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Testosterone lawsuits: Will there be a swell-up in the future?

https://www.medlegal360.com/testosterone-lawsuits/ <br>Since 2014, testosterone manufacturers have been subjected to testosterone lawsuits. Thousands more product liability lawsuits were filed across the country. It is because many men who had experienced sadness, mood fluctuations, fatigue, physical weakness, and other symptoms, during the pandemic. A Google search led them to the conclusion that the symptoms were the reason of low testosterone levels. Such males were drawn in by the enticing commercials for testosterone therapy.

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Testosterone lawsuits: Will there be a swell-up in the future?

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  1. Presents Testosterone lawsuits: Will there be a swell-up in the future?

  2. The pandemic captivated people to an online frenzy, from shopping to even getting online prescriptions. Many of them had undergone depression, mood swings, tiredness, muscle weakness, and so on. The alluring advertisements of testosterone therapy caught the attention of men with low-T symptoms The therapy actually meant to treat hypogonadism, thus started leading to off-label uses by even men with normal testosterone levels.

  3. Risks of testosterone drugs • Stimulating enlargement of the prostate gland • Enlarged breasts • Sleep apnea • Skin irritation or acne • Restricted sperm count • Excessive red blood cell count leading to thrombosis • Risk of heart disease (not proved)

  4. Proliferated Testosterone Lawsuits of the last decade • Out of the 7,000 plus lawsuits against testosterone replacement drugs, around 4,500 were against AndroGel. • The testosterone lawsuits alleged that the low-T replacement therapy drugs elevated the risks of thrombosis, heart attacks, strokes, etc. • The testosterone MDL no. 2545 was trialed under Judge Matthew Kennelly. • Out of the first four bellwether trials, three were against AbbVie.

  5. Defendants in testosterone lawsuits • AbbVie/Abbott Laboratories, Solvay- AndroGel • Allergan, Actavis, and Anda Inc.- Androderm • Eli Lilly and Company- Axiron • Endo Pharmaceuticals- Auxilium, Delatestryl, Foresta, Testim, Testopel • Juniper Pharmaceuticals- Striant • Pfizer- Depo-Testosterone

  6. Settlements in testosterone lawsuits • Eli Lilly & Co. – Settled 400 lawsuits • Auxilium Pharmaceuticals and others- resolved more than 1,300 testosterone lawsuits • Endo pharmaceuticals- allocated $200 billion to settle the cases • AbbVie- Sealed the lawsuits for $775 million

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