Saturday, March 20, 2010

What Is a Drug Recall?

If you watch TV, surf the Internet or browse through magazines, you have seen ads for medications that depict healthy, active people. Prescription and over-the-counter medications are used by millions of people each day for a variety of ailments, diseases, and medical conditions.

Overall, medications provide relief and health benefits. But sometimes a serious side effect or adverse health consequence is revealed after a drug is introduced into the marketplace. When these undesired results are extreme, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or drug manufacturer will issue a drug recall.

The compassionate defective drug attorneys at Schlichter, Bogard & Denton understand the difficulty of dealing with a drug recall and any adverse side effects you have experienced as a result of a dangerous drug.

Sometimes a defective or dangerous prescription drug is voluntarily recalled by the drug manufacturer. If the FDA becomes involved, it can request a recall, which is the fastest way to remove a harmful drug from the market.

The FDA’s Jurisdiction

The FDA has jurisdiction over recalls involving the following:

  • Drugs
  • Vaccines
  • Medical devices
  • Blood and plasma products
  • Veterinary products
  • Other biologics
Once the FDA requests a drug recall, the manufacturing company is responsible for making sure that the recall is successful. Companies must tell the FDA when the prescription recall has begun, and file progress reports. When the recall is completed, the FDA oversees the destruction of the dangerous prescription drug, and then investigates what made the drug harmful.

If you your or a loved one has been injured by a dangerous drug or is taking a medication that has been recalled, please contact the experienced defective drug attorneys at Schlichter, Bogard & Denton, serving clients nationwide.

posted by Megan P at 3:48 PM

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