{"id":382438,"date":"2010-03-02T19:28:33","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T00:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef01310f5545f2970c"},"modified":"2010-03-02T22:08:04","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T03:08:04","slug":"botox-not-at-fault-in-girls-death-orange-county-jury-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/382438","title":{"rendered":"Botox not at fault in girl&#8217;s death, Orange County jury finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbnail\" style=\"width: 299px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kristen Spears\" border=\"0\" class=\"leadphoto \" height=\"383\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktla.com\/media\/photo\/2010-01\/51905128.jpg\" style=\"float: left; margin: 3px;\" title=\"Kristen Spears\" width=\"299\"><\/img><\/p><\/div>\n<p>An Orange County jury Tuesday ruled against the mother of a Texas girl who contended Botox injections killed her 7-year-old daughter. <\/p>\n<p>The verdict came in what is believed to be the first case to come to trial alleging the botulinum toxin-based drug contributed to a death. At question was the safety of the blockbuster cosmetic drug in the higher dosages used to treat children with cerebral palsy.<\/p>\n<p>Dee Spears, of Amarillo, Texas, had alleged her daughter Kristen died as a result of receiving large doses intended to reduce limb spasticity. <\/p>\n<p>Allergan Inc., the Irvine-based manufacturer, said in a statement that \u201cthe jury\u2019s conclusion supports the evidence that Botox played no role in the passing of Kristen Spears.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe evidence presented in this case and acknowledged by the jury showed that Kristen died as a direct result of the progression of her condition, and that any symptoms or issues affecting Kristen\u2019s health were present before Kristen first received treatment with Botox,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>Botox, best known as a face-lift-in-a-syringe, can relax contorted muscles and sometimes help young patients walk without surgery. Kristen Spears began getting Botox injections at the age of 6 to calm spasms in her legs. The girl died on Nov. 24, 2007, at the age of 7. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Testimony in the trial began Jan. 27. The jury deliberated less than three days. <\/p>\n<p>The verdict comes less than a year after federal authorities mandated &quot;black box&quot; labels that warn of potentially serious reactions to Botox. <\/p>\n<p>Several other suits\u00a0related to the drug\u2019s cosmetic and non-cosmetic use are pending.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Lisa Girion<\/p>\n<p>Photo: L.A. Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Orange County jury Tuesday ruled against the mother of a Texas girl who contended Botox injections killed her 7-year-old daughter. The verdict came in what is believed to be the first case to come to trial alleging the botulinum toxin-based drug contributed to a death. At question was the safety of the blockbuster cosmetic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4566,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-382438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4566"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}