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Monday, April 28, 2014

Diabetes Drug Cancer Lawyer: Several Diabetes Drugs Have Been Linked to an Increased Risk of Cancer by Diabetes and Cancer Lawyer Jason Coomer

Diabetes Drug Cancer Risk Lawyer: Several Diabetes Drugs Have Been Linked to an Increased Risk of Cancer by Diabetes Drug Cancer Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Several diabetes drugs have been linked to an increased risk of cancer including pancreatic cancer, thyroid cancer, and bladder cancer.  People taking diabetic medications should be aware of this increased cancer risk and discuss the cancer risk of any diabetic medications that they are taking with their medical provider.  Further, anyone that has been diagnosed with cancer after taking diabetic medications should report the cancer diagnosis to their physician and the FDA.

Drug Manufacturers Fail to Warn of Increased Cancer Risk

Despite being aware of the increased risk of cancer, some drug manufacturers have failed to warn about potential cancer risks.  In fact, some of the drug manufacturers have intentional hid cancer risks to increase sales of their diabetes drugs.  These drug manufacturers have determined that keeping their market share of the $50 billion dollar per year diabetic drug market is more important than warning diabetics and their physicians about the risk of cancer.

Diabetes Drug Cancer Lawsuits

Several Diabetes Drug Cancer Lawsuits have been filed.  More specifically, the following diabetes drug cases are being reviewed: Actos, Januvia, Janument, Victoza, Byetta, Onglyza, Tradjenta, Bydureon, and Oseni.  If you have been taking a diabetes drug and have been diagnosed with cancer or you have lost a loved one that was taking a diabetes drug and that loved one was diagnosed with cancer, please feel free to contact Diabetes Drug Cancer Lawyer Jason S. Coomer.  

Pancreatic Cancer Detection: Understanding and Identifying Symptoms of Pancreatic Cancer Can Be Important In Early Detection and Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer Resulting in Higher Pancreatic Cancer Survival Rates

Symptoms of pancreatic cancer can include: dark urine and clay-colored stools, fatigue and weakness, jaundice (a yellow color in the skin, mucus membranes, or eyes), loss of appetite and weight loss, nausea and vomiting, pain or discomfort in the upper part of the belly or abdomen, back pain, blood clots, diarrhea, and indigestion.

Pancreatic cancer is often not detected early on and is often advanced when it is first found.  As such, ninety-five percent of the people diagnosed with this cancer will not be alive 5 years later.  Some patients have pancreatic cancer that can be surgically removed are cured. However, in more than 80% of patients the tumor has already spread and cannot be completely removed at the time of diagnosis.  In the few cases where pancreatic tumors can be removed by surgery. The standard surgical procedure to remove pancreatic tumors is called a Whipple procedure (pancreatoduodenectomy or pancreaticoduodenectomy). This surgery should be done by an experienced surgeon and at a medical center that performs the procedure often. Some studies suggest that the Whipple procedure is best performed at hospitals that do more than five of these surgeries per year.

When the tumor has not spread out of the pancreas, but cannot be removed, radiation therapy and chemotherapy together may be recommended. When the tumor has spread (metastasized) to other organs such as the liver, chemotherapy alone is usually used. The standard chemotherapy drug is gemcitabine, but other drugs may be used. Gemcitabine can help about 25% of patients.

Patients whose tumor cannot be totally removed, but who have a blockage of the tubes that transport bile (biliary obstruction) must have that blockage relieved. There are two approaches including surgery and placement of a tiny metal tube (biliary stent) during ERCP.

Managing pain and other symptoms is an important part of treating advanced pancreatic cancer. Palliative care tams and hospice can help with pain and symptom management, and provide psychological support for patients and their families during the illness.

Bladder Cancer Detection and Symptoms

Bladder cancers are classified, or staged, based on their aggressiveness and how much they differ from the surrounding bladder tissue. There are several different ways to stage tumors. Recently, the TNM (Tumor, Nodes, Metastasis) staging system has become common. This staging system categorizes tumors using the following scale:

Stage 0 -- Noninvasive tumors that are only in the bladder lining

Stage I -- Tumor goes through the bladder lining, but does not reach the muscle layer of the bladder

Stage II -- Tumor goes into the muscle layer of the bladder

Stage III -- Tumor goes past the muscle layer into tissue surrounding the bladder

Stage IV -- Tumor has spread to neighboring lymph nodes or to distant sites (metastatic disease)

Bladder cancer can metastasize or spread by extending into the nearby organs or through the lymph nodes.  It can spread into the Prostate, Rectum, Ureters, Uterus, Vagina, Bones, Liver, and Lungs.

Bladder cancer can manifest through many different symptoms.  Most of these symptoms can also occur with non-cancerous conditions. However, if you have these symptoms and a suspect bladder cancer, it is important to get evaluated by a qualified medical doctor to determine, if you may have bladder cancer.  Some of these symptoms include: 1) Blood in the urine, 2) Painful urination, 3) Urinary frequency, 4) Urinary urgency, 5) Abdominal pain, 6) Anemia, 7) Bone pain or tenderness, 8) Lethargy or fatigue, 9) Urinary incontinence, and 10) Weight loss.

