After she was fed Similac formula as an infant, a now adult woman indicates that she developed permanent and disabling NEC injuries, which continue to cause medical and financial challenges.
Premature infants fed Similac or Enfamil cow's milk formula faced increased risk of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) or wrongful death.
Funding is part of a blueprint drawn up by the White House to address increasing maternal death rates and loss of healthcare access nationwide.
North Carolina mother indicates the cow's milk-based Similac infant formula caused a fatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) infection, which took her child’s life at just three weeks old.
Lawsuit alleges mother says she would have never allowed hospital staff to feed her child cow's milk-based formula had she been told the risks of Similac NEC side effects.
Side effects of epilepsy drugs like Depakote during pregnancy have been linked to an increased risk of birth defects and developmental disorders among children in previous studies.
Abbott was ordered to pay $95 million in compensatory damages to an Illinois mother for failing to warn about the risk of NEC from Similac, with another $400 million assessed to punish the manufacturer for it's conduct
Removing Similac Special Care and other premature infant formula products from the market could staunch the flow of future NEC lawsuits, experts say.
A mother from Illinois indicates that her premature daughter developed NEC from Similac, claiming that Abbott failed to warn parents and medical staff of the devastating risks associated with the cow's milk-based formula.
Researchers suggest that magnesium sulfate taken by expecting mothers may prevent preterm cerebral palsy by stabilizing blood flow to the fetus's brain.
