Some Facts to Consider on Zocor Lawsuit Eligibility
Zocor is a prescription high cholesterol drug thought potentially life-threatening. As such, there are now a rising number of personal injury claims being filed against Zocor maufacturer, Merck and Co. Individuals found to suffer serious muscle damage and kidney failure (aka rhabdomyolysis) may be eligible to receive settlements by filing a Zocor lawsuit.
When an individual feels the need to file a Zocor muscle injury lawsuit, or pursue a settlement for muscle-related Zocor side effects, they must first prove having displayed symptoms of muscle disease such as muscle pain and stiffness, joint inflammation and pain, muscle weakness and fatigue, dark colored urine and unexplained fatigue. A doctor can help determine a proper diagnosis.
The symptoms mentioned above are associated with muscle damage and, at times, a debilitating or sometimes fatal condition known as rhabdomyolysis. Such injury has prompted many of those injured to seek compensation through a Zocor muscle injury lawsuit. Rhabdomyolysis results when muscle fibers break down and the released protein (myoglobin) circulates in the bloodstream. As the kidneys works to flush out the myoglobin, they can eventually fail. These patients, if diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, may be eligible to file a Zocor lawsuit.
Another issue that may be used to determine the eligibility of a patient to obtain settlements by launching Zocor lawsuits is the dosage of the medication. This is known as rosuvastatin that was prescribed and taken. There are patients who were prescribed 80mg of Zocor when the drug was newly introduced, since this high dosage is effective in lowering blood cholesterol levels by 6% better than the 40mg dosage. Unfortunately, such high dosage has been directly correlated with serious muscle conditions like rhabdomyolysis, which, as was said above, can be taken as basis of a Zocor lawsuit. It can be said that patients who have been diagnosed with muscle condition from taking the higher amount of Zocor may have more solid legal ground in seeking compensation.
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