Epogen

Epogen (epoetin alfa) is a synthetic form of erythropoietin, a hormone that controls the body’s red blood cell production. Epogen stimulates red blood cell production and is used to treat anemia of the type that results from chemotherapy and/or radiation treatments.

Unfortunately, recent evidence suggests that Epogen has potentially deadly side effects. Patients with a condition called pure red blood cell aplasia (PRCA) are at particular risk. In patients with PRCA, the red blood cell-producing bone marrow is attacked by the body’s own white blood cells; to these patients, taking Epogen -- a red blood cell production booster – is like throwing gasoline on a fire.

Epogen has also been associated with the formation of blood clots in the lungs and veins. Should one of these blood clots break loose, the clot may move to the heart, brain, or other organs, causing strokes, heart attacks, and kidney failure. Seizures and other negative effects of Epogen have also been reported.

If you have been injured by Epogen, you deserve compensation – the kind that only an Epogen attorney can obtain for you. By filing an Epogen lawsuit on your behalf, your Epogen lawyer can make certain that your losses do not go uncompensated.

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Client was a municipal maintenance man that worked with asbestos containing water and sewage pipes in Pennsylvania, after serving in the United States Navy. The case settled for the gross amount of $4,597,035.50, prior to attorneys’ fees of $1,838,814.20 and litigation expenses of $115,210.79.

Client was a brake mechanic who worked with asbestos containing friction materials after at 20 year career in the United States Navy. The case settled for the gross amount of $4,486,000.00, prior to attorneys’ fees of $1,794,400.00 and litigation expenses of $91,314.11.

Client was a 68 year old carpenter that was exposed to asbestos from 1959 to 2000 while working in Pennsylvania. He was exposed to a variety of building materials including joint compounds, ceiling tiles and floor tile. The case settled for the gross amount of $4,222,397.70, prior to attorneys’ fees of $1,688,959.08 and litigation expenses of $150,249.81.

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