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US Drug Watchdog Now Offers Metal on Metal Hip Implant Recipients Concerned About A Device Failure the Names of the Best Attorneys-If A Blood Test Reveals Elevated Metals

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SOURCE: Americas Watchdog

The US Drug Watchdog is now urging all US recipients of a metal on metal hip implant to get a blood test for elevated levels of cobalt, or chromium in their blood, and they are urging all metal on metal hip implant recipients, who have had a all metal hip implant revision surgery to call them at 866-714-6466 for the names of national caliber attorneys that have specialize in failed metal on metal hip implant devices. http://USDrugWatchdog.com

(PRWEB) January 22, 2013

The US Drug Watchdog says, "The New York Times is saying there are 500,000 US recipients of a metal on metal hip implant, and after working on metal on metal hip implant failures for over two years, we are urging all US metal on metal hip implant recipients to get a blood test for elevated levels of cobalt, and chromium in their blood, and we are urging failure victims to call us for the names of national caliber law firms that are working on specific types of metal on metal hip implant failures." The US Drug Watchdog is now calling their defective, or failed metal-on-metal hip implant compensation, and representation initiative their largest medical device victims campaign ever. The goals of this campaign is compensation for what a victim of a metal-on-metal hip implant failure will have to go through, and making certain every victim of a metal-on-metal hip implant has the best possible attorneys, or law firms. All US metal on metal hip implant recipients are encouraged to call the US Drug Watchdog anytime at 866-714-6466 for more information. http://USDrugWatchdog.com

Metal on Metal hip implant manufacturers that are now subject to national litigation over the issue of premature failures:

• DePuy Pinnacle Case Number U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas MDL#2244
• DePuy ASR Case Number Ohio Southern Federal District Court Case Number MDL No. 2197AAJ
• Stryker Rejuvenate Hip Implant Stem Failure Teleseminar: Metallosis with No Metal on Metal Articulation will address the issues surrounding the latest hip replacement systems recall. On July 6, 2012 Stryker issued a voluntary recall of its Rejuvenate and ABG II modular-neck stems in the United States
• Biomet M2a Magnum Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacement U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. (Case No. 3:12-cv-3476) filed on July 2nd 2012
• Zimmer Durom Cup Product Liability mass tort litigation, MDL NO. 2158 (SDW), which is pending in the federal District Court in New Jersey (time frame 2006-July 2008)
• Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Conserve Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation ("MDL No. 2329"). This is now pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

The US Drug Watchdog says, "One of the biggest problems we have with respect to our failed medical device or recalled drug initiative work is the average US consumer never hears about a drug recall or failures involving medical devices like metal-on-metal hip implants. If you have a friend, or loved one who is a recipient of a metal-on metal hip implant that has already failed or is showing symptoms of a failure, or are concerned about a premature failure please call us anytime at 866-714-6466. We want to make certain all metal-on-metal hip implant recipients, who now have a failed hip implant get to the best possible attorneys, to ensure they get the best possible compensation for their ordeal." http://USDrugWatchdog.com

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