Avandia is an anti-diabetic drug, which is also referred to by the generic name of Rosiglitazone. Its use is primarily to aid diabetic patients who have insulin resistance and need help to prevent that. The drug has also been found to work as anti-inflammatory, and tests are currently underway to determine if the drug will be useful in treating patients with Alzheimer’s disease.

Despite the numerous ways that Avandia can help people, it is not without dangerous and serious side effects. One of the major risks to taking Avandia is that it can cause liver damage, liver failure, congestive heart failure and hepatitis in people who use the drug. When the Food and Drug Administration approved the drug as an alternative to another dangerous drug, Rezulin, they had some reservations about the side effects of Avandia. Despite this, they approved the drug for widespread use.

If you or a loved one has taken Avandia and have experienced liver problems or other side effects, you need to speak with your doctor about whether the drug caused your illness. Likely you will be told to stop taking the drug and to be given treatment for your new illness. If you are upset about Avandia causing your health problems, you may want to consider calling a personal injury attorney who specializes in cases like yours.

Due to the large number of negative side effects caused by popular medications and the influx of advertisements for medication, there are many attorneys who have gained extensive experience in suing, and recovering money from, drug manufacturers. Call an attorney today who can explain to you all the legal rights that you have and address any concerns that you have about filing a lawsuit against such a big conglomerate as a medical manufacturing company. Most likely, you can speak with the attorney for free and have a consultation regarding your case for no upfront money.

In order to determine whether or not you have a good case against the drug company, your attorney will need to see your medical records and learn what other medications you may have been taking at the same time as Avandia. The attorney will have a doctor that they are affiliated with who is an expert in illness as a result of drug side effects. They may have you speak with that doctor or have that doctor talk with your personal physician about your case. Once this investigation is complete, the attorney will let you know how likely a victory at trial or a settlement with the other side will be. Based on that information, you can decide whether or not to go forward with the case.

If you do go forward with a lawsuit, you may be entitled to receive payment for your medical bills, lost wages, and maybe even pain and suffering. If your spouse or parent died as a result of taking Avandia, you might be able to recover on behalf of their estate or on your own behalf in a wrongful death case. All of these possibilities will be explained to you by your attorney and the types of recovery are specific to each individual case, so you need to have your own case evaluated.

One of the best things about personal injury and wrongful death cases is that the attorneys will often work for free and if you recover money from the drug manufacturer, they will take a portion of that recovery. If you lose, it will cost you nothing. In that case, you have nothing to lose, so contact an attorney today and get the procedures started. You have been harmed as a result of taking Avandia, so you should receive some compensation for your illness and the trouble caused by the drug.