If you have consumed one of these products which has been recalled and are interested in investigating your legal rights, you may communicate with an attorney free of charge and e-mail an attorney about your potential case. You can also call us at (312) 787-1995 and have a free telephone consultation or schedule a free in-person consultation with an attorney. Sometimes the drugs that our doctors prescribe us or that we purchase over-the-counter have dangerous side effects unknown or inadequately disclosed to users. Recently several drugs were removed from the market after evidence of dangerous side effects was brought to the attention of the Federal Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") and the public. View the drugs listed below for additional detailed information.

About PPA

In 2000, a study found that women ages 18 to 49 who took PPA as an appetite suppressant were as much as 15 times more likely than other women to suffer a hemorrhagic stroke, a type of stroke characterized by bleeding in the brain. In response to this study, the FDA issued a warning on November 6, 2000 urging consumers to stop taking over-the-counter cold remedies and diet pills containing PPA. Prior to its ban, billions of doses of PPA-containing products were consumed in the United States each year, making PPA one of  the most commonly used non-prescription products.

Many popular weight loss and cold and flu relief products contained PPA. These products included:

Cold and Flu Products

Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold Medicine Original Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold Medicine Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Cough Medicine Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Flu Medicine Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Sinus Alka-Seltzer Plus Maximum Strength Sinus Alka-Seltzer Plus Nighttime Cold Medicine Alumadrine Amaril D Ami-Tex LA Anatuss Anatuss with Codeine BC Allergy Sinus Cold Powder BC Cold Powder BC Cold Powder Non-Drowsy Formula BC Sinus Cold Powder Banex Banex Liquid Banex-LA Bayaminic Expectorant Bayaminicol Baycomine Baycomine Pediatric Bayer Cough Syrup Bayer Cough Syrup for Children Bromanate DC Cough Syrup Bromatapp Bromophen T.D. Bromphen DC w/Codeine Cough Caldomine-DH Forte Caldomine-DH Pediatric Cheracol Plus Chexit Chlor-Rest Chlor-Trimetron Sinus Caplets Chlor-Tripolon Decongestant Codamine Codamine Pediatric Cold and Allergy Extended Release Comtrex Deep Chest & Cold Congestion Relief Comtrex Flu Therapy & Fever Relief Day and Night Comtrex Multi-Symptom Cold Reliever Condrin-LA Conex Conex D.A. Conex Plus Conex w/Codeine Liquid Congesprin for Children Liquid Cold Medicine Contac 12-Hour Cold Caplets Contac 12-Hour Cold Capsules Contac 12-Hour Maximum Strength Contac Jr. Children's Cold Medicine Cophene-S Cophene-X Cophene-XP Coricidin Cough Coricidin D Cold, Flu & Sinus Coricidin D Decongestant Coricidin D Medilets Coricidin Demilets Coricidin Maximum Strength Sinus Headache Corsym Dapacin Cold Decongestabs Dehist Demazin Demazin Repetabs Despec Dilotab Dimaphen S.A. Dimetane Expectorant Dimetane-DC Cough Dimetapp Dimetapp-A Dimetapp Cold & Allergy Chewable Tablets Dimetapp Cold & Cough Liqui-Gels Dimetapp-DM Cold & Cough Elixir Dimetapp with Codeine Dimetapp Elixir Dimetapp 4-Hour Liqui-Gels Dimetapp 4-Hour Tablets Dimetapp Extendtabs Dimetapp Maximum Strength Liquigels Dorcol DM Drinophen Dristan Drize Duadacin Dura-Vent Dura-Vent/A Efficol Entex Entex LA Entex Liquid Extreme Cold Formula Caplets Flogesic Genamin Genatap Gencold Genex Gentab-LA Guaipax Histabid Duracaps Histalet Forte Histamic Hista-Vadrin Histosal Hold (Children's Formula) Hycomine Hycomine Pediatric Hydromine Hydromine Pediatric Hydrophen Ipsatol Cough Formula for Children Nalgest Nasahist