Testing for bladder cancer can include performing 1) a physical examination, including a rectal and pelvic exam, 2) Abdominal CT scan, 3) Bladder biopsy (usually performed during cystoscopy), 4) Cystoscopy (examining the inside of the bladder with a camera), 5) Intravenous pyelogram - IVP, 6) Urinalysis, and 7) Urine cytology.

There are several types of treatment for bladder cancer.  The selection of treatment for bladder cancer will vary depending on the patient, health care provider, and stage of bladder cancer. In Stages 0 and I, surgery is usually performed to remove the tumor without removing the rest of the bladder.  Also, chemotherapy or immunotherapy can be applied directly into the bladder.  People with stage 0 or I bladder cancer can be treated with transurethral resection of the bladder (TURB). This surgical procedure is performed under general or spinal anesthesia. A cutting instrument is inserted through the urethra to remove the bladder tumor.

In Stages II and III treatment, chemotherapy can be used to shrink the tumor before surgery, then surgery can be performed to remove the entire bladder (radical cystectomy) or surgery can be performed to remove only part of the bladder, followed by radiation and chemotherapy.  For bladder cancer patients that cannot have surgery or choose not to have surgery, a combination of chemotherapy and radiation can be used.

Many people with stage II or III bladder cancer may need to have their bladder removed (radical cystectomy). Partial bladder removal may be performed in some patients. Removal of part of the bladder is usually followed by radiation therapy and chemotherapy to help decrease the chances of the cancer returning. Patients who have the entire bladder removed will receive chemotherapy after surgery to decrease the risk of the cancer coming back.

Radical cystectomy in men usually involves removing the bladder, prostate, and seminal vesicles. In women, the urethra, uterus, and the front wall of the vagina are removed along with the bladder. Often, the pelvic lymph nodes are also removed during the surgery to be examined in the laboratory.

A urinary diversion surgery (a surgical procedure to create an alternate method for urine storage) is usually done with radical cystectomy. Two common types of urinary diversion are an ileal conduit and a continent urinary reservoir.  An ileal conduit is a small urine reservoir that is surgically created from a small segment of bowel. The ureters that drain urine from the kidneys are attached to one end of the bowel segment. The other end is brought out through an opening in the skin (a stoma). The stoma allows the patient to drain the collected urine out of the reservoir. People who have had an ileal conduit need to wear a urine collection appliance outside their body at all times.  A continent urinary reservoir is an alternate method of storing urine. A segment of colon is removed. It is used to create an internal pouch to store urine.

This surgery is becoming more common in patients undergoing cystectomy. A segment of bowel is folded over to make a pouch (a neobladder, which means "new bladder"). Then it is attached to the place in the urethra where the urine normally empties from the bladder. This procedure allows patients to maintain some normal urinary control. However, there are complications (including urine leakage at night). Urination is usually not the same as it was before surgery.

Unfortunately, for most patients with stage IV tumors, the bladder cancer cannot be cured and surgery will not appropriate. In these stage IV bladder cancer patients, chemotherapy is often considered.

 

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Texas Cancer Lawyer Represents Cancer Survivors and Families of Deceased Cancer Victims Who Took Defective Diabetes Drugs by Texas Cancer Lawyer

Texas Cancer Lawyer Represents Cancer Survivors And Families of Deceased Cancer Victims Who Have Lost Loved Ones From Defective Diabetes Drugs That Cause Cancer including Bladder Cancer, Thyroid Cancer, and Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuits by Texas Cancer Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

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everal diabetes drugs have been linked to an increased risk of cancer.  These drugs have been linked to bladder cancer, thyroid cancer, and pancreatic cancer.  If you are a diabetic who has been taking prescribed diabetic drugs and have been diagnosed with bladder cancer, thyroid cancer, or pancreatic cancer, it is important that you report the cancer and the diabetes drugs that you have been taking to your treating physicians and to the FDA.  If you have lost a family member to cancer and believe the cancer death was related to use of a defective diabetes drug, it is important to make sure that the death is properly investigated and properly reported to the FDA.  For questions about a defective diabetes drug cancer lawsuit, please feel free to send an e-mail message to Texas Cancer Lawyer Jason Coomer or go to the following web page: Texas Cancer Lawyer.

As an Actos Bladder Cancer Lawyer and Actos Cancer Death Lawyer, Jason S. Coomer Works With People That Have Taken The Diabetes Drug Actos and Have Bladder Cancer As Well as Families That Have Lost a Family Member Who Was Taking Actos to Bladder Cancer

Actos has been prescribed to more than 10 million Americans since its approval for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.  The popular diabetes drug, Actos, manufactured by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co, has been linked to increased risk of bladder cancer and has been pulled off the market in some European countries.  Actos is now under review by the FDA to determine if it will be pulled from the market or additional black box warnings will be added to the drug.

Actos is a diabetes drug with global sales of approximately $4.8 Billion each year. Recent scientific evidence has recently shown that the Diabetes Drug Actos may cause an increased risk of bladder cancer.  If you have suffered bladder cancer or have lost a person that you love from bladder cancer and you or your loved one was taking Actos, please feel free to e-mail Texas Actos Bladder Cancer Lawyer Jason Coomer with your name & contact information or use our online form for a free case evaluation.

