Some Want Lotronex Back
May 20, 2001
Despite the fact that GlaxoSmithKline was forced to remove Lotronex from the market due to serious and possibly deadly side effects, many consumers who used the product have written the Food and Drug Administration asking that Lotronex be brought back. Lotronex, a medicine prescribed to treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome, offered many consumers some relief from bloating, diarrhea, and severe abdominal pain.
The FDA ordered the removal of the drug just ten months after it was first introduced. This was because at least 70 Lotronex patients developed severe constipation or ischemic colitis. In addition, at least 5 of these patients died. Although these facts are well known, many Irritable Bowel Syndrome sufferers are anxious for a Lotronex resurrection.
-- Article Courtesy of InjuryBoard.com
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