Surviving Husband of Addicted Stadol User Sues Bristol-Myers

JACKSON, Miss. - The surviving husband of a Mississippi woman who took Stadol to treat a migraine headache has sued the drug's manufacturer claiming that it conspired to hide the nasal spray's addictive qualities from the FDA so that it could reap millions in profits. Bridges v. Nastech Pharmaceutical Company, Inc., No. 3:02cv35 (S.D. Miss.).

In a complaint filed Jan. 9 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Joseph Randy Bridges alleges that Nastech Pharmaceutical Company, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and others breached several guidelines, including federal RICO laws, when it represented to consumers that Stadol was …