Legal Question in Personal Injury in Texas

Medication induced illness

My wife was prescribed Cymbalta and experienced bladder/urination side effects. She was told to get off of it and to take Prozac. She had already taken Prozac with ill effects and decided to not take it. The doctor never discussed the side effects or dangers of stopping the drug quickly and as a result, she developed the symptoms of ''manic bi/polar'' and spent approx. 5 days in a behavorial health center. Her discharge paper from the facility stated the episode was medication induced. Is this something, in your opinion, that should be addressed with either the doctor or the pharmaceutical company? A lot of medical bills have piled up and I'm still not sure she will ever recover completely.


Asked on 12/03/04, 2:44 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
William Featherston Grissom, Richards & Featherston

Re: Medication induced illness

in my judgment based on the changes made to medical malpractice law by the 2003 texas legislature, changes proposed and advanced by the insurance and hmo industries to restrict the rights of malpractice victims of the opportunity to seek justice, your wife's claims could not be pursued legally. in addition to the anti-patient legislation passed by the texas legislature in malpractice cases they also passed new legislation making it next to impossible to pursue claims against drug manufacturers. i am sorry for what your wife is experiencing but until we, as voters,start electing politicians who care about victims rights she and others like her will be unable to pursue legitimate claims. Please let me know if there are any other questions. Bill Featherston

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Answered on 12/06/04, 8:29 pm


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