Following the recall of the ASR XL Acetabular Systemand the ASR Hip Resurfacing System, recipients of these DePuy implants could be unsure what the first thing to do would be. While seeing your doctor and consulting an experienced product liability attorney are both highly important, hip replacement patients should undergo a complete medical evalution first before anything else.

On average, a hip replacement implant should have a lifespan of about 15 years. But a five-year failure rate have been reported of the said devices. 1 out of 8 recipients need to undergo a second round of surgery because the recalled hip implants had side effects that gave the patients tremenduous pain and complications.

If you are one of the those who received one of the two DePuy implants and it is failing, chances are you are currently experiencing the side effects associated with the design flaw. Pain, difficulty walking, swelling, and stiffness around your hip are just a few of the suffering you have to go through. A faulty ASR could mean a second hip replacement surgery. However, not all patients experience the same side effects. Some even experience none at all. To be sure, you have to go through a medical evaluation to test your ASR.

DePuy requests that recipients contact their ASR Call Center before consulting your surgeon. Apparently, this is for them to help you initiate the claims process. But this process is highly deceptive as recordings made during these calls can be used against your lawsuit and/or minimize your claim. It is strongly suggested that you refrain from doing so before consulting legal help.

After having the evaluation, you should consult with a product laibility experienced in hip replacement suits. Speaking with DePuy representatives could give you compensation for your out of pocket expensives but the company has not made any indication that they are willing to compensate your loss and suffering. Having legal cousel would make your case almost impervious to deceptive claims made by the manufacturer. For all your losses, financial or otherwise, to be reimbursed, you should seek the advice of a hip replacement lawyer.

When DePuy announced a product recall for their metal hip replacement implants last August, the entire American population was alarmed. Unlike any other pharmaceutical company requesting a recall for a certain type of drug, a recall for hip implants received by more than ninety thousand people cannot be remedied by simply throwing a bottle of pills to the trash.

The recall was due to the “metal on metal” hip implants’ high failure rate. DePuy’s ASR Hip Resurfacing System fails in about 12% of the recipients and the ASR XL Acetabular System fails in about 13% of patients. The worse part is, DePuy reported to have sold about 93,000 implants in the past year, which means that today, more than 11,000 people are likely to experience problems from the DePuy hip replacement devices.

If you went through a hip replacement surgery in the last two years and found out that
you received a hip replacement implant from DePuy, the logical thing to do is to contact an attorney and file a case… but not so fast.

The recall of the defective hip implants has inspired hundreds new websites intended for people who might have been affected by the products and are thinking of filing a case against DePuy. These websites appear to be sponsored or affiliated with a law firm at first glance, and that any information that the patient gives will be passed on to a lawyer for a personal case review. However, these websites are not affiliated with any law firm, and were actually created and run by a marketing company.

These websites will ask for your name, phone numbers, home address and email address plus some information about your condition or complaint, promising to give you a “free case review”. But if you thoroughly read the fine print, these websites are going to use your personal information for marketing and promotional purposes.
When you submit your personal information and your contact information, you are actually agreeing to receive “future advertisements” from the website, which in simpler terms, mean spam. If the website says your case “will be reviewed by one or more attorneys and/or law firms”, there is a huge chance that the marketing company running the website will be selling your information to as many law firms as possible.

It is understandable to have the need to seek legal help, but be very careful in giving away personal information online. Look for a specific name of a lawyer or a law firm in the website, and read the Terms and Conditions of the website. Protect yourself from being scammed.

If you need more help, you can visit the DePuy Hip Recall Lawsuit Information Web Site.