New York Woman Complains Hormone Products Led To Lupus Diagnosis

BROOKLYN - A New York woman alleges in a new complaint that hormone therapy drugs made by Wyeth and Sandoz pharmaceutical companies caused her to develop lupus and left her at risk for other adverse health consequences. Gentle v. Wyeth, et al., No. CV 04 2747 (E.D. N.Y.).

Casorine Gentle filed her complaint July 1 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Gentle says she took prescription medications Premarin®, made by Wyeth, and Estradiol®, made by Sandoz Inc., between 1995 and 2003. She was diagnosed with lupus in 2001 and links the onset to …