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Arthritis Drug Settlement
We have a Your Stories Q&A about the arthritis drug Relafen, and its generic counterpart Nabumetone. Some of you who take those medicines are getting $70 checks in the mail, and you're wondering why, and if the money is legitimate.
The check is legitimate. Relafen’s makers just settled a class-action lawsuit, after several consumers and insurance companies claimed they were being charged too much for the drugs.
So anyone who bought Relafen or Nabumetone between September 1st of 1998 and June 13th of 2003 became entitled to some money.
In an effort to make sure as many people as possible got a slice of the $75 million settlement, $25 million of that reserved for consumers, the court requested customer names from ten major retail pharmacies and five major mail order pharmacies.
That's how the claims administrator got your name, and that's how they determined the amount of money you'd receive. But not all pharmacies participated in the lawsuit, so not everyone will get this check.