If you or a loved one were given Zostavax and diagnosed with shingles or suffered shingles complications, you may be entitled to recover compensation from a Zostavax lawsuit or settlement.
A team of drug and vaccine injury lawyers is investigating potential lawsuit and settlement cases of patients who claim to have been diagnosed with shingles or to have been suffering from shingles complications after taking the Zostavax shingles vaccine.
Zostavax (zoster vaccine live) is a vaccine designed to prevent shingles in older individuals. Shingles (herpes zoster) is a viral infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. Zostavax contains live varicella-zoster virus. Zostavax has been marketed and sold in the U.S. by Merck since 2006. Zostavax is given via an injection under the skin, typically in the upper arm.
Types of Zostavax Lawsuit Cases
Zostavax lawsuit and settlement cases potentially being investigated include claims of patients who were given a Zostavax vaccine injection and claim to have suffered serious shingles complications, injuries, or side-effects including, among others:
- Shingles outbreak
- Postherpetic neuralgia PHN
- Vision loss (ophthalmic shingles)
- Neuroligical problems
- Autoimmune disease
- Scarring
- Skin infection
Postherpetic neuralgia occurs when damaged nerve fibers send messages of pain from the skin to the brain. Shingles can also potentially cause inflammation of the brain or encephalitis, facial paralysis, or hearing or balance problems.
Shingles Lawsuit Cases
Signs and symptoms of shingles can potentially include:
- Pain, burning, numbness or tingling
- Stripe of blisters around the side of torso
- Rash around eye or on side of neck or face
- Sensitivity to touch
- Red rash that begins a few days after the pain
- Fluid-filled blisters that break open and crust over
- Itching
- Fever or chills
- Upset stomach
- Headache
- Sensitivity to light
- Fatigue
Zostavax lawsuits filed in federal district courts have been consolidated and/or transferred into a multi-district litigation or Zostavax MDL, styled Zostavax (Zoster Vaccine Live) Products Liability Litigation (PAE), Case No. MDL 2848 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Defendants in the Zostavax MDL proceedings have included Merck & Co., Inc. and Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
If you or someone you love took Zostavax and were diagnosed with shingles or have suffered from shingles complications, you may be entitled to compensation from a Zostavax lawsuit or settlement. Contact a drug injury lawyer to request a free case review.
*If you or a loved one are experiencing health issues, side effects or complications after taking a prescription drug or medication, we urge you to promptly consult with your doctor or physician for an evaluation.
**The listing of a company (e.g., Merck) or product (e.g., Zostavax) is not meant to state or imply that the company acted illegally or improperly or that the product is unsafe or defective; rather only that an investigation may be, is or was being conducted to determine whether legal rights have been violated.
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