JaneB

The lawsuit in the link is bullshit. The nurse who gave the shot is at fault not Wyeth. The problem is that a lot of people are filing lawsuits for bullshit reasons. You know there are many risks when you take any kind of drug.


Vermont musician whose right arm was amputated after she was injected with an anti-nausea drug made by Wyeth.

The injection struck an artery and caused gangrene, a rare but occasional complication from directly administering Phenergan, the anti-nausea drug.

Diana Levine, the Vermont woman, settled a suit against the clinic that gave her the injection and then sued Wyeth. She contended that the drug maker had not properly warned her and other consumers of the danger.

In its defense, Wyeth said the federally approved warning label told doctors and nurses to use extreme caution when injecting the drug. Levine and her lawyers said that was not sufficient. Who would take an injection to relieve nausea, she asked, if a patient knew she could lose her arm as a result?

The jury agreed with her and awarded her $6.7 million in damages.

In its appeal in Wyeth v. Levine, the drug company argued that since the FDA had approved its warning label as adequate, a jury should not have the power to second-guess this conclusion.