C.B. Fleet Recalls Phospho-Soda® Products

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C.B.  Fleet has recalled the Phospho-soda® laxative that it has aggressively promoted since  the early 1990s as a safe bowel cleanser for colonoscopy and medical  procedure preparation. Phospho-soda® is an over-the-counter saline laxative  consisting mostly of monobasic sodium phosphate monohydrate and dibasic sodium  phosphate heptahydrate. It is often taken to prepare for colonoscopy.

Fleet® Phospho-soda® works by drawing liquid from the body into  the colon; therefore it can cause severe dehydration that can lead to kidney  damage.  Phospho-soda® should be used only under  the direction of a physician.  Since 2004, there have been close to  200 individual lawsuits filed against C.B. Fleet across the United States. The plaintiffs in these lawsuits allege that they have suffered kidney failure,  chronic kidney disease, and end-stage renal disease as a direct result  of using Fleet® Phospho-Soda® in a dose recommended by Fleet as "safe."

Medical  research suggests that the incident rate of kidney failure associated with the  use of oral sodium phosphates, such as Phospho-Soda® is 1 in 1,000. The  kidney damage caused by Phospho-soda is often called Acute Phosphate  Nephropathy, Acute Renal Failure, Chronic Renal Failure, or Acute Nephrocalcinosis.

If  you or a loved one have suffered kidney disease or kidney damage that developed  after taking Fleet® Phospho-soda® as a bowel cleanser in preparation for a  colonoscopy or surgery, you may be entitled to compensation for your  injury.  Call one of our Fleet® Phospho-soda® lawyers today. We want  to help.

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