Denture cream containing zinc may have caused your nerve damage.
Attorneys Tim Edwards and Ed Wallis are providing free case evaluations for those affected by zinc poisoning from denture cream products such as Fixodent and PoliGrip. Hundreds of people are suing consumer products giants Procter & Gamble Co., which makes Fixodent, and GlaxoSmithKline, maker of PoliGrip, the Associated Press reported in an article on September 18, 2009.
Lawsuits currently filed claim the denture cream products are defective, that the companies failed to adequately warn people about the potential dangers and that no corrective steps were taken. In fact, on June 4, 2008, the medical journal Neurology published a study about a possible link between denture cream zinc and nerve damage. The study was conducted by doctors at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. The research involved four patients who all used large amounts of denture cream and developed nerve-related disorders.Additionally, the National Institutes of Health has warned consumers that too much zinc can purge the body of copper, and a copper deficiency can cause nerve damage.
Nerve damage may cause symptoms such as:
- weakness and numbness in arms and legs;
- difficulty walking and loss of balance, and
- cognitive or memory impairment.
If you have developed nerve damage after the use of denture cream products such as Fixodent and PoliGrip, please call us as soon as possible. Let us put our experience and expertise to work for you. We are currently helping others who have received a defective Advanced Bionics cochlear implant, Transvaginal mesh/sling devices, or took prescription drugs such as Trasylol, Chantix, Digitek, Byetta, Ortho Evra, Seroquel, Reglan, and Yaz/Yasmin. The firm also handles medical malpractice claims.
You can also read more on our page for denture cream.
Tim Edwards
Ed Wallis
Glassman, Edwards, Wade & Wyatt, PC
26 N. 2nd Street
Memphis, TN 38103
(901) 527-2125
(901) 275-0600 (after hours, weekends)
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