A MOTHER JUST KNOWS THINGS WE DON'T

From ACCUTANE RECALL WEBSITE

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Accutane Recall | Accutane Lawsuits

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding AG has abruptly pulled its acne medication Accutane off the market in the United States and eleven other countries. Accutane (isotretinoin) has been on the market since 1982 and is sold under several other brands by other firms as a generic product. Roche is citing pricing competition from the generics for Accutane’s withdrawal, but the reality is that there are over 5,000 product liability suits pending against the firm because of side effects associated with the drug.

In November of 2008 a New Jersey jury awarded $13 million in damages to three plaintiffs who had developed severe gastro-intestinal health problems including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) as a result of using Accutane. The jury found that Roche had been negligent in advising physicians of the potential dangers associated with prescribing Accutane. In April of 2008 a Florida man was awarded in excess of $10 million for a similar suit filed against Roche. To date, the company has been hit with over $33 million in damage awards from product liability suits over Accutane side effects.

The drug has been controversial for years, and has long been associated with birth defects caused by Accutane use during pregnancy, and with mental health issues including depression and suicidal tendencies. The FDA issued a warning to health professionals in 2005 regarding side effects with Accutane. In 2007, the FDA took the extraordinary step of posting a webpage warning consumers about buying isotretinoin over the internet without a prescription because of its association with birth defects and mental health issues.

If you or someone you know has suffered a bowel diseas as a result of Accutane. Please fill out the Free Case Evaluation form and we will have a skilled lawyer speak with you free of charge in order to determine if you have a viable claim.

I sure would like to know a skilled lawyer. Oh wait a minute....been there, done that......or not???????

There are so many aspects to this story that I'm not sure where to start.

First and foremost will be the people who say...."Let it go. There's nothing anyone can do."

THE ACTUAL TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT IF HOFFMAN/LA ROCHE WITHHELD INFORMATION FROM PATIENTS AND FROM DOCTORS REGARDING THEIR FINDINGS ON THE POTENTIAL DANGERS OF ACCUTANE THEN WHAT BECOMES A CASE OF NEGLIGENCE TURNS INTO A CASE OF, IN OUR CASE......MURDER.

The company is now called ROCHE HOLDINGS AG

I'M ACTUALLY RESTRICTED FROM TALKING ABOUT OUR CASE BECAUSE WE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO NOT TALK ABOUT THE SETTLEMENT. OUR SETTLEMENT WITH HOFFMAN/LA ROCHE WAS FOR THE HOSPITAL BILL ($7000) IN 1996

I've obviously decided to IGNORE that restriction.

AND WE WERE TOLD THAT IF WE DIDN'T ACCEPT THE SETTLEMENT, HOFFMAN/LA ROCHE WOULD SUE US FOR VARIOUS THINGS AND WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN LEGAL FEES.

Sean's mother, Kerry, fought extremely hard to prove that Hoffman/La Roche knew there were problems with Accutane and spent hours at their east coast corporate office going through boxes and boxes of documents trying to find information that they were not divulging to the public.

I'll stop at this point and try to explain in simple terms what MIGHT have happened.

KERRY'S THEORY AND THE THEORY OF A RESEACH DOCTOR WAS THAT ACCUTANE HELPED DRY UP, OR SHRINK, THE LOWER BOWEL PORTION WHERE

THE BOWEL STRANGULATION TOOK PLACE

SCAR TISSUE FROM PREVIOUS SURGERY IN 1988 CAUSED THE BOWEL STRANGULATION.

I'LL REPEAT THE THEORY

THE BOWEL AREA WHERE THE STRANGULATION TOOK PLACE MIGHT HAVE BEEN REDUCED IN SIZE BY THE USE OF ACCUTANE AND THUS HELPED CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR THE PROBLEM TO TAKE PLACE.

ACCUTANE IS A MASSIVE DOSE OF VITAMIN A AND DRYS UP NUMEROUS PARTS OF THE BODY

http://www.aocd.org/skin/dermatologic_diseases/accutane.html

KERRY'S MAIN BATTLE WAS TO GET HOFFMAN/ LA ROCHE TO ADD A WARNING REGARDING TAKING ACCUTANE IF A PREVIOUS STOMACH PROBLEM HAD EXISTED.

IN 1988 SEAN HAD SURGERY TO REPAIR A PUNCTURE IN HIS LOWER BOWEL, CAUSED BY A CAR ACCIDENT.

IN FEBRUARY OF 1994 OUR WORLD CHANGED AND ACCUTANE MIGHT HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SINGLE WORST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED IN OUR LIVES.

AND IN THEORY IF WE HAD BEEN WARNED THAT ACCUTANE MIGHT CAUSE A PROBLEM WITH THE BOWELS BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS SURGERY THEN SEAN WOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN THE ACCUTANE AND THUS THE BOWEL STRANGULATION MIGHT NOT HAVE HAPPENED.

THE LAWYERS FOR HOFFMAN/LA ROCHE CLAIMED THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THAT TYPE OF WARNING BECAUSE NOTHING HAD BEEN CLINICALLY PROVED.

GO BACK AND RE-READ THE BEGINNING OF THIS ARTICLE

THE CONTENTION IS THAT NOT ONLY DID THEY KNOW THERE COULD BE BOWEL RELATED PROBLEMS BY TAKING ACCUTANE BUT THEY INTENTIONALLY HID THE INFORMATION.

THAT INTENTIONAL HIDING OF INFORMATION IS WHY WE THINK OUR CASE BECOMES A CASE OF MURDER OR AT THE VERY LEAST INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.

THERE ARE NO STATUES OF LIMITATION ON MURDER....

and it's not about a lawsuit.

IT'S ABOUT ANOTHER CASE OF MULTI NATIONAL CORPORATE INDUSTRIALIST HAVING THERE WAY WITH A SINGLE CONSUMER

AND MAKING THEM FEEL SMALL AND INADEQUATE WHEN FACED WITH LAW FIRMS THAT HAVE UNLIMITED FUNDS AND RESOURCES.

I DON'T WANT TO START SOUNDING LIKE THE UNA-BOMBER BUT SOMETHING IS VERY VERY WRONG

AND IN THIS CASE WRONG RESULTED IN THE LOST OF OUR SON

AND YOUR FRIEND

AND MY FATHER'S GRANDSON

AND THREE SISTER'S BROTHER

AND MY BROTHER'S NEPHEW

AND MULTIPLE COUSIN'S COUSIN

AND MOST OF ALL

A WORLD

THAT WAS AHEAD FOR A VERY SPECIAL HUMAN BEING.

And all we wanted was a warning

and we were told to sign this and shut up or we would be liable for slander and defamation of character.

THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT A MOM KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG

AND

THE REST OF US DIDN'T REALLY LISTEN or worst of all, believe her motherly instinct.

WE WERE SANDBAGGED BY A VERY LARGE CORPORATION WHO NOW SAYS THEY ARE PULLING THE DRUG ACCUTANE FROM THE MARKET.

I have so many regrets concerning this matter that I'm pretty sure I'll never be able to reconcile them in any reasonable manner.

Summary statement:

Whereas Accutane might not have been the ONLY cause of Sean's death it appears now that it helped exasperate the bowel problems.

RE-READ ONE MORE TIME THE BEGINNING OF THIS ARTICLE AS SUPPLIED BY THE ACTUANE RECALL WEBSITE.

Mom's just know things we don't and just because those feelings existed in 1995 instead of 2008 does not eliminate the facts or alter the truth.

TRUTH is the only goal that matters in order to resolve issues of the heart and soul.

Michael Timothy McAlevey