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Jack Taylor

Powers Taylor LLP is a boutique litigation firm that represents people injured by unsafe drugs. The attorneys of Powers Taylor founded this firm to focus on client needs. We employ unique and creative litigation strategies to obtain decisive results for our clients. We understand that people who have taken prescription drugs and suffered unexpected side effects are at a great disadvantage when they bring their claims against the big drug companies. We work with our clients to help them level the playing field. We know that ordinary consumers do not typically have information at their finger-tips to know when their doctors first prescribed a particular drug, or to know whether their pharmacist filled that prescription with the brand name drug or a generic substitute. We help our clients gather the information necessary to file a claim.

FDA Announced Withdrawal of Dexfenfluramine in 1997

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Dexfenfluramine is a weight loss pill marketed with the brand name Redux. It is a serotonin reuptake inhibitor and releasing agent. Redux is actually dexfenfluramine hydrochloride. U.S. Food and Drug administration approved it in 1990 to be used for weight loss. In 1997 FDA announced withdrawal of Dexfenfluramine from the market. It was a result many new evidence surfacing which linked use of...