Lawsuit: N.Y. Patient Mistakenly Got HIV Medication

January 11, 2008

  • January 11, 2008 at 12:59 pm
    KLS says:
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    “Rossini’s court papers, filed in Manhattan’s state Supreme Court, say he noticed that the pills he received were different from those he usually got but he did not challenge the pharmacist.”

    So he KNEW the meds were different, but he didn’t bother to ask for futher information? What???

    Mr. Rossini is as much at fault as the pharmacist.

    What’s that you all often say about the dying art of being personally accountable to oneself? -sigh-

  • January 11, 2008 at 2:05 am
    Big Mike In CALI says:
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    Of course, the next question to ask is, did he exhaust the full prescription, or only take one or two doses, since he knew the meds looked “…different from those he usually got…”

  • January 11, 2008 at 2:47 am
    But it cured his AIDS says:
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    Agree with both KLS & Big Mike, what was he thinking when the medication was different. Sounds like it’s under control now with some minor inconvenience. Hey, at least his other affliction was cured.

  • January 11, 2008 at 3:16 am
    Big Mike In CALI says:
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    Not exactly correct, “But…” According to the article (for what it’s worth) the patient never had HIV. The medication he ended up with is produced for treatment of HIV, but he only had hepatitis C, either as a result of, or reason for, the liver transplant. The drugs may have exacerbated the hepatitis virus to cause the symptoms listed in the article, but they certainly didn’t cure it.

  • January 11, 2008 at 4:15 am
    I know.. says:
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    I figured he never had HIV, was just being facetious. One of those days.

  • January 14, 2008 at 12:07 pm
    Fred says:
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    So I guess some of you think the pharmacy should not be held accountable. Simple mistake that should not be any lawsuit over and the injured party should have questioned more. Dosn’t say, maybe he did and the pharmacist said they filled it correctly when he got them. I guess it is not reasonable to think that the pharmacist knows what they are doing.

  • January 14, 2008 at 6:45 am
    KLS says:
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    I do think the pharmacist has some liability in it. That’s why the term is “contributory” negligence. The patient contributed to the pharmacist’s negligence by not questioning why his pills looked different than usual.

    The article doesn’t elaborate as to whether he questioned the prescription and was dismissed. It simply said he didn’t question. I based my opinion on that.

    For as much education as pharmacists are required to have, I would hope they know what they’re doing. However, they’re still human and no one is perfect. Mistakes happen. We, as patients, need to keep this in mind and do what is responsible by checking our meds before we absent-mindedly swallow them.



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