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Contaminated Heparin

If you have been on kidney dialysis or have had heart surgery, then you've probably been given injections of the blood thinner Heparin. Heparin had been used safely for decades to prevent blood clots. However, during late 2007 through the spring of 2008, much of the nation's supply of Heparin was contaminated. The FDA has identified the contaminant as Over Sulfated Chondroitin Sulfate (OSCS). It appears that OSCS was added to the Heparin supply during manufacture in China for economic reasons, presumably to offset a shortage of porcine raw materials (pig intestines) from which Heparin is derived.

Baxter Healthcare had about 50% of the United States market for Heparin and sold OSCS contaminated Heparin from September of 2007 through a Nationwide Recall announced on February 28, 2008. However, contaminated Heparin remained on hospital and pharmacy shelves long after the nationwide recall of all Baxter's Heparin vials was announced.

Many patients who were treated with contaminated Heparin suffered severe and immediate adverse effects. In addition to nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, hives, and swelling, some patients experienced life threatening episodes of low blood pressure (hypotension), which tragically resulted in organ failure and death.

Researchers have replicated the hypotensive effect of OSCS in an animal model, while epidemiologic studies have confirmed many adverse effects in patients who were unwittingly exposed to OSCS adulterated Heparin. If you or your loved one suffered unexpected and severe complications during dialysis, cardiac surgery, general surgery or while being treated for blood clots, from September of 2007 through the Spring of 2008, you may have a claim related to contaminated Heparin.

Attorneys at Burg Simpson are representing individuals harmed by contaminated Heparin and are actively involved in the national leadership of these cases. Please contact Burg Simpson if you have questions concerning Heparin, and visit our website at heparininjurylawyers.com

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