WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – A man who sought to cure his insomnia and instead ended up impotent can’t sue the maker of the medication he took – a drug known to cause prolonged erections as a side effect.
Delaware Superior Court Judge Paul Wallace ruled for Teva Pharmaceuticals on Jan. 15 in the lawsuit brought by Daniel Camejo, a California man who used Trazodone in 2017 and developed priapism. He didn’t know the condition was a side effect and didn’t seek medical attention for more than 24 hours.
At age 50, he ended up impotent because of it. The drug’s label stated, in capital letters, the risk of priapism that could result impotence.