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Breast implant Claim Helpline Can Help You
If you have filed a dow corning silicone breast implant claim prior to 1994 and have pending status on a DOW Corning Trust Claim we can help you.
Contact the Dow Corning silicone Breast Implant Claim Helpline and Speak to a female Medical Social Worker about your Dow breast Implant Claim and Complications. We will help you locate a female breast Implant Lawyer. The breast implant Helpline is supporting and assisting women breast Implant victims nationwide. If you need help with Dow silicone Breast Implant Litigation Cases dealing with the Settlement Facility-Dow Corning Trust (SF-DCT) or the Revised Settlement Plant (RSP) – MDL-926 Claims Office contact the silicone breast Implant lawyers of the Dow corning silicone Breast Implant Helpline and speak to our female medical social worker today. We are here to assit women with legal issues regarding their Dow claims for implants prior to 1994.
You must have a current claim filed.
History of Silicone Breast Implants
In 1992, the FDA approved an adjunct study protocol for silicone gel-filled breast implants for reconstruction and revision patients. Three years later in 1995, the major manufacturer of silicone and other implants, Dow Corning Corp. faced 19,000 lawsuits for defective breast implants, forcing the company to file bankruptcy.
About Siicone Breast Implants
Silicone gel-filled breast implants have a silicone outer shell that is filled with silicone gel. They come in different sizes and have either smooth or textured shells. Silicone gel-filled breast implants were approved for breast augmentation in women age 22 or older and for breast reconstruction in women of any age. They are also used in revision surgeries, which correct or improve the result of an original surgery. However what appeared to be beneficial to woman turned out to be one of the biggest disasters in medical implant History. Research has shown that breast implants have caused woman to suffer life-threatening side effects, including pain and cancer. Breast implant lawyers are helping victims of breast implant related diseases and complications
Medical Studies have shown that there is probably nothing that you can place in the human body that the body will not attempt to break down. Silicone implants in the body are broken down over time through a lipolysis reaction. Most silicone-filled breast implants leak or rupture within 8 to 15 years.
Breast Implant Diseases and Complications
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently warned that both silicone and saline breast implants may be associated with anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a rare form of cancer. thousands of women who have had their implants for one or two decades now are seeking medical help for symptoms which resemble arthritis, fibromyalgia, scleroderma, connective tissue disorders, and/or immune dysfunction and seem to be associated with their breast implants.
Additonial Silicone breast Implant Complications Include:
- Breast Pain
- Upper and Lower Back Pain
- dry eyes
- joint pain and swelling
- myalgias
- chronic fatigue
- Lupus
- numbness and tingling in extremities
- photosensitivity
- Chemical Sensitivities
- Muscle Pain, Stiffness, Unusual Fatigue
- Excessive Hair Loss
- Achy or Swollen Joints
- Extreme fatigue
- Skin Rashes
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Polymyositis-Dermatomyositis
- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
- Scleroderma
- Sjogren's syndrome
- Anemia
- Sensitivity to Sunlight
- Kidney Problems
- Fever
- Difficulty Swallowing or Breathing
Breast Implant complications may be serious. You must see a physician immediately.
Symptoms of Lupus
- Fatigue and fever
- Joint pain, stiffness and swelling
- Butterfly-shaped rash on the face that covers the cheeks and bridge of the nose
- Skin lesions that appear or worsen with sun exposure
- Fingers and toes that turn white or blue when exposed to cold or during stressful periods (Raynaud's phenomenon)
- Shortness of breath
- Chest pain
- Dry eyes
- Headaches, confusion, memory loss
FDA and Effects of Silicone breast implants on Children
At this time, it is not known if a small amount of silicone may pass through from the breast implant silicone shell into breast milk during breastfeeding. Although there are currently no established methods for accurately detecting silicone levels in breast milk, a study measuring silicon (one component in silicone) levels did not indicate higher levels in breast milk from women with silicone gel-filled implants when compared to women without implants.
In addition, concerns have been raised regarding potential damaging effects on children born to mothers with implants. Two studies in humans have found no increased risk of birth defects in children born to mothers who have had breast implant surgery. Although low birth weight, was reported in a third study, other factors (for example, lower pre-pregnancy weight) may explain this finding.
Manufacturers Involved in the Settlement Claims
- Dow Corning
- Heyer Schulte
- American Hospital Supply
- Natural Y
- Surgitek
- Replicon
- Mentor
-
Cui
- Brystol Meyer Squibb
- Medical Engineering
- McGhan Medical
- 3M/MCGhan
- Dow Corning
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Baxter health care
In the U.S the implants sold by Allergan Inc. and Johnson & Johnson's unit Mentor were huge. Allergan’s implant business totaled about $300 million in sales for 2010.In 1995, Dow Corning Corp., a former silicone-gel implant maker, filed for bankruptcy after being hit with thousands of product liability lawsuits over its implants. The company has paid out about $2.35 billion in claims
Breast Implant Claims
MDL-926 Breast Implant Revised Settlement Program:
The Revised Settlement Program (RSP) permanently closed on 12/15/10. If your diesease claim was received by Claims Office before the deadline and you receive a deficiency notice you will have one year from the letter date to correct the deficiency.
If you are a registered claimant of the MDL 926 and have filed prior to 12/15/10 and received a deficiency notice contact the Breast Implant Helpline. If yiu have submitted additional supporting documentation and received a denial in 2011 contact the Breast Implant Helpline.
If you are a registered claimant in the MDL 926 Revised Settlement Program, and have the following:
- Already filed a Disease Claim prior to the 12/15/2010 deadline
- Received a deficiency notice
- Submitted additional supporting medical records prior to 12/15/2010
- Received a denial in 2011
You have the right to appeal the Claims Offices' ruling within 45 days of notification of your denial.
Dow Settlement Facility -Dow Corning Trust and Your Silicone Breast Implants
On 09/06/01 The Settlement Facility – Dow Corning Trust (the "SF-DCT") was created to administer silicone gel and implant claims against Dow Corning. You may contact the SF-DCT toll-free at 1-866-874-6099 or (713) 874-6099. SF-DCT and the RSP Claims Office are two separate entities. However, this maize can become extremely confusing very quickly. If you do not have a breast implant lawyer to assist you contact the Breast Implant Helpline Today.
The Settlement Facility for the Dow Corning Trust (SF-DCT) is processing class 5 claims. Class 7 claims have not been completed yet.
11,000 claimants have been approved for either an Expedited Release Payment of $600.00 or a Disease Cash-Out Offer of $3,000.00. Total payments to date from the Class 7 Fund are $15.5 million. The total fund is $57.5 million NPV.
The Settlement Facility is still reviewing Proof of Manufacturer Claims in Class 7 and is expected to complete all Proof of Manufacturer reviews within the next year.
A Dow corning silicone breast implant Lawyer can help You
- Help you respond to your deficiency notice
- Get help with proof of manufacturer
- Get help with proof of disease diagnosis
- Help you with you Dow Corning Trust and the Dow Corning Trust Settlement Facility requirements and interfacing
- Help You with any of the Settlement trust office communications
- Be your ally and confidant and help you deal with the process of your Breast implant claim
- Offer support and guidance
Contact the dow corning silicone breast implant Helpline Immediately If you need help with your proof of Manufacturer or obtaining medical records regarding proof of disease from your silicone Breast Implants.
For help with your dow corning silicone breast implant claim or to speak to a medical social worker and a female dow corning silicone breast implant "breast Implant lawyer" contact the Dow corning silicone Breast Implant Helpline today.
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