Nolamine Nolex LA Noraminic Norel Plus Normatane Normatane DC Oragest S.R. Oraminic Spancaps Ornade Ornade A.F. Ornade-DM Ornade-DM 10 Ornade-DM 15 Ornade-DM 30 Ornade Expectorant Orthoxicol Cough Panadyl Pertussin AM Phanadex PhenAPAP No. 2 Phenate T.D. Phentox Compound Phenylfenesin L.A. Poly-Histine-CS Poly-Histine-D Poly-Histine-D Ped Poly-Histine-DM Prominic Expectorant Prominicol Cough Pyrroxate Remcol Cold Rentamine Resaid S.R. Rescaps-D S.R. Respinol-G Respinol LA Rhinocaps Rhinolar-EX Rhinolar-EX 12 Robitussin Allergy Cough Robitussin-CF Ru-Tuss II Ru-Tuss w/Hydrocodone Liquid Rymed Rymed Liquid Saleto-CF Sinapils Sine-Off Sinus Medicine Sinubid Sinucon Pediatric Drops Sinulin Sinutab SA Snaplets-D Snaplets-DM Snaplets-EX Snaplets-Multi St. Joseph Cold Tablets for Children Stamoist LA Statuss Green Syracol Liquid Tamine S.R. Tavist-D Tavist-D 12 Hour Relief of Sinus & Nasal Congestion Tavist-D Antihistamine/Nasal decongestant Teldrin T-Koff Triaminic Triaminic Allergy Triaminic Chewables Triaminic Cold Triaminic-DM Cough Formula Triaminic-DM Expectorant Triaminic Expectorant Triaminic Expectorant Chest & Head Congestion Triaminic Expectorant DH Triaminic Expectorant w/Codeine Triaminic Oral Infant Drops Triaminic TR Triaminicin Triaminicin w/Codeine Triaminicol DM Triaminicol Multi-Symptom Relief Tricodene Forte Tricodene NN Tricodene NN Pediatric Tricodene Pediatric Trind Trind DM Liquid Tri-Nefrin Extra Strength Tripalgen Cold Tri-Phen-Chlor Tri-Phen-Chlor T.D. Triphenyl Triphenyl Expectorant Triphenyl T.D. Tusquelin Tuss-Ade Tussagesic Tuss Allergine Modified Tussaminic C Forte Tussaminic C Pediatric Tussaminic DH Forte Tussaminic DH Pediatric Tussanil DH Tablets Tussogest Tuss-Ornade Liquid Tuss-Ornade Spansules Tylenol Cold Medicine ULR-LA Utex-S.R. Vasominic T.D. Veltap Vicks Day Quil Allergy Relief

The above list is by no means inclusive of all over-the-counter PPA-containing products that were offered for sale. In addition, not all of the above products contained PPA prior to the FDA's request that PPA-containing products be taken off of the shelf. If you would like to receive a more extensive list of PPA containing products; want to know if a product you consumed contained PPA; or are interested in investigating whether you have been injured by a product containing PPA you may communicate with an attorney free of charge by e-mailing us a message. You can also call us at (312) 787-1995 and have a free telephone consultation or schedule a free in-person consultation with an attorney.

Until recently, Phenylpropanolamine (PPA), was an active ingredient in numerous over-the-counter and prescription cold and sinus relief medications, weight loss drugs and other products. The withdrawal of PPA containing products from the marketplace was prompted by the publication of a national medical journal reporting the results of the Hemorrhagic Stroke Project ("HSP"). This study disclosed that the use of medications containing phenylpropanolamine dramatically increased the incidence of stroke in its users. In fact, PPA has been found to increase the likelihood of potentially fatal complications and side effects including:

• Stroke
• Atrial arrhythmia
• Vasospasms
• High blood pressure

Please call us if you or a loved one used a PPA drug and suffered an adverse result.

About FEN-PHEN

Redux (dexfenfluramine) and Pondimin (fenfluramine or "fen") were prescription drugs that were approved by the FDA as appetite suppressants for the short term management of obesity. "Fen-phen" refers to the use in combination of the diet medication Pondimin/fenfluramine ("fen") and another prescription medication known as phentermine ("phen"). On September 15, 1997, the FDA asked the manufacturers of Pondimin/fenfluramine and Redux/dexfenfluramine to remove these drugs from the marketplace. This was in response to increasing evidence of abnormal echocardiograms, heart valve disease and other problems among users.

In 1999, American Home Products, the manufacturer of Redux and Pondimin, agreed to pay as much as $3.75 billion to settle lawsuits regarding its diet drugs. This was a record injury settlement involving a drug company. The agreement provides benefits, ranging from the refund of the purchase price of the diet medications to injury payments of as much as $1.4 million per person for Redux and Pondimin diet drug users.

If you have taken these products and are interested in investigating your legal rights you may communicate with an attorney free of charge and e-mail us a message about your potential case. Also, you can call us at (312) 787-1995 and have a free telephone consultation or schedule a free in-person consultation with an attorney.

About BAYCOL

BAYCOL was a widely prescribed cholesterol lowering (lipid-lowering) drug, until reports of a sometimes fatal muscle reaction known as rhabdomyolysis led to the August, 2001 FDA announcement that Bayer Corporation had agreed to pull BAYCOL from the market.

Symptoms of rhabdomyolsis include muscle pain, weakness, tenderness, malaise, fever, dark urine, nausea and vomiting. The pain can involve specific muscle groups or be generalized throughout the body. The calves and lower back are the most frequently involved muscle groups.

Fatal rhabdomyolysis reports associated with use of Baycol have been reported most frequently when used at high doses, when used by the elderly and particularly when used in combination with gemfibrozil (LOPID and generics), another lipid lowering drug. Some BAYCOL users have experienced a severe muscle reaction resulting in renal failure or other organ failure. Initially approved for use in the United States in 1997, BAYCOL is a member of a class of cholesterol lowering drugs known as "statins". Statins lower cholesterol levels by blocking a specific enzyme in the body that is involved in the creation of cholesterol.

If you have taken BAYCOL and are interested in investigating your legal rights you may communicate with an attorney free of charge and e-mail us a message about your potential case. Also, you can call us at (312) 787-1995 and have a free telephone consultation or schedule a free in-person consultation with an attorney.

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