As an Actos Bladder Cancer Lawyer, Jason S. Coomer, helps families that have lost a family member from bladder cancer.  For more information on this topic, please go to the following web page on Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuits.

As a Januvia Pancreatic Cancer Lawyer and Janument Cancer Lawyer Jason S. Coomer Works with Cancer Survivors as well as Widows, Widowers, Children, and other Surviving Family Members That Have Lost a Loved One From Pancreatic Cancer Who Was Taking Januvia or Janumet

The diabetes drugs, Januvia and Janumet, may cause an increased risk of pancreatic cancer in patients using Januvia.  If you have lost a loved one from Pancreatic Cancer, please report the adverse action to the prescribing medical doctor as soon as possible.

As an Januvia Cancer Death Lawyer, Jason S. Coomer, helps families that have lost a family member from cancer including pancreatic cancer.  For more information on this topic, please go to the following web page on Januvia Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuits and Janumet Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuits.
As a Victoza Cancer Lawyer Jason Coomer Works with Cancer Survivors and Families That Have Lost A Loved One From Cancer While Taking Victoza by Texas Victoza Pancreatic Cancer Lawyer, Victoza Cancer Lawyer, Diabetes Drug Cancer Lawyer, and Victoza Pancreas Cancer Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

 The consumer group, Public Citizen, has filed a petition with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting that the agency immediately remove the diabetes drug, Vicoza, from the market the increasingly prescribed diabetes drug Victoza (liraglutide [rDNA origin] injection) because it puts patients at higher risk of thyroid cancer, pancreatitis, serious allergic reactions and kidney failure that outweigh any documented clinical benefits.  Public Citizen claims that the diabetes drug, Victoza, has a number of possible side effects including pancreatic cancer. This side effect is extremely dangerous, because once a person has pancreatic cancer and that cancer spreads, a patient stands just a 1.8% chance of surviving for longer than five years.

If you have lost a loved one from Pancreatic Cancer or have suffered acute pancreatitis, hemorrhagic pancreatitis, accute necrotizing pancreatitis, or pancreas cancer; and have been using Victoza or another diabetes drug, please report the adverse action to the prescribing medical doctor as soon as possible.  For more Victoza Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuit, Victoza Cancer Death Lawsuit, or Diabetes Drug Pancreas Cancer Lawsuit information, please feel free to contact Victoza Pancreatic Cancer Lawyer, Victoza Diabetes Drug Cancer Lawyer, and Victoza Pancreas Cancer Death Lawyer Jason Coomer a Texas lawyer, or use our online submission form.

For more information on this topic, please go to the following web page on Victoza Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuits and Victoza Cancer Death Lawsuits.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Texas Real Estate Inheritance Lawyer Helps Texas Families Transfer Real Property by Texas Real Estate Inheritance Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Texas Real Estate Inheritance Lawyer Helps Heirs and Beneficiaries Transfer Real Property by Texas Real Estate Inheritance Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Texas Probate Lawyer Jason Coomer handles Texas probate, estate, and inheritance matters regarding real property.  He works with families including Texas families and out of state families on a variety of Texas probate, estate, and inheritance issues.  These issues commonly include clearing title to estate real property and transferring real property to rightful heirs and beneficiaries.  For more information on transferring inherited real property or clearing title to inherited real property, please go to the following web page: Texas Real Estate Inheritance Lawyer.

Protecting Family Real Estate Through Probate From The Government and Other Loss by Texas Real Estate Probate Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

As a Texas Real Estate Inheritance Lawyer, I am seeing an increasing number of Texas families lose their family's real estate to governmental entities and vultures that purchase real estate at foreclosure sales for pennies on the dollar.  In many instances the owner of the real property passes away and the real property gets stuck in the probate process.  The family does not have the information or resources to pay the taxes or clear title to the property.  In many of these situations, time and delay works against the family until the real property is taken by the government and sold for pennies on the dollar.

For more information on these traps, please go to the follow web page: Avoiding Probate Traps by Texas Family Real Estate Lawyer.

Texas Real Estate Partitions Are Often Needed When Families Inherit Real Property by Texas Real Estate Partition Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Texas Real Estate Partitions are often needed when heirs, family members, and beneficiaries inherit Texas real estate and want to partition or divide the inherited real estate.  A Texas real partition lawsuit can force the division or sale of inherited real estate including: commercial buildings, farms, mineral interests, lake houses, ranches, condominiums, houses, or commercial property.  For more information on this topic, please feel free to go to the following web page: Texas Real Estate Partition Lawsuits.

Texas Contingent Probate Lawyer Helps Heirs and Beneficiaries Collect and Transfer Probate, Non-Probate, and Estate Assets Including Royalties, Real Estate, and Mineral Interests

In some situations family assets cannot get transferred or collected by their rightful heirs or beneficiaries because the heirs and beneficiaries cannot afford the cost of probate and other transfer costs. In these situations, a Texas Contingent Probate Lawyer or Texas Contingent Death Benefit Lawyer that works on a percentage of the estate property can help heirs and beneficiaries transfer estate property to rightful heirs and beneficiaries.

