Legal Opinion
In the Matter Of: Synthroid Marketing Litigation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 31, 2001No. 00-3164, 00-3183, 00-3262, 00-3285, 00-3290 to 00-3293, 00-3302, 00-3303, 01-2000PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Hypothyroidism occurs when the thyroid gland fails to produce sufficient hormones. Symptoms include fatigue, extreme sensitivity to cold, joint pains, muscle aches, and weight gain. Left untreated, victims eventually suffer hair loss, numbness in the limbs, depression, and mental confusion. For more than 40 years hormone-replacement therapy based on levothyrox-ine sodium has been used to alleviate these symptoms. Introduced during the 1950s, Synthroid was the first orally administered levothyroxine product. This synthetic derivative of thyroxine is a “narrow…
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