Paxil birth defects lead to hundreds of lawsuits; LawyerPaxil.com can help

As news spreads that Paxil is a dangerous drug, more and more Americans are stepping up to press for financial recovery from manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline in Paxil side effects lawsuits. And LawyerPaxil.com can help, providing a Paxil lawyer for victims in states across America.

How many Paxil lawsuits already exist? Earlier this year, more than 600 Paxil lawsuits had been filed in America, and that number continues to grow.

That doesn’t mean you have less of a chance of collecting damages. Rather, it may mean you have a better chance, as the weight of evidence and the number of victims mounts against GSK, which must be held accountable for its negligence.

Even before the latest Paxil lawsuits, other victims had sued GSK for other harmful Paxil effects and Paxil symptoms caused by the antidepressant. Some involved suicides or attempted suicides caused by using Paxil. Others involved addiction to Paxil.

Indeed, more than 150 suicide lawsuits against Paxil have been settled out of court for an average of $2 million each, while about 300 lawsuits over suicide attempts were settled for an average of $300,000 each. As for Paxil addiction, GSK paid an average of $50,000 each to settle 3,200 such lawsuits, according to a recent report by Bloomberg News. In all, GSK has paid about $1 billion in the legal realm for its defective drug’s injuries.

Now Paxil birth defects lawsuits are getting center stage, where a strong precedent was set by a $2.5 million award last October. This came from the first Paxil birth defects lawsuit. It involved an infant born with three heart defects after his mother took Paxil during pregnancy.

How can GSK continue to afford to pay such settlements?  That’s relatively easy when one considers the enormous profits GSK has made by selling its defective drug. An attorney in the first birth defects lawsuit told the jury that GSK had made a net profit -- after expenses -- of almost $14 billion in a nine-year period of selling Paxil.

Over that same time, he said, GSK spent $765 million to convince physicians to prescribe Paxil for their pregnant patients. Now it’s spending millions to settle Paxil lawsuits, but compared to its monstrous profits already in hand, that price must seem affordable to GSK, which seems to have no problem placing a price on human life.

Perhaps GSK should ask parents whose children were born with Paxil birth defects  if such injuries were “affordable.” Their answer undoubtedly would concern the unacceptability of Paxil birth defects.

But after the fact, actions must be taken, and that may mean a Paxil birth defects lawsuit. Notify  LawyerPaxil.com by submitting the free case review form on this Web page, or call toll-free to 1-800-344-9966. LawyerPaxil.com will respond promptly to help you assess your Paxil birth defects case.