In these situations, the Texas Contingent Probate Lawyer or Texas Contingent Death Benefit Lawyer will typically need to see that there are actual significant assets in the estate and who the rightful heirs and beneficiaries are of the estate. In these cases, bank statements, life insurance policies, royalty statements, mutual fund statements, retirement fund statements, real property deeds, property tax information, and other evidence of the estate assets can be useful in determining the approximate value of the estate and if a contingent contract for probating the estate can be viable.  For more information on a Texas Contingent Probate Lawsuit or Texas Contingent Non-Probate Matter, please feel free to go to the follow web page:  Texas Contingent Probate Lawyer and Death Benefit Collection Lawyer.

Sunday, April 13, 2014

International Bribery Lawyer: Expose Illegal Bribes, Collect Large Rewards, and Protect Your Identity by International Bribery Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

International Bribery Lawyer: New Laws Allow Whistleblowers to Expose International Illegal Bribes to Public Officials, Collect Large Financial Rewards, and Protect Their Identity by International Bribery Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

New International Whistleblower Laws allow whistleblowers to confidentially report violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and obtain large financial rewards.  Whistleblowers that properly report violations of the FCPA by a U.S. or foreign company listed on the U.S. securities exchanges can recover a large reward for exposing FCPA violations.  These whistleblowers can expose a bribery scheme or other violations of the FCPA through a lawyer and protect their identify. 

If you are aware of a significant Foreign Corrupt Practice Act  violation by a large international company including an oil and energy company, financial services company, or drug company and are interested in a confidential review of a whistleblower bounty action, please feel free to contact International Bribery Lawyer Jason S. Coomer.

Expose International Oil Company Bribes and False Disclosures: Oil Companies Are Required to File SEC Disclosures On Payments Made to Foreign Government Officials for Oil, Gas, and Mineral Contracts: False Reports of Payments to Foreign Governments by Multinational Oil Companies Can Result In SEC and FCPA Violations That Are the Basis for Whistleblower Reward Bounty Actions

Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, all domestic and foreign companies registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) must publicly report how much they pay governments for access to their oil, gas and minerals, beginning in FY2012. These payments must be reported on a country-by-country and a project-by-project basis, and will likely cover a wide range of the material benefits that accrue to governments from extractive deals.  This Dodd-Frank reporting requirement, known as the Cardin-Lugar Transparency Amendment is expected to help remove corruption from the oil and gas mineral extraction industry.

If you have evidence of energy company SEC accounting fraud or energy company illegal bribes to government officials please feel free to contact International Bribery Lawyer Jason S. Coomer or go to the follow web pages: International Oil Company Bribes and International Oil Company False Disclosures.

Expose International Bank Bribes: International Banks and Financial Services Companies That Commit FCPA Violations Including Fraud, False Accounting, and Government Bribes Can Be the Basis for International Bounty Actions 

New International Whistleblower Reward Laws have been enacted to encourage professionals with knowledge of financial services fraud, financial services government bribes, investment fraud and false accounting, and other Foreign Corrupt Practice Act Violations, to expose the fraud and corruption.  These new international whistleblower reward laws offer large financial rewards and whistleblower protections for persons that qualify and expose significant fraud and corruption.

If you are the original source with special knowledge of fraud and are interested in learning more about a potential bank employee whistleblower lawsuit please go to the following web page: International Bank Bribes and Financial Services Fraud.

Expose International Drug Company Bribes: Drug Company Bribes in China, Brazil, Russia, India, Venezuela, Poland and Ukraine for Procurement Contracts Are Becoming More Common And Can Be The Basis For Large Bounty Action Rewards

Every year over $4.1 trillion (US dollars) is spent worldwide on health services including approximately $750 billion (US dollars) that is spent in the pharmaceutical market on drugs and medications. It is estimated that approximately 10 to 25% of public health care procurement spending including drug contracts, medicines, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and medical devices is lost to corrupt and fraudulent acts.  These acts include government official bribes, illegal kickbacks, and other illicit payment and fraud schemes. For more information on this topic, please go to the following web page: International Drug Company Bribes and False Marketing Studies.

Monday, April 7, 2014

Cobalt Fatal Crash Lawsuits and Cobalt Crash Death Lawsuits: Faulty Ingition Switches Have Caused Several Fatal Accidents By Cobalt Crash Lawyer and Saturn Ion Crash Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Cobalt Fatal Crash Lawsuits and Cobalt Crash Death Lawsuits: Faulty Ingition Switches Have Caused Several Fatal Accidents By Cobalt Fatal Crash Lawyer and Cobalt Crash Death Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Faulty ignition switches in Chevrolet Cobalts have resulted in a massive vehicle recall that includes over 1.6 million vehicles.  The faulty ignition switches in Cobalts and Saturn Ions have caused the vehicles' engines to shut off while the vehicle was in motion resulting in the loss of power-assisted steering and power brakes as well as causing the air bags not to inflate in a crash.  These malfunctions in heavy traffic or on high speed highways could often result in a fatal accident.  Further, as Cobalts and Saturn Ions were marketed to younger drivers, this loss of power-assisted steering and power brakes often caused younger drivers to panic and be overwhelmed by the extra effort needed to control the vehicle resulting in serious injury and fatal accidents.

