The drug Risperdal is a powerful antipsychotic medication originally designed and manufactured to treat otherwise-untreatable symptoms of adult schizophrenia. The drug was historically considered an option of last resort, as it carries a risk of several other side effects that could place patients in grave danger of injury or death.... Read more »

The drug known as Risperdal – which is a highly-powerful antipsychotic treatment option manufactured and marketed by Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Pharmaceuticals – has been implicated in yet another lawsuit alleging the unlawful promotion and marketing of the product, as well as an intentional and unlawful failure to disclose... Read more »

A resident of Minnesota has filed a Risperdal lawsuit, alleging that the medication resulted in gynecomastia and other severe complications. The lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, names Johnson & Johnson Company and Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, as... Read more »

Another Risperdal lawsuit over gynecomastia has been filed, this time in Louisiana. Karon-Jahlil Williams v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, and Janssen Research and Development, L.L.C. (Case # 5:14-cv-03354) was filed on December 2, 2014 in the US. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (Shreveport Division). The... Read more »

The powerful prescription medication Risperdal, which is classified as an “atypical antipsychotic,” was recently implicated in a federal personal injury lawsuit filed in United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. At the heart of the plaintiff’s complaint is the assertion that her minor child was wrongfully exposed... Read more »

As the wave of lawsuits involving antipsychotic drug Risperdal continues to gain momentum, several key cases are slated for trial in the coming months in Pennsylvania state court. These suits involve allegations made on behalf of males who suffered excessive breast development after taking the medication in their youth. Johnson &... Read more »

Lawsuits have been piling up against Merck & Co. with regard to the defendants’ medication, Propecia (finasteride). The lawsuits typically claim that the drug is unreasonably dangerous and defective, and that it has caused severe side effects. Now, a Florida resident has filed a new Propecia lawsuit claiming breast cancer... Read more »

According to the findings of a new study, published by the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, the powerful antipsychotic drug Risperdal shows a positive correlation to the development of abnormal breast tissue in men – a condition known as gynecomastia. The study specifically concluded that the risk of gynecomastia extends not... Read more »

The atypical antipsychotic Risperdal continues to fuel litigation, as scores of male patients claim they developed breasts after taking the drug as children and adolescents. Court dockets indicate some 500 Risperdal lawsuits pending against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, which has already settled a handful of claims (under confidential terms)... Read more »