Anyone who has been made sick by taking a drug with ghastly side effects knows full well they can take their deadly toll.

Getting sick means putting your trust in the hands of doctors,
pharmacists and drug manufacturers. Sometimes that trust is betrayed in
a way that results in serious injuries or death by taking defective
drugs. If someone takes a defective drug, there are product liability
laws designed to hold people responsible.

A defective drug is one that has severe adverse side effects. "It
isn't only a prescription drug, it may also be one sold over the
counter," indicated Jack Zinda, a partner at the law firm of Heselmeyer
Zinda PLLC, in Austin, Texas.

In some instances, drug companies know about the side effects and
market the drug anyway. In other cases, they find out about the side
effects later and either choose to keep the drug on the market, or have
it recalled by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

"The bottom line in cases involving a defective drug is that if the
drug caused harm to a person, and the drug company knew about the
dangerous side effects and chose to do nothing, they may be found
liable for the consequences," added Zinda. Drug companies are
responsible to test their drugs for side effects before taking them to
market. Additionally, they are required to advise people about those
side effects.

"Despite the fact that the U.S. FDA is mandated to safeguard public
safety and health, there are far too many instances where defective
drugs with deadly side effects are approved and remain on the market
despite reported severe drug reactions and deaths," stated Jack Zinda,
a partner at the law firm of Heselmeyer Zinda PLLC, in Austin, Texas.

The FDA doesn’t have enough manpower to keep track of all the drugs
brought to the marketplace, and they often find out about the side
effects later. This is often too late for people who took the drug(s)
believing that they were safe.

If faced with a situation where a drug has caused devastating side
effects or death, contact a defective product attorney post haste and
have the case assessed. Jack Zinda, partner at the law firm of
Heselmeyer Zinda PLLC, in Austin, Texas, handles these types of cases.

Jack Zinda is an Austin business lawyer with Heselmeyer Zinda, PLLC. To learn more about Austin business attorney Jack Zinda visit Texasbusinessattorneys.net.