As such, all fatal accidents involving Cobalts and Saturn Ions should be investigated or re-investigated to determine if the faulty ignition switches were the cause or a cause of the fatal accident.  For more information on Cobalt Fatal Crash Lawsuits , please go to the following web page:  Cobalt Fatal Crash Lawsuit and Cobalt Crash Death Lawsuit Information.

13 Deaths Have Already Been Linked to the Faulty Ignitions And Many More Are Expected

General Motors has linked 13 deaths to the faulty ignition problem, while other reports have linked the faulty ignitions to more than 25 deaths or more. As Cobalts were marketed to younger drivers most of the victims of these faulty vehicles were under age 25. Many of the victim were also women, who safety experts say are less likely to have the upper body strength to wrestle a stalled car safely to the side of the road.

For more news please go to the following reports: GM recall: Many victims were young drivers  Yahoo and General Motors Misled Grieving Families on a Lethal Flaw New York Times.

All Cobalt Fatal Automobile Accidents Should Be Investigated

Automobile accidents that result in someone's death should be properly investigated to determine what happened and to make sure that other people are not injured in similar fatal accidents.  In addition to the police investigation, insurance companies typically investigate fatal automobile accidents to determine and limit their liability in any fatal automobile accident claims that may arise out of a fatal accident.  Many times the insurance adjuster, trucking company representatives, or courier service representatives will be sent to a fatal accident site in attempt to protect the insurance company or business from liability.  The information obtained through these investigations as well as the police investigation can be extremely important in performing an independent investigation of the fatal accident.

It is also important that your lawyer is familiar with the accident scene as well as any investigations that have been done regarding the fatal automobile accident.  Texas fatal automobile accident lawyer, Jason Coomer, performs thorough investigations on the facts surrounding fatal automobile accident claims including obtaining driver background checks; reviewing trucking company & courier company investigations & records; inspecting the vehicles involved in the fatal accident; and going to the scene of the fatal automobile accident.  He feels it is important to thoroughly investigate every fatal automobile accident claim that he decides to handle.

Monday, March 24, 2014

Texas International Inheritance Lawyer: International Estates Are Becoming More Common

Texas International Inheritance Lawyer: As More People Are Living Abroad and Owning Real Property in Multiple Countries International Estates Are Becoming More Common By Texas International Inheritance Lawyer

Many families have spread out throughout the United States and around the World.  It is extremely common for people to live abroad and/or to own real property in multiple countries.  However, when a person living aboard or owning property in multiple countries dies or becomes incompetent, it can often be a challenge to move property in multiple countries through probate.

International Inheritance Lawyer, Jason S. Coomer, has extensive experience in practicing Texas and international probate law.  He handles inheritance and probate issues for international clients living abroad including moving Texas real property in international estates.  He also represents Texas executors, trustees, guardians, and administrators that need to transfer real property in other countries.  For more information on International Probate, please feel free to go to the following web page Texas International Probate Lawyer.

International Probate Issues For Heirs and Beneficiaries Living Abroad 

For the family member that lives out of the country and has never been through the Texas probate process, it can often be challenging to understand what should be done under Texas probate law.  At a time when they want to grieve the loss of their loved one, they are often forced to deal with difficult issues including:

    1) Who should be in control of their loved ones' estate?
    2) What needs to be done to have an administrator or executor appointed?
    3) What are probate & non-probate property?
    4)  What should be done to protect estate property?
    5)  Is a Will necessary?
    6)  What can be done with Estate property?  Can it be sold or transferred?

When faced with these decisions, it is often helpful to speak with and hire a Texas international probate lawyer to help take care of probate issues.  A Texas international probate lawyer can help "out of country" family members through the probate process and help move an estate through probate.  Texas International Probate Lawyer, Jason Coomer, commonly works with out of state family, heirs, lawyers, and beneficiaries to guide them through the Texas probate process.  In doing so, he works to protect the wishes of loved ones that have passed on, the best interests of his clients, and to coordinate efforts with foreign co-counsel.

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Pancreatic Cancer Lawyer: Diabetes Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuits Are Being Filed Against Drug Manufacturers by Pancreatic Cancer Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Pancreatic Cancer Lawyer: Diabetes Drugs in the Incretin Mimetic Class May Cause An Increased Risk of Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuits are being filed by diabetics that have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and families of diabetics that have died from pancreatic cancer.  These lawsuits include persons that were taking diabetes drugs in the incretin mimetic class.  These incretin diabetes drugs include exenatide (Byetta, Bydureon), liraglutide (Victoza), sitagliptin (Januvia, Janumet, Janumet XR, Juvisync), saxagliptin (Onglyza, Kombiglyze XR), alogliptin (Nesina, Kazano, Oseni), and linagliptin (Tradjenta, Jentadueto). These drugs work by mimicking the incretin hormones that the body usually produces naturally to stimulate the release of insulin in response to a meal. They are used along with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes.  Many of these incretin diabetes drugs already include a black box warning regarding thyroid cancer risk, but evidence is growing that these drugs may also create an increased risk of pancreatic cancer.

