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Injured by Premarin?

Premarin (Generic: Conjugated estrogens) has been linked to the following serious side effects: Ovarian Cancer, Lupus, Scleroderma, Gallbladder Cancer and Stroke. Premarin is an estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) used to treat the symptoms of menopause. Premarin is typically prescribed for women without a uterus.

Recently, the National Institutes of Health stopped a trial of women taking Premarin estrogen replacement therapy after finding the pills not only failed to reduce the risk of heart disease, but that they raised the possibility of a stroke. The Premarin trial was the second large trial of hormone replacement therapy to have been halted in two years. In July 2002, women taking Prempro (estrogen and progestin) were told to stop because of the risk of heart attack, stroke and some forms of cancer.

In a report published in the Journal of American Medical Association, doctors report that women who take estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy such as Premarin for a long period of time have a higher-than-average risk of developing ovarian cancer. Women who took estrogen HRT's like Premarin for longer periods of time had a higher risk of developing ovarian cancer, and the researchers noted a 7% increase in risk associated with every extra year of estrogen HRT use.  Those who took estrogen for at least 10 years were twice as likely to develop ovarian cancer, and those who used the drugs for 20 or more years were three times as likely to develop ovarian cancer as those who did not take the hormone, the report indicates.

Premarin was the first hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drug to hit the market. Premarin was first marketed in 1942 to alleviate the symptoms of menopause in women. Today, Premarin is still the most popular HRT drug, and is one of the most prescribed drugs in the world. There are approximately 11 million women currently take Premarin. The popularity of this drug is due both to its extensive history and an aggressive marketing campaign by Wyeth.

If you or a loved one took Premarin and suffered side effects, please fill out the form at the right for a free case evaluation by a qualified drug side effects attorney.
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Dismissal of HRT Lawsuits Reversed

Jan 7, 2010 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Plaintiffs in 100 lawsuits involving Prempro and other hormone replacement therapy drugs got a reprieve yesterday, when the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the complaints and sent them back to state court in Minnesota.In 2008, a district court ruling had not only dismissed the Prempro lawsuits in Arkansas federal court, but had prevented them from being sent back to a Minnesota state court. In reinstating the complaints and sending them back to the state court, the 8th circuit said...

Breast Cancer Survivor Files Suit Over Premarin, Prempro

Jan 5, 2010 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
A Virginia breast cancer survivor says her use of the hormone therapy drugs  Prempro and Premarin caused her disease.  Tina Griffin of Manassas is now suing Wyeth, a division of Pfizer Inc., seeking damages for medical bills, as well as pain and suffering.Griffin had taken Prempro and Premarin for less than six years when she got her breast cancer diagnosis.  Doctors had to remove 14 lymph nodes, and she endured almost six months of radiation therapy. While she is now cancer...

HRT Study: Tenderness May Be Breast Cancer Warning Sign

Oct 13, 2009 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Issues surrounding hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are again making news. This time, reports Reuters, women who experience breast tenderness following HRT have a nearly two-fold risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer versus women on HRT, but without the tenderness, according to researchers."We report that an increase in breast tenderness, easily detected by physicians or patients, identifies a population at particular risk for breast cancer," said Dr. Carolyn Crandall of the...

Unsealed Docs In Prempro, Premarin Lawsuits Highlight Wyeth Ghostwriting Efforts

Aug 5, 2009 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Wyeth-paid ghostwriters authored more than two dozen medical journal articles to promote hormone replacement therapy. According to a report in The New York Times, the articles were published under the bylines of doctors who did not contribute much to the actual piece.According to the Associated Press,  a federal judge overseeing hormone replacement therapy lawsuits on Friday ordered that thousands of pages of documents regarding Wyeth's ghostwriting practices be unsealed.  The New...

More Evidence Links HRT to Breast Cancer

Feb 5, 2009 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Studies have long been pointing to the link between Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) drugs like Prempro and an increase in some cancers.  Now, emerging evidence has more clearly linked the medication protocol to breast cancer, reports BBC News.The BBC said the study found that the risk of breast cancer dropped significantly when HRT was stopped, according to New England Journal of Medicine research.  Also, an expert in the United Kingdom concluded that a 50 percent drop in HRT use...

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