Comments on: Court is Establishing a Website for Avandia Lawsuit MDL

By: MARY

MARY — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:18:08 +0000

Well I suppose if I had not taken over my own care from my doctor I would most likely be dead. I had told him for several months that I was have chest pains (not likea heart attack) but more like sharp to dull chest pain. I had been taking avandia for about 9-10 months and over the last 3 or 4 months I had been asking my doctor to change my medications as I was starting to have more severe chest pain. He told me no until after my next apointment (2 more months) He wasn’t having the pains I was. I stopped taking the Avandia & made an appointment with a new Dr.
BUT..I am begining to think the damage has already been done because I am now having more occurances of chest pain & most of the time it occures after stressful situations not excertion. of course I don’t figure any of these doctors documented my problems so now I wonder if I have a leg to stand on???

By: sara

sara — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:35:42 +0000

my husband died in 2007 from a massive heart attack while driving his truck. His doctor had him on avandia since1999, when he was diagnosed with diabetis. I have an attorney fighting this for me.

By: Shelby

Shelby — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:27:36 +0000

I have lost my Dad and my husband both of whom were on Avandia, my Dad was on it from 2001 till his death in 2008, he had congestive heart failure, and had several heart attacks, an strokes. He also had alzheimers. My husband took the stuff for a year and the Va Hosp, put him on it, his sugars were 400 and up very uncontrolled he also took 4 shots of insulin a day and 4 metformin500 daily. His Medical Dr., took him off of the Avandia after a bout 16 mos., of taking it, he said it was dangerous. Now I am a member of the class action lawsuits. My husband passed away in Nov. 2005, with congestive heart failure, and kidney failure,also lliver failure. I am wondering if there is anyway that I could find out if my Dad has a claim for the Avandia, because we are fighting with two sibling that stole all of Dads belongings and money, so we are wondering if they filed for this also and didn’t tell the rest of us of which there are 5 of us all together. But I don’t know how to find out. And I have cancer, diabetes, and fibro, and I hope the class action lawsuit pays us all some compensation for the deaths of our loved ones. They should let folks know that they are guinea pigs for them.

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:20:35 +0000

I received Advandia in 2006, Drugstore said they could not get advanamet which was what was initially prescribed in 2004 in 6-2007 i went into congestive heart failure,Died and was brought back only to face by-pass and mitral valve replacement. will be on blood thinner for the rest of my life. I am so displeased with DR.s and Pharmaceutical companies I research any thing now that is given to me I trust no one over thr years I have taken several drugs with side effects can’t afford to keep killing myself ” letting others kill me”. This equates to mass murder When will it stop?

By: Carol

Carol — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:17:57 +0000

I was put on Avandia in 2000 when I was first diagnosed with diabetes.
I gained weight and had my first heart attack in 2008. I was on
Avandia for four and a half years. Now I have heart pain enough at
least once or twice in a 2-3 month period to warrent taking Nitro-quick.
I see a cardiologist every 6 months. I have pain off and on frequently
and especially when laying on the left side. I have shortness of breath
with exertion and cannot walk up raised areas. I have paid up my
funeral plan and am planning to get my headstone ready.

By: Wanda

Wanda — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:10:05 +0000

I too have lost my husband in 2009, due to hearts failure.He to was prescribed Avandia. He had 6 by-passes. Also had liver damage. He had filed a lawsuit about 4 years ago. Still does me no comfort. stop this medication!!!!!

By: Leon

Leon — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:02:39 +0000

I T HAS BEEN 26 MONTDHS SINCE i FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST GSK AND I HAVE YET TO HEAR A WORD FROM THEM. IS THIS SPEEDY JUSTICE OR STALLING ON PART OF THE DEFENDENT?? I HAVE BEEN TOLD, BY MY ATTORNEY, THAT MAYBE I;LL HEAR FROM THEM NEXT YEAR, BUT THERE IS NOTHING PUSHING THEM TO OPEN THESE CASES. THE LONGER THEY ARE ALLOWED TO STALL, THE HAPPIER THEY ARE. MEANWHILE, THE PLAINTIFFS GO ON WITHOUT COMPENSATION FOR LOST SPOUSES AND OTHER LOVED ONES.
THIS IS CORPORATE CRIME AT THE HIGHEST.

By: Jorge

Jorge — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:01:26 +0000

About a year ago I was sure I was going to lose my father. He had been experiencing declining health for the last eight years. It all started with a diabetes diagnoses back in the late 1990’s. He was put on Avandia in 2001 to help with the diabetes. In 2002 he was hospitalized with CHF and received two Stints and under went two Angioplasties. He then continued to experience shortage of breath, fluids in the lungs and diabetic attacks. In 2006-07 my mother suggested that the cause could be the Avandia. She knew this because she monitored my father’s health with more scrutiny than any doctor. In 2008 he was hospitalized several times including 2 heart attacks, CHF and a diabetic attack. He had 4 more stints put in, open heart surgery, and was told that more than 25% of his heart was not working properly, a valve was replaced in his heart, a right leg vein was used for two more by-passes, and he was fit with a pace-maker/defibrillator. The doctors did not give him much of a chance during his last operation but some how this remarkable man beat the odds and continues to live among us albeit; he is on a large regiment of medications and has to be taken to different doctors from 1 to 3 times a week. We had no idea that he was being poisoned by this medication. We are happy he is with us but we believe that this drug almost took him away from his family. If you deserve to be compensated, I urge you to go forth. We are!

By: robert

robert — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:16:32 +0000

After reading all of the above comments I am feeling even more blessed in that I was taken off avandia after being in a major MVA in 2005 resulting from a C2 fracture and broken hip. I was dx. with CHF while hospitalized and developed related heart problems which resulted in 4 way vessel bypass surgery in feb 07 due to complete blockage. I have to agree with Nichols above that lifestyle was likely contributing factor however i feel so very fortunate to have lived thru all ofm this. Since I have a major visual impairment since birth with a damaged optical nerves limiting my vision severly, i am so very glad that I have not sufferred any other effects of the treatment. Just consider how lucky we are, years ago if you were over a certain age, a doctor would barely look at you due to so many comorbidities of the elderly and now so much more efforts are being made to treat the elderly, yes with some mistakes admittedly but how lucky we are to be alive and still breathing. I have just enttered the class action lawsuit regarding avandia.

By: Erasmo

Erasmo — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:43:54 +0000

My father was placed on Avandia about three years ago. Since then, he has been in and out of the hospital with congestive heart failure and severe swelling of the legs and feet. He stopped taking the medication after a couple of months, but the side effects have not abated. He has also suffered loss of vision symptoms. He is currently being hospitalized for congestive heart failure and swelling. We are consulting attorneys…