Posted by Greg on October 11, 2000, at 8:20:06
In reply to who to report physician's negligence to?, posted by mrjerky on October 11, 2000, at 0:03:16
If you feel strongly enough about this your two courses of action would be to contact the FDA and/or the AMA. I don't think that whther or not you had an adverse reaction to the meds is the issue here. Handing out expired meds is a dangerous practice. You might call the doctor and request that he or one of his nurses go thru the samples cabinet and dispose of all expired meds. The doctor would be ultimately responsible if one of his/her patients were to suffer adversely from taking them.
Also remember that you have responsibility here too. Whenever I receive a sample from a doctor, the first thing I do is check the expiration date. You should make this a habit for yourself as well. CYA, you know?
I hope this helps.
Greg
> One month at 50mgs Luvox (physician's samples) and almost a week
> at 100mgs (again physician's samples) before I noticed that the expiration
> dates were 8/99 and 12/99 respectively. I have already contacted
> the GP and had him issue a prescription, but I am still highly
> pissed. If anyone can tell me what to do about this I would
> really appreciate it.
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