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"Thousands of American women, including hundreds in Ohio, are filing
lawsuits against Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, alleging that its
hormone-replacement medications caused breast cancer, blood clots and
other
serious health problems.
Two local women -- one from Stark County, the other from Wayne County
-- are
the latest to file suit.
Columbus lawyer Gerald Leeseberg filed the suits recently in U.S.
District
Court in Cleveland on behalf of Jennifer Brubaker of Doylestown and
Rose Ann
Mastroine of Waynesburg. Both women contend that their use of
Wyeth-produced
hormone-replacement therapy led to their breast cancers.
The lawsuits allege that Premarin, Provera and Prempro are "dangerous
and
defective drugs."
Wyeth spokesman Doug Petkus declined to comment on the cases brought by
Brubaker and Mastroine because he was not aware that they'd been filed.
Wyeth faces between 3,600 and 5,500 lawsuits by women who say they were
harmed by hormone therapy. "
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