Son Diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease Blames His Father’s Accutane Use
On May 27, 2010, an Accutane attorney filed one of the many Accutane lawsuits currently pending against the manufacturer of the anti-acne drug, Hoffman-La Roche. Texas resident Juan M. Ramirez’s complaint was initially filed in the 229th Judicial District Court of Jim Hogg County, Texas, but the case has since been removed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
At the time of the original filing, Mr. Ramirez alleged that his ingestion of Accutane back in the 1980s caused his then unborn son to develop Accutane Crohn’s disease. His son, Juan M. Ramirez III, filed an amended petition on his own behalf on June 25, 2010, after he turned 18. Accutane has been linked to inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn’s disease and Accutane ulcerative colitis, prompting thousands to seek the advice of an Accutane lawyer.
Accutane lawsuits claim Accutane ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease
The plaintiff’s Accutane lawyer claims that his Crohn’s disease is a “lifelong diagnoses” and “horrible condition.” Ramirez III is suing for pain and suffering, mental anguish, loss of physical capacity, loss of wages and/or wage earning capacity, disfigurement, physical impairment, and reasonable and necessary medical expenses.
Ramirez III’s further states in the complaint that after the plaintiff’s father took Accutane in the mid 1980s for his acne condition, he was born in 1992, and was soon diagnosed with “adverse effects associated with his father’s consumption of Accutane.” Like many other plaintiffs who have filed Accutane lawsuits because of inflammatory bowel diseases like Accutane ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, Ramirez claims he will “in all probability continue to suffer for the rest of his life.”
Plaintiff claims Roche failed to warn of dangerous risks like Accutane ulcerative colitis
Represented by his Accutane lawyer, the plaintiff alleges that the defendants failed to warn of the dangerous risks associated with the product, including diseases like Accutane ulcerative colitis. As in other Accutane lawsuits, his case also alleges that Roche failed to warn that the drug could “cause harm to an unborn child via use by either parent,” and could “cause symptoms to appear long after use is discontinued, and in the offspring of the user.”
Accutane lawsuits: Did Roche fail to warn about parental exposure?
Accutane has long come with warnings about side effects like Accutane ulcerative colitis for patients taking the drug. Warnings have also been included in regard to severe birth defects, indicating that, “potentially any fetus exposed during pregnancy can be affected,” and recommending that female patients taking Accutane should discontinue the drug immediately if they become pregnant.
Though no current scientific studies have linked paternal exposure to Accutane with fetal harm, Ramirez’s Accutane lawyer may assert that Roche might have found this connection with additional pre-market studies.
