Last month, Huffington Post published a 58,000 word series on Johnson & Johnson’s illegal marketing of the dangerous drug Risperdal. Risperdal is proven to cause young boys to grow large breasts. The series exposes unethical and illegal behavior from Johnson and Johnson since Risperdal’s release in 1994. We can all take steps to ensure that Johnson...
Huffington Post has published “The Miracle Industry Series,” where the news outlet reveals that Johnson & Johnson spent 20 years marketing the drug Risperdal to children and the elderly. Once again, pharmaceutical profits won out over safety and the truth about the side effects. Huffington Post reveals that Johnson & Johnson’s “strategies, tactics, and mindset...
In July of 2014, 21-year-old plaintiff Shaquil Byrd sued pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson, the manufacturers of the drug Risperdal, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. After taking Risperdal, Byrd had developed gynecomastia in which men develop female breasts. He eventually required surgery to remove them. Recently, it has...
A mother and her son have filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and Jansseen Pharmaceuticals, the makers and manufacturers of Risperdal. Mary Wasserman, mother to 26-year-old Andrew Wasserman, claims that Risperdal, prescribed to her son after medications failed, caused embarrassing and troubling side effects. Since starting to take the medication, Andrew has developed breasts...
Children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other disruptive behavior disorders, who are publicly insured by Medicaid, were typically prescribed Risperdal more often than those not in a lower income socio-economic group. Even though Risperdal was not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ADHD, it was prescribed for an average...
On January 28, 2014, the makers of Risperdal, Johnson and Johnson, successfully appealed a verdict rendered in a Risperdal marketing lawsuit filed on behalf of the state of Louisiana. In a 4-3 decision, the Louisiana Supreme Court found that state prosecutors did not prove the company had violated Louisiana law by making misleading claims regarding...
As Risperdal gynecomastia lawsuits continue to progress in courts all over the United States, one state is taking the initiative to curb the overuse of antipsychotic drugs like Risperdal in children. The initiative is taking place in Ohio and is part of Ohio Minds Matter, an effort by the state to evaluate and improve prescribing...
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