Protopic Attorneys
On March 15, 2005 the FDA advised health care professionals to prescribe
Elidel and Protopic, only as directed and only after other drugs have
failed to work, due to the high risk of cancer (including skin cancer
and lymphoma) associated with these drugs, especially in young children.
The FDA recently issued a "Black Box Warning" regarding the
use of Protopic and Elidel. A "Black Box Warning" is the most
severe warning that the FDA can issue to the public. The FDA's actions
were taken after recommendations from the FDA's Pediatric Advisory Committee
during its February 15, 2005 meeting.
Fujisawa Pharmaceuticals, the maker of Protopic, said its research indicated
no increase in the rates of lymphoma or skin cancer in users of the drug,
but the FDA has received reports of lymphoma and skin cancer in children
and adults treated with Protopic since its December 2000 approval.
The FDA said the manufacturer has agreed to do more tests to determine
the actual cancer risks in Protopic users, but until then, the FDA has
recommended use of Protopic in children younger than two years of age
be avoided and that it be used only as a second-line agent for short-term
and intermittent treatment in adult patients that have been unresponsive
or intolerant to other treatments.
These companies sold drugs that resulted in the suppression of the body's
internal immune system in order to fight an otherwise treatable external
disease. Their products' active ingredients, known systemically to be
linked to cancer, becomes absorbed into the blood stream of some child.
The products, with the knowledge of their makers, are being used for young
infants, applied over large body surfaces and for sustained lengths of
time - all contrary to the scientific validation to sell the products
these manufacturers provided to the FDA. Finally, the products are being
aggressively marketed coincident with society's steroid fear and hysteria.
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