanent conditions in people of all ages, no matter how long they’ve taken the drug.
Reglan is typically prescribed as a treatment for chronic acid reflux. Sadly, though, many people took this drug before it had the Black Box label, meaning that they were not warned of the potentially tragic consequences. If you took Reglan and developed a neuromuscular condition before the drug carried the warning label, you should fight back against the pharmaceutical company responsible for putting you at risk. Contact an Arizona Reglan lawyer from Williams Kherkher today at 800-761-3187 to discuss your legal options.
Reglan and Neuromuscular Disorders
Reglan contains a powerful ingredient called metoclopramide. Metoclopramide works to reduce heartburn by stimulating the upper digestive tract into passing food along faster. At the same time, though, metoclopramide interferes with the delicate dopamine neurotransmitter pathway. This can disrupt control of muscles by the nerves, resulting in neuromuscular disorders such as:
- Tardive dyskinesia
- Tardive dystonia
- Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
- Cervical dystonia
These often permanent disorders cause involuntary muscle spasms that can twist your body into painful, awkward, and often embarrassing positions.
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No one deserves to suffer from neuromuscular disorders, especially as a result of taking supposedly safe medication. If you now suffer from a neuromuscular condition caused by Reglan, contact an Arizona Reglan attorney from Williams Kherkher at 800-761-3187 to learn more about your legal options.
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