Actos Timeline: The History of the Dangerous Diabetes Drug
If you’re suffering from type-2 diabetes in Florida, you have no doubt heard about Actos. Your doctor probably even tried to prescribe it to you, saying it would help control your blood sugar and make your condition more manageable.
Maybe you’re one of the millions of patients who took Actos for years, seeing a moderate improvement and thinking nothing of what else Actos might be doing to your body. Or, maybe you’re even taking it right now.
Whatever your relation to the dangerous drug, you cannot escape the media coverage surrounding it. The reason these stories have been increasing is that the FDA’s 10-year study comes to a conclusion this year-and the results could mark the final death knell for Takeda’s most profitable medication.
The past few years in Actos’ history reveal a significant downward trend:
- 1999 – Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda releases Actos onto the market
- 2002 – Female Actos patients begin to suffer fractures as a result of Actos-induced osteoporosis
- 2008 – Sales of Actos reach nearly $5 billion
- August 2010 – Actos linked to heart failure, heart attacks and edema
- June 2011 – FDA issues “black box warning” on Actos declaring bladder cancer risk
- June 2011 – Germany and France ban use of Actos countrywide
- July 2011 – Takeda’s stock falls
- August 2011 – FDA increases warnings on Actos packaging
- 2012 – Takeda’s patent on Actos expires
With cases against Actos gathering steam in the recent months, it is more important than ever to seek the advice of a trusted Palm Beach Actos lawsuit attorney. If you or someone you love has suffered a stroke, heart attack, bladder cancer or congestive heart failure after exposure to Actos, we can get you help for your medical bills-and hold the drug company responsible for putting your life at risk.
Your settlement won’t take back what the drug company did, but it can stop them from hurting someone else. If you don’t want to pay for a drug company’s crimes, call Fetterman & Associates today at (866) 865-1244 for a free consultation.
