Dennis Quaid Sues Drug Company After Overdose Incident

Dennis Quaid and his wife, Kimberly have filed suit against Baxter Healthcare Corp., the makers of the drug Heparin on Tuesday after the massive overdose incident on their newborn twins.

The couple’s newborn twins Zoe Grace and Thomas Boone were mistakenly given a massive overdose of the anti-coagulant drug last month while hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. The Quaid’s attorney says the twins “were very critical for a while,” but appear to have recovered and “everything looks good.”

Quaid’s attorney said they filed suit because they want to prevent this from happening to any other children. The suit claims the Baxter is liable and negligent because the packaging of the 10 unit vial of Heparin looks almost exactly as the 10,000-units-per-milliliter vial of the drug.

Three children died in Indiana from a similar mix-up with the drug. More would have.

Quiad have yet to sue the Cedars, the hospital where her wife delivered their twin baby who should be responsible for the incident as well.

Baxter issued a news release outlining the company’s new “drug safety initiative” that promises to change the labeling of Heparin vials when they learn about the lawsuit.

As we’re sorry for such incident to happen on Quiad newborn twins, at the same time being really thankful for the publicity placed into this due to Quiad celebrity status, otherwise, more would have to die before something is done.

Well wishes to the twins.

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