A new study found that the side effects of testosterone therapy may not be limited to cardiovascular issues — it can also cause bone damage. This new information could ultimately complicate thousands of lawsuits that claim testosterone replacement drugs can exacerbate the risk of heart attacks, strokes and blood clots.
According to a report in The Legal Examiner, the new study published in Orthopedics indicates that testosterone replacement drugs can interact with thrombophilia, causing osteonecrosis and later, bone damage.
In the study, researchers examined patients who had been diagnosed with osteonecrosis after beginning testosterone therapy. The researchers honed in on the way testosterone drugs interacted with the previously undiagnosed thrombophilia of patients and determined that there was a correlation between testosterone replacement drugs and osteonecrosis.
According to The Legal Examiner, all federally filed testosterone replacement lawsuits were merged into a single court in the Northern District of Illinois in June 2014. Since the consolidation, thousands of lawsuits have entered the litigation. There are currently 3,500 cases pending.
Testosterone therapy patients that were diagnosed with osteonecrosis after taking the medication could be eligible to add a lawsuit to the thousands awaiting litigation with this newly demonstrated link between thrombophilia and osteonecrosis.
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