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Pain Pump Manufacturers Refused to Listen

The improper use of pain pumps have caused chondrolysis in patients, a painful and debilitating condition in shoulder surgery patients. The manufacturers of pain pumps were denied approval by the Food and Drug Administration because of how they instructed the insertion of its product directly into the joint.

When pain pumps are used correctly, by insertion into the area around the tissue, they offer a convenient alternative to oral or intravenous painkillers. In the late 1990s pain pump manufacturers first sought out approval of their products by the FDA.

In order to gain permission safety studies would need to be done and the results reported back to the FDA. Pain pump manufacturers never composed a safety study and began to promote their products to physicians.

Physicians began to see their patients develop chondrolysis and lawsuits from all over the country have been filed in state and federal courts.

Surgeons are safe from prosecution because they were following the directions in accordance to how pain pump manufacturers instructed the use.

Pain pump manufacturers have received over 140 lawsuits and many more are forthcoming.

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