If you are a resident of Mississippi who has been suffering from adverse side effects after a dialysis treatment using Granuflo, you may have a legal case. According to the FDA, who made a statement in May 2012 claiming that doctors and other health care professionals needed to closely monitor their dialysis patients because the dialysates are likely to contain a much higher content of alkaline chemicals than they had thought originally. Shortly after that in June 2012, the FDA issued a class 1 recall on Granuflo, which stated that it was likely to cause serious injuries and possible fatality.

The following cities in Mississippi are included:

• Jackson
• Gulfport
• Biloxi
• Hattiesburg
• Greenville
• Meridian
• Tupelo
• Southaven
• Vicksburg
• Pascagoula

While Granuflo is designed to help patients with chronic and acute kidney failure, using it without proper dosage puts patients at a much higher risk for bicarbonate overdose. Granuflo, a dry concentrate, and NaturaLyte, a liquid concentrate are both compensates of the final dialysis solution. This solution is diluted with purified water and is combined with sodium bicarbonate, which is used to help cleanse a patients bloodstream and improve kidney function. Since there had been high amounts of alkalines found in a patient’s bloodstream on Granuflo, it is likely to lead to metabolic alkalosis.

Other side effects that had been reported of Granuflo include but are not limited to:

• Low blood pressure (hypotension)
• Cardiac arrest
• Irregular heartbeats
• Other heart problems
• Metabolic alkalosis
• Stroke
• Death

Since the product manufacturers had failed to warn of these serious increased risks when using their product, many have came forward to file a legal claim against them. You may be eligible to file a lawsuit for the pain and suffering their product might have caused you or a loved one.

FRESENIUS DIALYSIS CENTERS IN MISSISSIPPI:

If you or a family member has been suffering adverse side effects of GranuFlo or NaturaLyte after you received a dialysis treatment at any of the following treatment centers in Mississippi, get the legal help you need right away.

• FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE ABERDEEN (308 HIGHWAY 8 W ABERDEEN, MS 39730)
• FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE BROOKHAVEN (534 IRBY DR BROOKHAVEN, MS 39601)
• FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE CANTON (1976 HIGHWAY 43 N CANTON, MS 39046)
• FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY (121 OLD 15 LOOP NEWTON, MS 39345)
• FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE CENTREVILLE (205 E MAIN ST CENTREVILLE, MS 39631)
• FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DIAMONDHEAD (4405 E ALOHA DR SUITE 1 DIAMONDHEAD, MS 39525)
• FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE CORINTH (810 ALCORN DR CORINTH, MS 38834)
• FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DIAMONDHEAD HOME THERAPIES (4405 E ALOHA DR SUITE 1 DIAMONDHEAD, MS 39525)
• FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLLY SPRINGS (1325 HIGHWAY 4 E HOLLY SPRINGS, MS 38635)
• FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE INDIANOLA (627 HIGHWAY 82 W INDIANOLA, MS 38751)