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Former Client Feature – Tanner and Levi Woody
In August 2000, 41 year-old Doug Woody went to a park near his home to jog. While he was stretching, he felt a pop in his head and developed a terrible headache. The pain in his head worsened to the point that he decided to drive to the hospital. When Doug found he could not make it to the hospital, he stopped at a fire station for help. He was driven by ambulance to the…
St. Petersburg Times – Zinc in Adhesives at Fault?
The St. Petersburg Times reports:
In the wake of news reports that the zinc found in many denture adhesives could lead to neurological problems, hundreds of denture wearers have been calling lawyers, hoping to join the growing number of suits filed against the makers of Super Poligrip and Fixodent.
One Houston firm representing 15 plaintiffs in denture adhesive suits has received about 150 inquiries, including several dozen from the Tampa Bay area, since separate…
GlaxoSmithKline Announces Recall of Poligrip in Japan
Blizzard, McCarthy & Nabers Calls on Company to Follow Suit in U.S.
HOUSTON, March 4 — Today, the Japanese subsidiary of pharmaceutical giant, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), announced that it would begin a voluntary recall of Poligrip products that contain zinc in that country Friday. The company’s decision followed just three reports of adverse health effects in consumers of the product, sold in Japan as Poligrip EX.
Despite hundreds of American consumers reporting similar disabling effects stemming…
Huffington Post – Denture Wearers’ Double Whammy: First They’re Poisoned, then They’re Blamed
Ed Blizzard writes in the Huffington Post:
On February 18, GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of popular denture cream products such as Super Poligrip, announced that it would remove zinc from all of its denture products. The company cited consumer safety concerns as the impetus for its decision and in a letter to doctors wrote that “long-term excessive use of GSK’s zinc-containing denture adhesives” poses a potentially serious health risk.
The pharmaceutical giant went on…
What is peripheral neuropathy?
Blizzard, McCarthy & Nabers medical consultant, Glenda Grainger, R.N., answers the question, “What is peripheral neuropathy?” Watch the video.
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Leading Denture Cream Litigation Firm Welcomes GSK Announcement of Removal of Zinc From Its Denture Creams
Untold Numbers of Consumers Still Left Disabled By Its Products
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 — GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of popular denture adhesives Poligrip and Super Poligrip, announced today that it will remove zinc from all of its denture adhesive products. The pharmaceutical giant has added the potentially hazardous mineral to its adhesives for decades, despite overwhelming evidence that consuming large quantities of zinc over an extended period of time can cause serious neurological damage.
The leading…
Leading Denture Cream Litigation Firm Welcomes GSK Announcement of Removal of Zinc From Its Denture Creams
Untold Numbers of Consumers Still Left Disabled By Its Products
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of popular denture adhesives Poligrip and Super Poligrip, announced today that it will remove zinc from all of its denture adhesive products. The pharmaceutical giant has added the potentially hazardous mineral to its adhesives for decades, despite overwhelming evidence that consuming large quantities of zinc over an extended period of time can cause serious neurological…
Why Are The Store Shelves Free of Zinc Free Denture Cream?
Recent media attention and lawsuits have focused on the crippling, and sometimes deadly injuries caused by the zinc in denture cream. Glaxo Smith Kline and Procter & Gamble have made zinc containing denture cream products Super Poligrip and Fixodent for years. And despite the media attention and lawsuits, they continue to stock the store drug store shelves with those products.
But Glaxo and P&G also…
Part I of a II Part Series on “What Happens When You File a Lawsuit”
Part I – The Discovery Process
by Holly W. Gibson
Once a lawsuit is filed, the parties to the lawsuit begin the process of gathering information and evidence that may ultimately be used at trial or as part of their settlement negotiations. This process is known as “discovery.” The basic rule of discovery is that a party may obtain any information that relates to any issue in the lawsuit as long as…
The St. Petersburg Times – Denture adhesives cited in lawsuits
The St. Petersburg Times writes:
A Miami man in his 60s suddenly has trouble walking. A Colorado woman in her 40s starts losing the use of her legs. A Texas woman in her 20s feels tingling, then numbness that starts in her feet and crawls up to her thighs.
All three blame an unlikely suspect: denture adhesives.
A growing number of lawsuits are being filed against the manufacturers of popular products like Super…
