Your doctor and/or pharmacist have an obligation to warn you about potential side effects of a medication they are prescribing for you. This warning may be in the form of verbal and/or written instructions.

Another type of medication problem that may give rise to a claim is a medication that causes side effects that the manufacturer did not warn the patient about. A most recent example of this is Vioxx, an arthritis medication which has been recently pulled from the market because it causes heart injuries and strokes which were not disclosed to the patients who were prescribed this medication. Attorney Jim Reed from the Ziff Law Firm is currently handling several cases for local persons who suffered heart injuries as a result of taking Vioxx.