Posted by Lou on 5/17/05

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I have been diagnosed with a cronic active hepatitis c.
Before choosing a most appropriate therapy, a
gastroeterologist requested an extensive laboratory blood
analysis and a liver biopsy test. When those were reviewed
the phisician prescribed a particular combination therapy
(a particular type of a subcutaneous interferon injestion
and an antiviral capsules to be taken together)to follow
during the next 12 months. After an almost 6 months period
of being on this medication, the pharmacy admitted that
they did not read the prescription fully and were issuing
a wrong type of injection. They were reading only the main
name of the drug but did not read the phisician's foot
note describing which particular type of this drug he
found to be appropriate to treat my desease most
effectively. I feel that the pharmacy was negligable and I
am very concern that I did not achieve a full benefit of
chemotherapy and possibly did more damage to my liver and
certainly lost a chance to treat this desease ever again
and eventually die from a progresive liver failure. The
drugs are so complex and its side effects very dificult to
endure. Moreover, these drugs are not even covered anymore
by my insurance company. Please, help me understand if I
have any legal grounds to sue this pharmacy and seek any
damages and how to go about this process. Thank you.

Wrongly filled prescription, 5/17/05, by Lou.

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