Legal Question in Medical Malpractice in Pennsylvania

Re: Medications

First and foremost, your wife's medical treatment is most important. She should see her doctor, show him the prescription bottle and pills she got, explain to him exactly how many of the wrong pills she took and what happened as a result. Hopefully there will be no long-term problems.

Second, don't give the mistaken pills or bottle back to CVS. The unused pills shouldn't be reissued, and the bottle is important evidence.

Finally, once the medical issues are resolved, you can consult an attorney to see if there's a potential case. It's certainly negligence for a pharmacist to give the wrong pills, so the main issue is whether the expenses of bringing a claim are warranted.

In the Philly area, my firm handles these kind of claims and we'd be happy to discuss it further.

Re: Medications

I need to know where this hapened. IN any event prescribing the wrong prescription is actionable. I would need to know the long term effects of the wrong meds.