It seems to me in this case the wrong party is being sued. The drug warnings are not the problem, it was wrongfully injecting the drug and accidentally hitting an artery that caused her agaony.
I’m not a champion of the drug companies. I think they have very nefarious methods of getting their products to consumers and probably do need to be whacked now and then. But, the caregiver administering the drug should have some responsibility to inject it properly, whether or not there were warnings to avoid injecting the drug.
Losing an arm is a horrible experience, and I can’t pretend to know what it is like or how I would react, but going for the “big” money, when the big money company was not responsible, is just another case of “chasing the ambulance.”
Her lawyer saw the opportunity to get paid a lump from the deep pocket, which was probably not available from the person injecting the drug, or the place of employment.
An AP article I saw earlier today mentioned that Wyeth notes on the label that an “IV Push” is acceptable in some situations. This what the doctors did in the case of this woman. Per the article, Wyeth is the only pharmaceutical company that considers an “IV Push” acceptable in some situations, all others consider it an unacceptable risk period. This is part of why Wyeth was sued. Does this mean they should have some responsibility? You decide. Me, I think it creates some responsibility.
Oh, and the AP article also mentioned that Wyeth was being accused of not providing adequate information to the FDA so it could make a proper decision on the wording of the warning label.
“An AP article I saw earlier today mentioned that Wyeth notes on the label that an “IV Push” is acceptable in some situations. This what the doctors did in the case of this woman.”
An IV Push means you inject the drug into the IV tube which is NOT the same as an injection into the arm. The malpractice was hitting the artery.
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It seems to me in this case the wrong party is being sued. The drug warnings are not the problem, it was wrongfully injecting the drug and accidentally hitting an artery that caused her agaony.
I’m not a champion of the drug companies. I think they have very nefarious methods of getting their products to consumers and probably do need to be whacked now and then. But, the caregiver administering the drug should have some responsibility to inject it properly, whether or not there were warnings to avoid injecting the drug.
Losing an arm is a horrible experience, and I can’t pretend to know what it is like or how I would react, but going for the “big” money, when the big money company was not responsible, is just another case of “chasing the ambulance.”
Her lawyer saw the opportunity to get paid a lump from the deep pocket, which was probably not available from the person injecting the drug, or the place of employment.
I would request they play a recording of the woman playing the guitar. They would probably send it back to small claims court.
An AP story on the same topic said that the patient did sue the hospital and/or doctor (I can’t quite recall) and she did win.
An AP article I saw earlier today mentioned that Wyeth notes on the label that an “IV Push” is acceptable in some situations. This what the doctors did in the case of this woman. Per the article, Wyeth is the only pharmaceutical company that considers an “IV Push” acceptable in some situations, all others consider it an unacceptable risk period. This is part of why Wyeth was sued. Does this mean they should have some responsibility? You decide. Me, I think it creates some responsibility.
Oh, and the AP article also mentioned that Wyeth was being accused of not providing adequate information to the FDA so it could make a proper decision on the wording of the warning label.
“An AP article I saw earlier today mentioned that Wyeth notes on the label that an “IV Push” is acceptable in some situations. This what the doctors did in the case of this woman.”
An IV Push means you inject the drug into the IV tube which is NOT the same as an injection into the arm. The malpractice was hitting the artery.