Re: on medtronic about the law and finding lawyers

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On 11/08/08, Tami wrote:
> As I have mentioned numerous times in this chat room.
> Laws are being passed without our knoweledge. You cannot
> sue a drug or medical device company in most states now
> [one state being Michigan] for a defective product as long
> as it had FDA approval. I have tried to get people to
> contact me to get something going against Medtronics
> before it was too late, but I got little to no response.
> My suggestion is for those of you having problems is to
> see if that law has passed in your state, It is called,
> Federal Preemption Law, if not; write to your congress to
> keep it from passing. I am still going further with all of
> this. If you want to try and do something get in touch
> with me and others and band together. Tami
If everyone who has even had a slight problem with the
stimulators would contact the FDA and file a complaint, you
would all have a chance. I say "you" because so far I have
avoided having one in my back so far. They did put one in my
ankle as a trial and I ended up with a horrible infection.
All I hear from the doctors are Medtronics Stimulator is your
only hope but I feel it is not even an option after reading
everyones responses. If we can't sue Medtronics then everyone
who contacts the FDA will have a profound effect on making
things better for all of us. All the docs getting kick backs
from the medical device companies won't have a product to push
that hurts us in the long run. Medtronics knows they can't be
sued so they don't care how many lives they screw up. Its not
just us in pain going thru the surgery but the lives around us
and the people we have to depend on to help us heal. I'm the
single parent of a 12 year old. I couldn't imagine putting my
son thru any more surgeries or asking him to help me any
longer. His childhood is being robbed. My family and friends
who have helped out even now have lives as well and can't go
thru 2-8 surgeries with me to get rid of the pain. PLEASE
FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE FDA!!!