People that are taking incretin diabetes drugs including: Januvia, Janument, Victoza, Byetta, Onglyza, Tradjenta,  Oseni, and other diabetes drugs should be aware of the cancer health risks. If you have been taking a diabetes drug and have been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer or you have lost a loved one that was taking a diabetes drug and was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, please report the adverse action to the prescribing medical doctor and FDA as soon as possible.  Please also feel free to contact a pancreatic cancer lawyer regarding a potential pancreatic cancer lawsuit.

Januvia Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuits and Janumet Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuits

The diabetes drugs, Januvia and Janumet, may cause an increased risk of pancreatic cancer in patients using Januvia and Janumet.  If you have lost a loved one who was taking these drugs and they died from Pancreatic Cancer or have suffered acute pancreatitis, hemorrhagic pancreatitis, accute necrotizing pancreatitis, or pancreas cancer; and have been using Januvia, please report the adverse action to the prescribing medical doctor as soon as possible.  For more information on Januvia and Janumet Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuits, please go to the following web page on Januvia Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuit Information and Janumet Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuit Information.

Byetta Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuits and Byetta Thyroid Cancer Lawsuits

Byetta and other diabetes drugs have been linked to an increased risk of thyroid cancer and pancreatic cancer.  Persons taking diabetes drugs and medical providers that are prescribing diabetes drugs should be aware of thyroid cancer risks and pancreatic cancer risks as well as be aware of cancer detection protocols.  Early detection of cancer is essential to preventing the spread of cancer and important to surviving cancer.  Persons that have been taking diabetic drugs and have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer or pancreatic cancer should report the cancer to both their medical provider and the FDA.  Families of loved ones who took diabetes drugs and lost their lives to thyroid cancer or pancreatic cancer should also report the cancer to the FDA.

In addition to reporting thyroid cancer and pancreatic cancer caused by diabetes drugs, it is important that cancer survivors and families that have lost loved ones to diabetes drug cancers file lawsuits to prevent large drug companies from continuing to profit from selling dangerous drugs.  For more information on Byetta Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuits and Byetta Thyroid Cancer Lawsuits, please go to the following web page on Byetta Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuits and Exenatide Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuits.

Victoza Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuits

The consumer group, Public Citizen, has filed a petition with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting that the agency immediately remove the diabetes drug, Victoza, from the market because it puts patients at a higher risk of thyroid cancer, pancreatitis, serious allergic reactions and kidney failure that outweigh any documented clinical benefits.  Public Citizen claims that the diabetes drug, Victoza, has a number of possible side effects including pancreatic cancer. This side effect is extremely dangerous, because once a person has pancreatic cancer and that cancer spreads, a patient stands just a 1.8% chance of surviving for longer than five years.

If you have lost a loved one from Pancreatic Cancer or have suffered acute pancreatitis, hemorrhagic pancreatitis, accute necrotizing pancreatitis, or pancreas cancer; and have been using Victoza or another diabetes drug, please report the adverse action to the prescribing medical doctor as soon as possible.  For more Victoza Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuit, Victoza Cancer Death Lawsuit, or Diabetes Drug Pancreas Cancer Lawsuit information, please go to the following web page on Victoza Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuits and Victoza Cancer Death Lawsuits.

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Diabetics and Thyroid Cancer: Some Diabetic Drugs Have Been Linked to An Increased Risk of Thyroid Cancer by Diabetes Thyroid Cancer Lawyer


Diabetics and Thyroid Cancer Health Alert: The Diabetes Drug Byetta Has Been Linked To An Increased Risk of Thyroid Cancer By Diabetes Thyroid Cancer Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Each year an increasing number of people are newly diagnosed with thyroid cancer.  In 2012 there were more than 200,000 people newly diagnosed with thyroid cancer.  A growing number of people with thyroid cancer are diabetics.  One reason for the growing number of people with thyroid cancer and the increase of diabetics with thyroid cancer is that some diabetes drugs including Byetta cause an increase risk of thyroid cancer.  Diabetics and their health care provides should be aware of this health risk and make health care decisions with cancer risks in mind.

Diabetes Drug Cancer Lawsuits and Byetta Thyroid Cancer Lawsuits

Several Diabetes Drug Cancer Lawsuits are now being filed against drug manufacturers that intentionally hid known dangers of diabetic medications and/or failed to provide adequate warnings to consumers regarding cancer risks of diabetes medications.  For more information on these diabetes drug cancer lawsuits, please go to the following webpage: Diabetes Drug Cancer Lawsuits.

Individuals that have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and have taken Byetta as well as families that have lost a loved one to thyroid cancer and that loved one was taking Byetta may be entitled to financial compensation and are strongly encouraged to have their potential case reviewed.  For more information on Byetta Thyroid Cancer Lawsuits and Byetta Pancreatic Cancer Lawsuits, please go to the following webpage Byetta Thyroid Cancer Lawsuits.


FDA Adverse Events Have Shown Byetta May Cause An Increased Risk of Thyroid Cancer and Pancreatic Cancer: Persons Taking Byetta That Have Been Diagnosed With Pancreatic Cancer or Thyroid Cancer as well as Their Doctors and Families Are Encouraged To Report Adverse Events To The FDA


In July 2011, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles studied the connection between Byetta and pancreatic cancer, pancreatitis, and thyroid cancer by combing FDA adverse events reports. They calculated a sixfold increase in users developing pancreatitis, and Byetta increased the likelihood of pancreatic cancer by 2.9 times. The lead researcher, Dr. Peter Butler, cautioned that the results do not account for increased Byetta side effects reporting by doctors. The study appeared in the journal of Gastroenterology.

