Fentanyl patch deaths merit a fentanyl patch lawyer

Sadly, many Americans suffer from severe chronic pain. Such sufferers must turn to pain-easing medications to make their lives bearable. Unfortunately, one such medication can prove to be deadly. That is the powerful narcotic known as fentanyl, which is supplied in various types of pain patch devices sold under the Duragesic brand name or other names.

Sometimes a fentanyl patch is defective, via a foldover in the patch which allows fentanyl to leak out of it. The drug is so powerful that it must be administered slowly over a specific period. When it's release too quickly into the body via a defective pain patch that's being worn, it can cause severe injury and even death.

In such cases, victims or their families have a legal right to seek fair and just financial compensation for their losses via a fentanyl patch lawsuit. That means engaging a fentanyl patch lawyer, defective drugs lawyer or defective medical devices lawyer with Jim S. Adler & Associates, a longtime Texas law firm that's helped thousands of Americans with their personal injury legal needs. Notify Adler & Associates today by submitting the free case review form on the Web page, and a legal representative will respond promptly.

Many fentanyl pain patch products may be defective

Perhaps the most high-profile of fentanyl pain patch defects involves the Duragesic pain patch manufactured by pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson. But other generic brands of pain patch devices also have proven defective, including one produced by Watson Pharmaceuticals, which issued its own generic fentanyl pain patch recall.

Also, Actavis, Inc. has issued recalls for its generic fentanyl pain patch due to the same "fold-over" defect found in Duragesic and other pain patches. In addition, the Bard Kugel Hernia Patch, a medical device employed for hernia surgery and manufactured by Davol, has been recalled because of complications reported by patients.

Fentanyl overdose side effects include headaches, nausea

When a person has suffered a fentanyl overdose via a defective fentanyl patch -- also known as a fentanyl transdermal patch -- fentanyl side effects can include headaches, nausea, disorientation, interruption or shortness of breath, drowsiness, mood swings, vomiting, sweating, diarrhea or constipation. Such victims should alert their physician or another medical professional immediately.

Then they or a family member should notify a fentanyl patch lawyer with Jim S. Adler & Associates, a law firm which offers a free case review. A fentanyl patch lawyer can seek financial compensation for victims or their families for medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering due to the defective fentanyl transdermal.

Launch the process of gaining your monetary recovery and your peace of mind by notifying a fentanyl patch lawyer with Jim S. Adler & Associates today. Simply fill out and submit the free case review form on this Web page, and a legal representative will get back to you promptly.

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The Duragesic pain patch is used to treat moderate to severe chronic pain by slowly administering narcotic doses to patients whose pain can’t be managed with less potent medicine. Placed on the skin and lasting 72 hours, such patches gradually provide fentanyl gel, a highly concentrated drug which is 81 times stronger as a pain-killer than morphine. Clearly, misuse of a Duragesic pain patch can prove fatal. But also fatal can be millions of pain patches which have a defective fold-over.
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Other pain patches also can cause problems

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