Trulicity Lawsuit Attorneys

Recent research has shown that a class of popular drugs that are used to control diabetes is associated with a painful and debilitating stomach condition. Drugs like Trulicity have been shown to cause stomach paralysis, where patients take far longer to digest their food. This condition is called gastroparesis, and it can cause significant side effects.

If you have taken Trulicity, and you are suffering from gastroparesis, you may be entitled to financial compensation. First, you need to contact an experienced lawyer who can file a Trulicity lawsuit on your behalf. The Pensacola injury attorneys at Stevenson Klotz Injury Lawyers work for clients like you who have been injured by the products that they trusted.

Trulicity Has Become an Extremely Popular Drug to Treat Diabetes

Trulicity is a drug that is meant to reduce the symptoms associated with Type-2 diabetes. The drug is intended to stimulate the body’s production of insulin.

Trulicity is supposed to mimic a human hormone called GLP-1. The main role of this hormone is to increase the body’s production of insulin. GLP-1 also inhibits glucagon secretion, which releases glucose into your bloodstream, thereby raising your blood sugar.

Patients take Trulicity once weekly. It is an injectable medication that is obtainable only through a doctor’s prescription. The drug is intended for use by patients who are aged 10 and older. The warnings specifically indicate that it is not to be used in patients who have a history of pancreatitis.

Trulicity is made by Eli Lilly. It was approved for use by the FDA in 2014. Since then, Trulicity has become Eli Lilly’s most profitable drug. It is one of the top-20 drugs in the world by sales volume. For example, in 2022, Eli Lilly reported that Trulicity was responsible for over $7 billion in revenues. The drug is clearly a major contributor to the company’s bottom line.

Issues with Trulicity for weight loss

One of the reasons why Trulicity has proven to be so popular is that doctors have begun prescribing it for weight loss. The drug has appetite-suppressing effects. Even though Trulicity is not a diet drug per se, studies have shown that it can help patients lose weight. Diabetes drugs have now become popular for weight loss, as doctors can now prescribe them for this usage.

Trulicity is part of a category of drugs called incretin mimickers. Other drugs in this class include:

• Saxenda
• Wegovy
• Ozempic
• Victoza

Trulicity Has Been Associated with a Number of Dangerous Side Effects

However, Trulicity has not proven to be entirely safe. The most common side effect of the drug is gastrointestinal distress. Some patients have experienced problems that are far worse. The drug was associated with serious health issues not long after it debuted on the market.

The Food and Drug Administration believes that incretin mimickers are dangerous. Even before the FDA approved Trulicity, it issued a warning about a possible connection between this class of drugs and pancreatic cancer.

Previously, there were over 750 lawsuits against Eli Lilly over claims that Trulicity caused patients to develop pancreatic cancer. These lawsuits were initially dismissed by the district court before a federal appellate court revived the lawsuit. Other manufacturers of drugs in this class also faced numerous lawsuits filed by patients who developed pancreatic cancer.

Drugs in Trulicity’s Class Have Been Shown to Drastically Slow Digestion

Now, information has emerged that a drug in the same class as Trulicity has been shown to cause stomach paralysis. Researchers studied liraglutide (the generic version of Saxenda).

They reached the conclusion that those who take liraglutide have digestion that was far slower than those who took the placebo. It took roughly seventy minutes for half the contents of a meal to leave their stomachs, as opposed to four minutes for those who took the placebo.

What Is Gastroparesis, and How May it Affect Patients Taking Trulicity?

This condition is known as gastroparesis, otherwise called stomach paralysis. Here, the stomach muscles contract far slower than they would need to in order to effectively digest food.

The food is then stuck in the stomach and is not timely passed to the intestines.

Gastroparesis can cause a number of painful symptoms, including:

• Acid reflux
• Bloating
• Constipation
• Loss of appetite
• Malnutrition

Perhaps the most serious condition associated with stomach paralysis is a blockage of the bowels that could require surgery.

There is no known cure for gastroparesis. Patients who develop this condition will need to live with it for the rest of their lives, doing the best that they can to manage the symptoms.

Attorneys are currently investigating the connection between Trulicity and stomach paralysis.

Given the number of people who have taken Trulicity, there is a possibility of many lawsuits being filed against Eli Lilly.

If you have taken Trulicity, and you have developed stomach paralysis, you may be able to file a product liability lawsuit against Eli Lilly. Our lawyers can go to work to prove that Trulicity is defective, and it caused your gastroparesis.

Once you hire us for your case, our diabetes drug lawyers can do the following for your case:

• Review the facts of your case to ascertain your damages.
• Prepare and file a lawsuit complaint on your behalf, arguing why Trulicity is defective and why you deserve financial compensation.
• Work with expert witnesses to prove how Trulicity is a defective drug.
• Aggressively pursue evidence from Eli Lilly during the discovery process, including what the company may have known when they were developing and testing the drug.

Contact Our Skilled Product Liability Attorneys Today

If you have been injured after taking Trulicity, or any other defective drug, you may be entitled to substantial financial compensation. The attorneys at Stevenson Klotz Injury Lawyers fight against large companies whose products have injured patients who placed trust in them. We are lawyers handling Trulicity lawsuits and are passionately committed to justice for our clients, and we are unafraid of any big business, no matter how formidable their lawyers are.

First, you need to bring your injury case to us. You can send us a message online or call us today at 850-444-0000 to speak to a lawyer during a free initial consultation.

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