Much has been written about the infamous "lupron billing fraud case" netting $875 million dollars for the government (see left). However, this page will focus on litigation involving the health risks of lupron as opposed to lupron’s billing fraud lawsuits. At the time of the government's investigation into lupron's billing fraud, I tried to interest the US Attorneys' office into an investigation of lupron's adverse health effects - to no avail. 

If you are thinking of suing Abbott (formerly TAP) or your doctor because of lupron-related health problems, you will need to find a lawyer and doctor.  Recently, a number of law firms have begun to post informational notices about lupron online (for example, see here, or see here or here and here and here), but as of this writing, there is nothing further to report regarding these law firms. In addition, there are several other law firms in several states investigating possible claims involving lupron, and should anything definitive develop with these firms I will post here. ... In my opinion, a class action lawsuit is inevitable.

Be aware of your state’s statute of limitations on filing a lawsuit … there is a finite time period (varies from state to state, and generally is 2 or 3 years) in which you/your lawyer can file suit (unless belated discovery or fraud can be proven), so it is imperative that you understand ‘the clock begins ticking’ as soon as you realize you have been harmed.  Obtain copies of your medical records, and keep a log of your symptoms and complaints to your doctor.

At left, please find an incomplete list of lawsuits involving lupron - as more cases become known, and as I find misplaced slips of papers with other case names on it, more cases will be posted to this list. These particular lawsuits have been brought to my attention either through the newspaper, word of mouth, by internet chatrooms or message boards, or receipt via email, or Lexis Nexis search. The documents attached to several of the product liability or medical malpractice suits at left are all publicly available documents, found within court files that anyone can access if you know the case name, docket number, county, and state. 

All past lupron cases against TAP that I am aware of have been quietly settled, with reported secrecy agreements.  No lupron litigation case that I know of has ever made it to trial.  A trial would allow public scrutiny and expose the dangers, problems and casualities of lupron to the light of day. Instead, all lupron lawsuits appear to be settled with ‘gag orders’ before coming to trial. 

The lawsuits identified only by initials at left are lawsuits I am aware of but for which at present I don’t have any docket number or documents for validation, so these cases will remain unnamed until/unless more information is acquired. * The cases at left with asterisks (*) were obtained through a 12/14/08 search of Federal District Court Filings at www.justia.com, and presently I am unaware of the disposition of these cases.

In my own lawsuit, many lawyers told me I “most definitely ha[d] a case, but without laws and standards [in the field of reproductive medicine] – and without a medical expert” they were unable to help me.  I was told “if you can find the medical expert, we’ll take the case”.  At the time of my lawsuit there was no medical expert willing to speak the truth about the risks and consequences of lupron (but that has thankfully changed), so I had to file my own medical malpractice lawsuits “pro se” – “on my own” without an attorney and without a medical expert.  In the place of "medical expert testimony", I submitted to the court a statement by the National Lupron Victim Network providing expert testimony on lupron (see here), and additional testimony by Gena Corea (see here). I never expected to prevail in my lawsuit, but rather wished to leave 'a paper trail' in the courts for those who followed me. (There was no internet back then!)

I’ve included relevant portions of my brief to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court at left fyi - the omitted portions pertain to matters unrelated to lupron (i.e., breach of confidentiality, breach of contract, bond, statute of limitations, etc.).  Also at left, I've included questions and answers relevant to lupron during discovery in my medical malpractice lawsuit. These interrogatories are from 1993, and my questions at that time were basic - but some of their answers are just plain incredulous - such as "the side effects to lupron are minimal". The page from Boston IVF Clinic's patient brochure describing lupron actually says that side effects to lupron are basically limited to ill men with prostate cancer! 

If you should know of a lupron/leuprolide lawsuit (past or present), please email the case name, state, and docket number and county if known;  and I will try to obtain further information from the courts for posting here. If you have court documents which you would be willing to share, please forward by snail mail (see 'Contact' for address). And if you are the recipient of a TAP secrecy agreement involving a settled lupron litigation, please consider mailing a redacted (whited-out) copy so this (blank) TAP secrecy agreement can be posted for all to see.

Thank you in advance to anyone willing to help bring exposure to the devastation that is lupron.

If posting this public information has brought disquiet to any plaintiffs, I truly regret this - but I believe the need to know (on the part of present and future victims, the public, lawyers, and the medical community) outweigh consideration for sensitivities.

The ultimate goal is to expose the extent of the serious iatrogenic illnesses causally related to lupron, to provide remedy (medicolegal advocacy) for those injured, and to remove lupron from the market so it can never harm again.

This page is under construction.