Legal Question in Medical Malpractice in Georgia

while I was under the treatment of my doctor she prescribed two 500mg capsules of amoxacillin three times daily for chronic sinusitis, a pharmacist without question filled it and as a result I ended up starting to have some of the side effects of the amoxacillin, so I called my doctor and let her know and she reduced the total dosage from 3000mg daily to 2000mg daily. The effects got worse to where I had no choice but to go to the ER because of the severe cramps, nausea, vomiting, bloody stool, dizziness, dehydration etc., the ER doctor said that he had never seen a dosage so high and that I was showing all the symptoms of an overdose, all he could do for me was give me fluids, pain medication and nausea medication as well as tell me not to take the amoxacillin again. I was sent home with a few prescriptions but had to return again to the ER a few days later with the same symptoms, the doctor told me that the amoxacillin had yet to work its way out of my system and had basically wiped out all the good bacteria needed for my body to function. So I was given pain and nausea medication as well as fluids again and sent home with 4 new prescriptions. I have found no studies showing that such a dosage is necessary or safe, and every pharmacist that I have asked with the exception of the pharmacist that filled the prescription said that they would not have filled it and that it is not an FDA approved amount. I don't know what to do but I am now getting medical bills and I don't think that I should have to pay for them, am I in the wrong on this?

Asked on 5/12/11, 12:27 pm

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Whyt would you think you don't have to pay the ER? You needed their help. They helped you. They didn't cause a problem. Pay them.

Answered on 5/12/11, 8:18 pm

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