Posted on 12/29/2004 8:05:06 AM PST by petitfour
LOS ANGELES — The parents of a 7-year-old girl on Tuesday sued the makers of Children's Motrin (search) and several other companies that distribute the painkiller, claiming their daughter lost her eyesight and suffered other severe side effects after taking the medication.
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Sabrina Brierton Johnson (search) of Los Angeles, seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages against health care giant Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), subsidiary McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals, and several other firms, including retailers Ralphs Grocery and Albertsons Inc.'s Sav-On pharmacies.
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Here we go again. John Edwards, paging John Edwards-please pick up the courtesy phone in the lobby...
Pretty soon, if the lawyers have their way, we're going to be boiling our own eye-of-newt and toe-of-frog to ward off boils and pestilence.
Leftwards was on a plane faster than Klintoon on a new intern!
Just make sure you only make it for personal use. If you give it to anyone, they can sue.
You can't sue Mother Nature, but lawyers are probably working on that one.
...accused Johnson & Johnson and McNeil of failing to adequately test the drug for over-the-counter use and to properly warn the public.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I don't believe that most medications are tested on children, probably because of the outrage that would erupt along the lines of 'OMG, the evil drug companies are using children to test drugs...'
Is there any truth to this? I ask because I give my kid motrin every night (he's a special needs kid, and it helps him sleep rather than be bothered with epilepsy and the tube in his stomach). Anyone know?
There are probably a few isolated cases of children who have this particular bad reaction to the drug. The vast majority, obviously, are just fine if you use the correct dosage.
"Is there any truth to this? I ask because I give my kid motrin every night (he's a special needs kid, and it helps him sleep rather than be bothered with epilepsy and the tube in his stomach). Anyone know?"
A lot of medications can cause that syndrome. However, the incidence is so low as to be almost invisible. I wouldn't be concerned at all.
My wife's curling iron has a warning: "For external use only."
"Here we go again. John Edwards, paging John Edwards-please pick up the courtesy phone in the lobby..."
LOL, he's back in business.
Isn't Motrin just a brand name for what's pretty much 100% ibuprophen? This is probably a safer pain killer than asprin. beside, it's the best off the shelf anti-infammatory going and the closest thing to a wonder drug as far as I'm concerned.
I heard this story on the radio news last night and looked it up. Hubby and I were skeptical about the lawsuit until we read the part about how warnings were in the medical literature handed out when the medication was prescription only. When it was made over-the-counter, the warning about SJS was removed. Or so says the lawsuit.
This really reminds me of the stupid labels many products have. Like "Don't use this tazer underwater".
My wife's curling iron has a warning: "For external use only."
How could you use it INTERNALLY????...weird.
Are they still making penicillin? I had a reaction to it when I was a kid and it almost killed me. I'm sure they did away with that awful stuff.
Sorry but newts are a protected species. Please put the eye of the newt down and back away slowly while I serve you with a summons.
"Don't ask, don't tell, don't investigate."
My wife asked, she got told (someone had used the thing as a sex toy), and now she really wishes she hadn't investigated.
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