Fosamax Class Action Lawsuit & Fosamax Recall* News

Drug linked to death of jawbone
Salvatore Ruggiero was puzzled. Over a three-year period, the jaws of dozens of patients who had undergone oral surgery at his hospital had failed to heal properly. Part of the jawbone had died and become exposed.

Bone drugs' reverse danger
Rare instances of jaw decay are being linked to medicines, like Fosamax, used to prevent bone loss.

Action On 'Jaw Rotting' Drug Erodes Merck's Share Price
SHARES in Merck, the American drugs giant, slipped 1.2 per cent in early trading on Wall Street yesterday amid reports that class action lawyers were targeting a second blockbuster drug at the company - Fosamax.

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Fosamax Maker
"A class action lawsuit filed Monday charged that Fosamax, one of the most prescribed drugs to help increase bone density, actually does the reverse on the bone in the jaw, destroying it. The suit charges Fosamax chases osteonecrosis, or bone death, in the jawbone."

Merck Sued Over Fosamax Health Risks
"Merck & Co., which faces more than 9,000 class action lawsuits over its Vioxx painkiller, misrepresented the safety of its osteoporosis drug Fosamax by withholding warnings that it could kill jawbone tissue, according to a class action lawsuit filed Monday. Linda Secrest, 59, sued Merck, accusing it of failing to warn doctors and patients that Fosamax could hamper blood flow to the jaw. Secrest, who began taking the drug in 2000, says she was diagnosed with jawbone tissue death in 2005. The condition is irreversible."

Merck's Fosamax next legal battleground?
In the wake of the recent $15 million Vioxx verdict, plaintiffs' attorneys are already setting their sights on Merck's Fosamax. That according to a Wall Street Journal report Wednesday, which said that Merck's top-selling osteoporosis drug Fosamax is the second drug made by the embattled company to come into the crosshairs of the medical tort bar. A class action lawsuit was filed this week in Fort Myers, Fla., the report said, with the plaintiffs seeking class-action status."

* NOTE THAT NO FOSAMAX RECALL HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED BY MERCK OR THE FDA

Fosamax Injury Class Action Lawsuits

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