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Fosamax Femur Fracture Lawsuits Revived

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5000 Fosamax Lawsuits Could Be Heading Back to Court

Santa Clara, CAAbout 5,000 Fosamax personal injury cases have been given renewed life this week, after the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit overturned an earlier dismissal of multidistrict litigation (MDL) which claims users of Merck's osteoporosis drug suffered femur fractures.

The cases had been dismissed based on Merck's labeling pre-empting liability. However, Plaintiffs’ attorneys state that the previous ruling had erroneously concluded that a "convoluted and watered-down" label change proposed to the FDA by Merck was sufficient to win federal pre-emption for the company from state claims for failure to warn.

Fosamax (Alendronate) belongs to a class of drugs called bisphosphonates, which are prescribed to increase bone density in patients (mainly menopausal women) with osteoporosis. Fosamax side effects include Fosamax osteonecrosis, also known as Fosamax dead jaw, and recently Fosamax femur fractures. Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) is a disease in which bone tissue in the jaw does not heal after minor traumas such as tooth extraction or oral surgery.

In 2008, researchers at Cornell University Medical School released a major study revealing that Fosamax patients are more than 125 times as likely to suffer non-traumatic femur fractures than patients who have not taken Fosamax.

In 2013, Merck reached a separate settlement of $27 million with approximately 1,200 Fosamax users who suffered necrosis of the jawbone.

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I sustained a complex femur fracture in 2011 as a result of taking Fosomax and Actonel. I hired an attorney to represent me in a class-action lawsuit. I required titanium rods in my right leg and hip.After many years of waiting, I still have not received any compensation for all of my pain and misery. IIs there anything I can do? My attorney has not been forthcoming on my behalf and I am not happy with his representation

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