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• Ken Kristenson // Apr 22, 2004 at 5:37 pm

  I can’t believe people are trying to sue medical companies that put out products to help people manage their pain and suffering. Everytime a death occours and a person is taking medication from a reputable company like Janssen or Johnson and Johnson, someone in the family tries to pin it on the medication and not the medical problem with the patient. There’s a new one out now where some family member is trying to sue Janssen for 25 million because they said the patch she was wearing delivered too much medicine at once and she passed out in the shower and drowned. I use the Janssen patch and the only way that would of happened all at once is if she injected herself in the bloodstream with the fentanyl fluid in a syringe. It takes hours for a level of drug to get into the system and even if she was only using scalding hot water wich would of burned her, would the drug have gotten into her skin in an increased amount, it would of taken hours for that drug to get into her bloodstream in that higher amount. There’s only micrograms of drug in the patch. If your opiod tolerant, which you must be to get the patches, that scenario is impossible. It’s obvious that people see a fast way to make a buck and think that they can get cash to alieviate their sorrow because a loved one died, but it’s actually greed. 25million? 1.5 million? you want more than justice for that amount of cash, and these lawsuits only hurt those who get their medications from Janssen free because they can’t afford to buy them. Suing Janssen will only cause them to stop giving medication to those that need it dearly and use it correctly and have no problems with it. Yes, the justice system doesn’t work the way you think, they don’t give out enormous amounts of cash to the family members or spouces just because you think you can get rich quick and honor you spouces death by hanging out in Beverly hills or Hawaii for the rest of your life. You will not profit from death by biting the hands of those that relieve the sufferings of millions, and many for free. So get a grip, if you want a million dollars, do it the right way. Win it by gambling, forget your God and get married for cash or start a buisness and earn it. Stop hurting other people with your greed and coveting nature Mrs. Calvert and any other get rich quick slick twisted puppy.

• shelia // Jul 27, 2004 at 11:06 am

  my mother also took propulsid. she never had heart problems until after taking propulsid. she started having all kinds of problems with her heart, she had to have bypass surgery in april of 2000 she was released from the hospital in october 2000 for us to bring her home to die , there was nothing the doctors could do for her. every organ in her body started shuting down one by one, my mother gave birth to 11 children and she was never sick or never had any medical problems until she took propulsid. my mother was only 59 years old. the makers of propulsid should have to pay “if it is a proven fact that propulsid was the cause of anyone having to suffer the was my mother did.

• Robert G. Phillips // Jul 30, 2004 at 10:21 pm

  propulcid run away heartbeat

• Terence H. Young // Aug 24, 2004 at 5:22 pm

  Ken Kristenson is either a willfully blind lawyer for drug companies or loyal and truly ignorant father of one - who has no clue what he’s talking about. Twelve major drugs have been pulled off the market since 1997 including Propulsid for killing hundreds and injuring thousands of innocent people who Like Ken trusted drug companies. Ken you are a fool. Thank God no one in your family has been killed by drugs that could have been avoided and for which there should have been a proper safety warning. God forgive you for your insensitive comments.

• Joann Nowak // Sep 19, 2004 at 11:16 am

  I took Propulsaid for about 3 years and experienced no problems whatsoever!!!I am furious that this drug was removed from the market. It helped me tremendously.

• liz and bret blankenship // Nov 22, 2004 at 1:08 pm

  my son bret started taking propulsid in late 95 when he was 4 months old he continued untill his death in july 2000

  he started having problems alittle at a time slowly creaping up to him having a blood transfusion and many intibation trips he was having almost evey possible side effect you could have but the docs never would take him off even when i pushed about the drug in 1997 after reading a article on it they even had him on lasix witch is a big nono when he finally died suddenly like sids the docs tried to blame me even they knew it was the drug they foun d his death to be natural at five years old just because he developed cronic lung disease

  i think from the med

• Jennifer Chadwick // Aug 19, 2005 at 9:12 pm

  Since you don’t know the whole story, or the intentions of my family, maybe you shouldn’t judge people. No one is trying to get rich, just trying hold people who are careless and irresponsible for their actions and get them to quit making millions without taking into consideration people’s lives. Do your research and you will see how this drug was marketed even after they knew it could cause problems. No one was going to Beverly Hills or Hawaii.

• Dianne Annunziato // Oct 5, 2005 at 7:29 pm

  My mother Alma Jo Buckingham died on Nov 1997 while in the hospital having routine tests run. Her heart just stopped beating. So I have been part of this class action suite for quite some time. What makes all of this even worse is how the system has allowed my family as well as so many other families wait for years. I have a four year old son who will NEVER see his Nanna. Because a of greedy company that valued making money over protecting the public. We the families of these people are the ones paying the price for there neglagence. I make it a pratcice to call my lawyer every couple of months to check in and remind them that we are real people with real loss. And not just numbers and names on a piece of paper.

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