Zofran Lawsuits for Club Feet and Hands
Zofran is a medical receptor antagonist approved by the FDA for treatment of vomiting and nausea, associated with treatment of cancer and specific kinds of surgery.
The drug, however, for morning sickness, has been prescribed to pregnant women as off-label.
Zofran, when used for that very purpose, has been associated with heart problems, cleft palate, defects in the kidneys, and musculoskeletal anomalies.
Zofran lawsuits for club feet and hands can be the result for individuals suing healthcare practitioners for medical malpractice.
Musculoskeletal Anomalies Birth DefectsCongenital abnormalities, musculoskeletal birth defects, occur in the muscles and/or bones.
They can develop in the body anywhere, but these kinds of defects can be found in the hips, spine, skull, feet, legs, and face.
In several babies, muscles and bones may have incomplete development. In others, defects in the muscles and bones can cause abnormal function or appearance of the body part affected.
Congenital malformations are the most typical that entail the face and skull orofacial defects, like cleft palate and cleft lip.
These occurrences are problematic when the mouth or lip of a baby do not properly fuse cohesively in the womb. Children of Zofran users, namely while mother is pregnant, may develop cleft palate, cleft lip, or both, at childbirth.
Joints or limbs may be deformed, missing, or developed abnormally.
Bones in the forearm or hand, for example, may be missing, fingers may prematurely stop growing, or hips may become dislocated.
In the 1950s and 1960s, the Thalidomide drug was produced to treat morning sickness. This caused a myriad of limb defects, such as poorly functioning, short appendages to substitute for legs and arms.
Babies born with defects of joints and limbs can potentially possess various congenital malformations.
A hand, in some babies, may not completely form, or, altogether, it may be missing.
The baby, in other cases, may not have too many fingers, or they may not be able to separate the fingers, possessing a hand that’s web-like.
Some defects in the hands entail extra fingers. Surgery is normally performed to rectify these kinds of defects, and offer as much function in the hands as possible.
The thigh bone and hip socket in the baby, which typically join in formation, become separated.
Among girls, this defect can be common, as well as babies born buttocks first, or breech, and children with relatives who have congenital hip dysplasia.
A club foot develops when the ankle and foot are twisted out of joint. The feet, in many cases, are positioned downward; the ankle and foot are twisted inward.
The foot and leg bones, as well as calf muscles, are usually underdeveloped.
For Zofran lawsuits for club feet and hands, it’s advisable to seek legal handle complicated legal cases which clients cannot do alone.
No matter how sophisticated the legal case, personal injury attorneys for Zofran lawsuits for club feet and hands are willing to assist you and members of your family.
You may be entitled to funds owed to you to recover damages.
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