In 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a Drug Safety Communication to announce that drug-makers Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly Co. must conduct 6 post-marketing surveillance studies to better understand the potential link between Byetta and thyroid cancer. The result of these studies are still pending.

Persons who are taking Byetta and who have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer or thyroid cancer and their families are strongly encouraged to report adverse events to the FDA to ensure that all cancer risks are properly reviewed and placed on any future Byetta warnings.

Monday, January 27, 2014

Texas Wealth Transfer Lawyer: Helps Families Transfer Wealth Through Inheritance and Probate by Texas Wealth Transfer Lawyer

Texas Wealth Transfer Lawyer: Helps Families Transfer Wealth Through Inheritance and Probate by Texas Wealth Transfer Lawyer

Many families lose a vast amount of wealth when a loved one dies.  Family wealth can often be lost to the government, to corporations, or to opportunists.  Reasons for the loss of family wealth can include lack of knowledge regarding assets, lack of wealth to move assets, disputes between family members, delays after a loved one passes on, and lack of proximity to the loved one's estate.

Lack of Knowledge Can Often Result in the Loss of Family Wealth

In many instances, people are reluctant to share information concerning their finances with other people including family members.  Further, many people, especially elderly persons and persons dealing with significant health issues, will start to lose track of their assets and will not keep accurate records of all of their assets.  The tendency to keep finances private combined with inaccurate records can often cause assets to become lost.  Accurate records and sharing information to trusted people can often help prevent loss of family wealth.  Additionally, hiring a Texas Inheritance Lawyer can often help locate assets and transfer wealth after the death of a loved one.

Lack of Resources Can Often Result in the Loss of Family Wealth

In other instances, heirs and beneficiaries do not have sufficient wealth to move assets through the probate process.  This is particularly true when there is no valid will and many of the assets will need to be transferred through a suit to determine heirs. In these situations, the transfer of assets can cost several thousands of dollars and can cause wealth to become lost because heirs are not able to afford to transfer assets.  Often for more significant amounts of wealth including real property, a Texas Contingent Probate Lawyer can help transfer the wealth to rightful heirs and beneficiaries preventing the loss of family wealth.

 Inheritance Disputes and Contested Probate Matter Can Result in the Loss of Family Wealth

Wealth can also be lost when disputes over inheritance arise between potential heirs and beneficiaries.  In these situations, some heirs or beneficiaries cannot afford to go through a contested legal battle to claim their rightful inheritance.  However, in some instances a Texas Contingent Probate Lawyer can take a contested probate case on a contingent contract and help prevent the loss of family wealth.  In other situations, it is necessary to hire an experienced Texas Probate Litigation Lawyer on an hourly or hybrid contract to prevent wealth from being lost.

Delays and Lack of Proximity Can Often Result in the Loss of Family Wealth

The transfer of real estate, bank accounts, retirement funds, oil royalties, life insurance, and other wealth through probate can often be difficult for a grieving family to accomplish.  This is especially true when the family does not live in close proximity to their lost loved one.  In many of these instances, families will delay the transfer of this wealth and can often forget about some assets allowing the wealth to become lost.  In many situations, hiring a local Texas Probate Inheritance Lawyer and Texas Wealth Transfer Lawyer will help a family protect its wealth and limit the necessity for travel to Texas to handle probate issues.

Texas Wealth Transfer Lawyer Helps Families Transfer Wealth Through Probate

Texas Wealth Transfer Lawyer Jason Coomer handles Texas probate, estate, and inheritance matters.  He works with families including Texas families and out of state families on a variety of Texas probate, estate, and inheritance issues.  These issues commonly include probating Wills, contesting Wills, fighting will contests, clearing title to estate property, claiming estate property, filing suits to determine rightful heirs of estates, filing breach of fiduciary duty lawsuits, and representing estate administrators.  For more information, please feel free to contact Texas Inheritance Lawyer Jason S. Coomer.


 

Friday, January 24, 2014

Byetta Cancer Health Alert: Persons Taking Byetta and other Diabetes Drugs Should Be Aware of an Increased Risk of Cancer by Texas Byetta Cancer Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Byetta Cancer Health Alert: Persons Taking Byetta and other Diabetes Drugs Should Be Aware of an Increased Risk of Cancer and Consult Their Physician Regarding Potential Thyroid Cancer and Pancreas Cancer Protocols by Texas Byetta Cancer Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Byetta and other diabetes drugs have been linked to an increased risk of thyroid cancer and pancreatic cancer.  Persons taking diabetes drugs and medical providers that are prescribing diabetes drugs should be aware of thyroid cancer risks and pancreatic cancer risks as well as be aware of cancer detection protocols.  Early detection of cancer is essential to preventing the spread of cancer and important to surviving cancer.  Persons that have been taking diabetic drugs and have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer or pancreatic cancer should report the cancer to both their medical provider and the FDA.  Families of loved ones who took diabetes drugs and lost their lives to thyroid cancer or pancreatic cancer should also report the cancer to the FDA.

