Zoloft Manufacturer Requests Consolidation

The manufacturer of popular antidepressant Zoloft is facing a number of lawsuits regarding the product from patients who have experienced adverse side effects after taking the drug. Now, drug maker Pfizer is requesting that 59 lawsuits relating to Zoloft birth defects, one of the more commonly cited Zoloft side effects in these lawsuits, be consolidated into a multidistrict litigation case. The request was filed in a motion with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on January 18th, 2012.

Pfizer requests location for Zoloft MDL

Pfizer has requested that Zoloft multidistrict litigation, if it is approved, take place in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, but also suggested the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and the Northern District of Ohio as other possible locations for Zoloft multidistrict litigation. 

A multidistrict litigation case would allow one federal judge to handle more than one Zoloft lawsuit, especially if the lawsuits dealt with similar circumstances or side effects. This would help plaintiffs and defendants reach consensuses about settlements and other matters in a more efficient way, as pretrial processes would be combined in similar cases so that litigation could move more quickly through the legal system. Pfizer is arguing that consolidating cases into a multidistrict litigation lawsuit would be beneficial to plaintiffs and defendants alike. 

Zoloft Lawsuit Filed Following Death of Couple’s Child

A couple in Missouri has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Pfizer, alleging that the mother’s use of the antidepressant Zoloft during pregnancy led to their child suffer severe Zoloft birth defects and heart problems that were eventually fatal. According to the complaint, Peska was given Zoloft during her pregnancy, which caused her child to be born with a number of heart defects in October of 2009. By the following day, the baby was dead. A number of other Zoloft side effects birth defect lawsuits filed in recent months raise similar allegations that Pfizer failed to adequately warn about the risk of problems with their medication, and that the drug maker continues to refuse to properly warn pregnant women to avoid the antidepressant.

Zoloft (sertraline) is a second generation antidepressant that is made by Pfizer, which is part of a class of medications known as SSRI antidepressants (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors). Generic Zoloft equivalents are also available from a number of drug makers. According to allegations raised in Zoloft lawsuit settlements over Zoloft, the drug makers failed to adequately research the effect of the medication when used during pregnancy

Zoloft Birth Defects Lawsuits Growing in Number

One of the most tragic side effects of the SSRI drug Zoloft is the potential for Zoloft birth defects. Birth defects are most likely in women who have taken Zoloft or other SSRI drugs in the first trimester of pregnancy. Previously, the link between Zoloft and similar drugs and Zoloft birth defect lawsuit was thought to be minimal but it has more recently become clear that there are more serious problems associated with the medication than was previously thought.

Zoloft is a commonly-used treatment for depression, general anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, and a number of other conditions. These are relatively common conditions. Zoloft birth defect lawsuit is an SSRI drug, which means it works by inhibiting the reuptake of serotonin in the brain, allowing the “feel-good” chemical serotonin to work longer and harder in order to help a patient regulate his or her mood.

Heightened Risk of Bleeding with Zoloft, Aspirin

Zoloft is a brand name drug known fairly well by name across the country. Most people know a friend or family member who is taking Zoloft drug recall lawsuit for depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, general anxiety disorder, or another related condition. Some people may be aware that Zoloft birth defect lawsuit can be significant in helping patients overcome their psychological condition. So why do Zoloft lawsuits keep piling up in the courts?

Many people are familiar with the widely-publicized warnings that Zoloft could increase the chances of suicide or suicidal thoughts in patients. Most of the patients who are affected by Zoloft lawsuit suicide are children, young adults, and teenagers.

Zoloft Heart Defects Commonly Linked to Infants

Studies have suggested that their may be an increased risk of Zoloft birth defects when the drug is used as early as the first trimester of pregnancy, a time when many women do not even know they are pregnant. Zoloft (sertraline) is a second generation antidepressant that is made by Pfizer, which is part of a class of medications known as SSRI antidepressants (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors). Generic Zoloft equivalents are also available from a number of drug makers. According to allegations raised in Zoloft lawsuits, the drug makers failed to adequately research

Zoloft Birth Defects and Lawsuits Closely Linked

A significant number of women who took Zoloft while pregnant, especially during the first trimester of pregnancy, have experienced the trauma and hardship of giving birth to a child with often-serious Zoloft birth defects. Zoloft is one of the most popular anti-depressant medications on the market in many countries today, and is an SSRI, meaning that it works by blocking the reuptake of the feel-good chemical serotonin in the brain, helping patients with conditions like depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and many other conditions manage and regulate their symptoms. However, although Zoloft has benefited many people with some of the most common psychological conditions in the world, it also comes with a wide variety of often serious Zoloft side effects.