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The FDA relaxed regulations to provide access to experimental drugs for patients who are seriously ill and have exhausted all other commercially available resources, according to the Wall Street Journal.
In theory, I believe expanding access to medication for people who are extremely ill is a good thing. However, broader access to experimental drugs could potentially increase the risk of injury or death via the use of these drugs.
As an injury lawyer who's represented clients hurt by prescription medications, the safety and well-being of people taking various medications is important to me.
As the name implies, experimental drugs have not been completely vetted or gone through rigorous testing and studies. There is an inherent risk that the adverse effects of these drugs could harm individuals more than help them.
For example, an experimental diabetes drug manufactured by Eli Lilly and Co. which was shown to 10,000 times more potent than fibrates, a current cholesterol treatment, proved to be largely ineffective in its intended objective to raise good HDL cholesterol, according to USA Today. The problem was along with the increase in good cholesterol came an increase the risk of kidney, heart and other serious problems.
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Our Virginia personal injury lawyers have been selected for many accolades.
Two of the VA injury attorneys with our firm, James Lewis and Rick Shapiro, have been named among the Best Lawyers in America since 2008. Lewis and Shapiro have also selected for inclusion in the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009. Leiws and Shappiro, along with attorney John C. have been recognized as Virginia Super Lawyers for Personal Injury Law since 2010.
Ours was the first personal injury firm in Virginia invited to join Primerus, a select group of highly ethical and respected law firms. Rick Shapiro was named as one of the Top 100 Injury Lawyers in Virginia by the National Trial Lawyers Association.
In October, 2000 our law firm and co-counsel obtained what was then the largest verdict in Virginia's history for an injured person. Our brain-damaged client received an initial award of $46 million that increased to $60 million with interest compounded while the defendant pursued a failed appeal, and was confidentially settled during the appeal.
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Our lawyers handle personal injury cases throughout the eastern United States and work closely with lawyers in other states on signficant injury cases.
In Virginia, we are prepared to counsel and represent injury and wrongful death victims in Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, Suffolk, Richmond, Petersburg, Roanoke, Salem, Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Charlottesville, Ashland, Big Stone Gap and all of the Eastern Shore, including the towns of Accomack, Onancock, Chincoteauge, Wachapreague, Cape Charles, Bloxom, Eastville, Exmore, Greenbackville, Machipongo, Mappsville, Melfa, Nassawadox, Onley, Tangier, Temperanceville, Wachapreague and Wallops Island.
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