Newer isn't always better, though many pharmaceutical organizations would have you believe it is.
Take the drug called Mobic, for example. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), Mobic is used to help reduce pain in individuals who suffer from the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.
Introduced by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Mobic was touted as a better drug than Vioxx, which is also prescribed for the abovementioned purposes. However, safety soon became an issue.
In fact, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released the findings of a study that connected Mobic with an increased risk of heart attack in patients. For many who had taken the drug, this was a shock; they had been unwittingly playing "Russian Roulette" with their lives by ingesting a product that could be fatal.
Though the FDA did not remove Mobic from the public marketplace, its announcement did serve as a warning to those who had been led to feel safe using the drug.
To be sure, Mobic has a long list of side effects that were divulged by Boehringer Ingelheim when the product was introduced. Those include: muscle cramps; mouth ulcers; depression; dry mouth; irregular menstruation; dizziness; ringing in ears; seizures; and fatigue.
However, those who took Mobic or prescribed it in "good faith" were not forewarned about the possible connection between the medication and heart problems.
This has led many to voice concerns about whether Mobic was "fast tracked" to the market in an effort to undercut Merck & Company's Vioxx-related profits. Was Mobic properly studied, or was it simply rushed into the blood stream of persons around the globe? And, if so, what other complications could arise in individuals who have used Mobic to combat their arthritis and osteoarthritis pain, stiffness, and swelling?
Our team of legal professionals is greatly saddened by reports of potentially defective drugs hitting the marketplace before all the risks and side effects are known. In fact, every day, we get reports of medications that have been shown to have devastating consequences on the persons who use them and their families, coworkers, and acquaintances.
Contact us today via telephone or email to start the process. It's free to you and you'll be under absolutely zero obligation to make a claim against Mobic's makers. And if we decide to file on your behalf, you will owe us nothing until we get restitution for you.
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| Terry says: | 2010-06-29 22:49:54 |
| I took meloxicam, generic for mobic, for a few years. I haven't taken for around 8 months now, I have lost blood in my stool daily for most of that time and continue to. I have sores in mouth, mainly in throat, ear nose throat doctor described as ulcers, and now find I am having liver issues. Medications now adays se to be almost a joke. They fix one problem but lead to worse ones. It is unbelievable to me, would almost rather deal with original issues than gamble with the health I do have! | |
| sherry eaton says: | 2010-06-03 21:05:24 |
| I have taken mobic I have regular aches in my back | |
| Rod Fields says: | 2010-05-31 06:54:15 |
| Have takin Mobic for 3 mo. Developed mouth sores headache neckache tinitis sore throat dizziness | |
| Crystal Klingensmith says: | 2010-05-11 23:28:15 |
| I took Mobic for 3 weeks and my Kidneys shut down. I had a biopsy done and the kidney doctor stated that my Kidney failure was due to taken Mobic. | |
| midge j. atkison says: | 2010-01-12 10:11:12 |
| i took the generic of mobic for almost 2 months and it put my large intestin artery to sleep, causing my bowels to shut down for 2 weeks, and caused an mia, small mini stroke on my left side,and very nearly killed me, my blood pressure dropped so low the paramedic had to start another iv on me. this was november 12 2008 | |
| mona mclaughlin says: | 2009-12-12 16:45:02 |
| my periods are bad im allways bleeding either spotting light evenings an mornings heavy ive been taking mobic15.5 mg around 2 year my periods have allways been normal this problem has really been bad this last year | |
| ivanna says: | 2009-11-27 18:49:53 |
| I started taking Mobic a week ago and have developed mouth sores. | |
| Karen Moran says: | 2009-11-17 17:54:36 |
| I have been taking Mobic for 4 weeks. I have developed mouth sores in the last week | |
| Robert donovan says: | 2009-10-22 17:19:29 |
| Dr. perscribed 15mg mobic for an injury 2 hr later chest pain,day 2 atomic dye test 99% chance not haveing heart attack, day 4 heart attack, 3 stinis and a dead spot in my heats, cartdilogist points to mobic | |
| Pam Jefferson says: | 2009-09-24 18:04:49 |
| Have been taking Mobic off and on for a few years. Developed irregular menstural cycles. This year I had to have a hysterectomy. | |