Byrd & Associates, PLLC - Founder Isaac Byrd: recipient of the 2002 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from The Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ) Foundation and 2006 recipient of MS Trial Lawyers Highest Honor

Verdicts and settlements

If you have become sick, or if a family member passed away while using a prescription drug such as Vioxx, Bextra, Ortho Evra, Ketek, Advair, Serevent, or Tequin, you may be entitled to compensation by way of a defective drug product liability claim or lawsuit. To schedule a free initial consultation and case evaluation, contact Byrd & Associates in Jackson, Mississippi.

Pharmaceutical drug manufacturers may be held responsible if they knowingly allowed drugs onto the market despite risk of harm to potential consumers. An experienced defective products liability attorney is a valuable resource if you believe you may have been harmed while taking a drug that has been shown to be defective. You may be entitled to compensation for medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, or loss of companionship of your loved one who died while taking a defective pharmaceutical product.

Specifically, Byrd & Associates, PLLC, invites inquiries from members of the public who suffered any of the following symptoms while taking these potentially dangerous drugs:

• Blood Thinner drug Heparin used for treatment of blood clots may cause serious allergic reactions or death
• Cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin was allegedly misrepresented and did not reduce the buildup of artery plaques any better than cheaper statins constituting misrepresentation by manufacturers
• The respiratory antibiotic drug Ketek, administered for treatment of sinusitis, bronchitis, and pneumonia may cause liver failure or death.
• Asthma drug Advair may cause severe asthma attack or death.
• Asthma drug Serevent may cause severe asthma attack or death.
• Antibiotic drug Tequin (used for treatment of lung, sinus or urinary track infections and certain sexually transmitted diseases -- STDs -- may cause high blood sugar [hyperglycemia], low blood sugar [hypoglycemia], kidney damage, kidney disease, or complications of diabetes.

Byrd & Associates has won justice for clients in cases ranging from swimming pool drowning and medical negligence to pharmaceutical and mass torts. Every day, founding attorney Isaac Byrd "awakens knowing that he has made and will continue to make a difference."

Contact a Mississippi defective drug attorney at Byrd & Associates through this Web site to schedule a consultation regarding possible injury suffered as a result of any dangerous drug.