In addition to reporting thyroid cancer and pancreatic cancer caused by diabetes drugs, it is important that cancer survivors and families that have lost loved ones to diabetes drug cancers file lawsuits to prevent large drug companies from continuing to profit from selling dangerous drugs.  For more information on diabetes drug cancer lawsuits, please contact Diabetes Drug Cancer Lawyer and Byetta Cancer Lawyer, Jason S. Coomer, for a free case review of a Diabetes Drug Cancer Lawsuit.

Pancreatic Cancer Including Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma and other Forms of Exocrine Pancreas Cancers Are Difficult to Diagnose and Are Often Not Diagnosed Until Late in the Course of the Disease
 
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death for both men and women and is one of the most deadly of all types of cancer. This year approximately 45,000 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and about 38,000 will die from it.  One of the reasons that pancreatic cancer is so deadly is that it it difficult to diagnose and the diagnosis is often made late in the course of the disease.  Early detection of pancreatic cancer is essential and will greatly improve a person's chances of surviving the disease. As such, people that have taken diabetes drugs, especially those with symptoms of weight loss, dark urine and clay-colored stools, back pain, and jaundice, should seek advice from a qualified medical professional as to if they may have pancreatic cancer and what symptoms they should be aware of to detect any early onset of pancreatic cancer.

Symptoms of pancreatic cancer can include: dark urine and clay-colored stools, fatigue and weakness, jaundice (a yellow color in the skin, mucus membranes, or eyes), loss of appetite and weight loss, nausea and vomiting, pain or discomfort in the upper part of the belly or abdomen, back pain, blood clots, diarrhea, and indigestion.

Pancreatic cancer is often not detected early on and is often advanced when it is first found.  As such, ninety-five percent of the people diagnosed with this cancer will not be alive 5 years later.  Some patients have pancreatic cancer that can be surgically removed are cured. However, in more than 80% of patients the tumor has already spread and cannot be completely removed at the time of diagnosis.  In the few cases where pancreatic tumors can be removed by surgery. The standard surgical procedure to remove pancreatic tumors is called a Whipple procedure (pancreatoduodenectomy or pancreaticoduodenectomy). This surgery should be done by an experienced surgeon and at a medical center that performs the procedure often. Some studies suggest that the Whipple procedure is best performed at hospitals that do more than five of these surgeries per year.

When the tumor has not spread out of the pancreas, but cannot be removed, radiation therapy and chemotherapy together may be recommended. When the tumor has spread (metastasized) to other organs such as the liver, chemotherapy alone is usually used. The standard chemotherapy drug is gemcitabine, but other drugs may be used. Gemcitabine can help about 25% of patients.

Patients whose tumor cannot be totally removed, but who have a blockage of the tubes that transport bile (biliary obstruction) must have that blockage relieved. There are two approaches including surgery and placement of a tiny metal tube (biliary stent) during ERCP.

Managing pain and other symptoms is an important part of treating advanced pancreatic cancer. Palliative care tams and hospice can help with pain and symptom management, and provide psychological support for patients and their families during the illness. 

Thyroid Cancer Information and Thyroid Cancer Symptoms
 
More than 200,000 people were newly diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2012.  Recent scientific studies have shown that some of these people may have gotten thyroid cancer from taking a diabetes drug.  One such diabetes drug is Byetta.  Recent studies have shown that Byetta increases the risk of thyroid cancer.  Further, many lawsuits are currently being filed alleging that the maker of Byetta failed to provide adequate warnings to consumers and the medical community regarding this risk of thyroid cancer.

Thyroid cancer occurs in the cells of the thyroid.  The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland located at the base of your neck, just below your Adam's apple. Your thyroid produces hormones that regulate your heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature and weight. Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine cancer. It is a malignant tumor or growth originating within the thyroid gland, also called thyroid carcinoma.

The prognosis for any individual with thyroid cancer depends on several factors. These include the type of thyroid cancer, the tumor size, whether the disease has spread (metastasized) to other parts of the body (especially distant sites), and the patients’ age at the time of diagnosis. Thyroid cancer is usually highly treatable when found early and is usually painless and without symptoms in its early stages. Unless there is an obvious neck mass that can be seen, most nodules are detected by chance during a routine physical examination or during a doctor visit for an unrelated purpose.

Some thyroid cancer symptoms include:

    Hoarseness that has no known cause and does not go away

    Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath

    Difficulty swallowing or an unusual sensation (a “lump”) when swallowing

    Nodule (lump) or growth in the neck

    An abnormally large lymph node (a “swollen gland”)that fails to spontaneously shrink over a few months' time

Byetta Cancer Lawsuits and Byetta Cancer Lawyer

It is important that cancer survivors and families that have lost loved ones to diabetes drug cancers file lawsuits to prevent large drug companies from continuing to profit from selling dangerous drugs.  For more information on diabetes drug cancer lawsuits, please contact Diabetes Drug Cancer Lawyer and Byetta Cancer Lawyer, Jason S. Coomer, for a free case review of a Diabetes Drug Cancer Lawsuit.