The purpose of a Duragesic pain patch is to manage severe chronic pain by administering small doses of narcotic pain-easing medication at intervals. However, some such Duragesic pain patch devices have proven to be defective while supplying far more dosage of medication than is necessary. These defective Duragesic pain patch devices have hurt and killed many people throughout America.
If you or a loved one has been harmed by a defective Duragesic pain patch, notify an experienced Duragesic pain patch lawyer as soon as possible. Many patients or survivors of patients already have filed a successful pain patch lawsuit against the manufacturer, sometimes resulting in multi-million-dollar recovery.

Only a short time ago, a Duragesic pain patch was a highly popular and lucrative seller for Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical company. First approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1990, they became Johnson & Johnson's eighth top-selling product in 2007, selling $1.16 billion worth of product on the basis of 5.5 million prescriptions.

Yet Johnson & Johnson's pain patches proved defective, with the narcotic drug fentanyl leaking through them, and in 2008 Johnson & Johnson recalled 30 million pain patches due to this defect. Johnson & Johnson also had recalled 2.2 million pain patches in 2004 when it was learned that they had a fold-over defect which administered too much fentanyl too quickly, leading to overdoses which were sometimes fatal.

This fatal fentanyl overdose also arose in other pain patches produced by other manufacturers after Johnson & Johnson's patent on the product expired. Some rival pain patches are defective, while others are not.

But no one should take any chances, given the catastrophic potential of such pain patches. The average person will suffer death upon receiving 8 nanograms of fentanyl, though the lethal range begins at 3 nanograms. For a Duragesic pain patch lawyer to pursue an effective Duragesic pain patch lawsuit, the victim would have to have around 6 nanograms of fentanyl in his or her body. Such a Duragesic pain patch attorney also would benefit from an autopsy report or toxicology report showing that the victim had, in fact, died from fentanyl poisoning.

Such a fatality, by law, is considered a wrongful death. Should someone close to you die as a result of fentanyl patch defects, a wrongful death lawyer or a personal injury lawyer with Jim S. Adler & Associates can fight for financial compensation. Go online to fill out a free case review form, and launch your recovery today.