Is there anything I can do legally about the remarks placed on my medical file?

Is there anything I can do legally about the remarks placed on my medical file?

While I was pregnant, the OB doctor that was treating me wrote on my medical file that I was a drug addict because I requested more migraine medications. I am diagnosed to be 30% disabled with Department of Veteran’s Affair because of my migraines. I lost my child at 27 weeks with no explanation. I remember calling their offices 2 to 3 days telling them how sick I felt. They just informed to take different cold medicines without even trying to see me again. Now I find myself pregnant again and find it embarrassing that my new doctors will be able to see me as a drug addict.

Asked on July 26, 2011 Florida

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