What should I do about a supplement bottle that had 4 different prescription pills in it besides the supplement pills?
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What should I do about a supplement bottle that had 4 different prescription pills in it besides the supplement pills?
Nature’s Bounty Ptassium Gluconate 595mg bottle of 100 contained 38 supplement
pills, 3 HCTZ 20mg pills, 25 Amlodipine 5mg pills, 140 Atenolol 25mg pills, and 65 Nifedipine 60mg pills. All of these are blood pressure medicines. I am a patient of a blood pressure specialist and he has me on none of these, and if I were to take any of them thinking they were the supplement I would at best be overmedicating and at worst suffering potentially serious side effects.
Asked on February 29, 2016 under Malpractice Law, Texas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
If you'd been injured by the incorrect pills, you could sue whomever was responsible (e.g. the manufacturer; or a pharmicist, if mixed up in a pharmacy; etc.) for the medical costs caused by your injury, lost wages (if you missed work), and possibly (with long-lasting disability or life impairment) some amount for "pain and suffering." But if you were not injured, as seems to be the case, you cannot sue: the law only provides compensation for what actually did happen, not for what might have or could have occured. Hypothetical harm does not entitle you to compensation.
You could report this to the FDA to file a complaint and possibly get a measure of justice or satisfaction.
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