Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/ Toxic Epidural Necrolysis Claims

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome is a medical condition that happens when a medication causes a severe reaction involving the skin and the mucous membranes.  Toxic Epidural Necrolysis is a condition that can occur after a Stevens-Johnson Syndrome gets worse.  A patient is diagnosed with having Toxic Epidural Necrolysis when there is more than 30% skin involvement. Over 200 different medications are linked to Stevens-Johnson Syndrome reactions.  It is believed that more than 500,000 people each year have Stevens-Johnson Syndrome reactions to medication. Females are found to have more reactions than males.   Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidural Necrolysis can be life-threatening and early medical treatment is crucial to trying to stop the condition from worsening. 

Sometimes, doctors or other medical professionals write prescriptions for medications that can cause these severe medical conditions, and the medical providers can be guilty of malpractice and can be held responsible if they knew, or should have known, of the patient’s allergies to certain medications and wrote the prescription anyway.  In addition, pharmacies can also be responsible for these medical conditions if they filled a prescription for a medication when the pharmacy was on notice of the patient’s drug allergies and the medication dispensed was a known danger to the patient.  There are also cases where a medical provider fails to recognize, or properly treat, a reaction to medication, and this failure to recognize the allergic reaction symptoms causes the reaction to progress to Stevens-Johnson Syndrome or even Toxic Epidural Necrolysis. 

If you or a loved one have suffered from Stevens-Johnson Syndrome or Toxic Epidural Necrolysis because of a reaction to a medication, and that condition has resulted in a hospitalization, you need to call our firm now at (678) 831-8875. 

Our legal team has experience in suing medical professionals and pharmacies because of errors made that led to Stevens-Johnson Syndrome or Toxic Epidural Necrolysis, and our team has recovered significant compensation for injured clients who suffered from medical errors that caused Stevens-Johnson Syndrome.  We offer FREE consultations for these medical malpractice cases.  If we end up taking on your case, you pay no money upfront to hire us, and we only get paid at the end when we get you a recovery of money for your injuries, harms and losses.   

Drugs Linked to Steven-Johnson Syndrome

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome or Toxic Epidural Necrolysis can be caused by many different prescription and over-the-counter medications, depending on your allergies to these medications, or medications closely related to ones you are allergic to.  The following is a list of some of the epilepsy medications, antibiotics and anti-inflammatory pain medicines that are most commonly associated with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome or Toxic Epidural Necrolysis:

• Allopurinol/Zyloprim/Aloprim;
• Carbamazeine
• Dilantin/Phenytoin; 
• Ibuprofen/Advil/Motrin
• Lamotrigine/Lamictal;
• Meloxicam/Piroxicam:
• Naproxen/Aleve;
• Nevirapine;
• Phenobarbitone; and,
• Sulfamethoxazole and other sulfa type antibiotics.

Symptoms associated with an allergic reaction typically present within the first few days, and sometimes weeks, of taking the medication.  There are greater risks with higher doses of medication and symptoms can be seen in just a few hours.  This is why it is recommended for medications associated with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome reactions to be started at very low levels and then slowly be increased, over time, with close monitoring by a medical professional. 

The symptoms of Stevens-Johnson syndrome can start out looking like very common medical conditions, such as:

• A sore throat.
• A cough.
• A fever.
• Itching or burning eyes.
• A rash or hives.

The symptoms can progress to more significant problems, such as:

• Blisters in or around the mouth.
• Swelling of the tongue.
• Swelling of the face.
• Swelling in the throat.
• Sores on the skin.

The condition can even progress to very serious medical conditions, such as:

• Meningitis.
• Sepsis.
• Organ Failure.
• Death.

Some medication manufacturers fail to include adequate warnings on their prescribing labels, boxes, or package inserts that their medication can cause Stevens-Johnson Syndrome or Toxic Epidural Necrolysis.  This could even lead to a failure to warn legal case against the drug company who made and sold the medication.

If you or a loved one have suffered from Stevens-Johnson Syndrome or Toxic Epidural Necrolysis because of a reaction to a medication, and that condition has resulted in a hospitalization, you need to call our firm now at (678) 831-8875. 

Our legal team has experience in suing medical professionals and pharmacies because of errors made that led to Stevens-Johnson Syndrome or Toxic Epidural Necrolysis, and our team has recovered significant compensation for injured clients who suffered from medical errors that caused Stevens-Johnson Syndrome.  We offer FREE consultations for these medical malpractice cases.  If we end up taking on your case, you pay no money upfront to hire us, and we only get paid at the end when we get you a recovery of money for your injuries, harms and losses.   

CONTACT US NOW AT (678) 831-8875.