Prednisone has so many bad side effects , some being permanent.Anyone know of a law suit against it's makers??

Question

I have muscle weakness, pain in most joints & depression ever since I was misdianosed with Lupus. I started out with 17mg of prednisone & went all the way up to 500 mg over a 6 month period. The doctors were trying to convince my husband to institionalize me cause they said the lupus had probably entered my brain & there would be no coming back for me.
My husband told the doctor's he wouldn't consider doing so because he felt the reason I was hallucinating was caused by the bad reactions I was having to the 15 medications they were prescribing me,and he insisted on further tests.
I had to go through a MRI, Brain Scans, two spinal taps& numerous other tests, all which came back negative.
I now been dianosed with fibromalgia. My whole life changed ever since that 1 st week of medications, I just hope there is some way to reverse the damage. It's almost been a full year since I stopped the poisons that were prescribed to me.

Answer 1

You don't have a legitmate case against a drug manufacturer since Prednisone is a generic. If you were to file suit against anyone it would be your physician. A drug manufacturer can not be held liable for misdiagnosis.

Answer 2

Your lawsuit would not be against the makers of prednisone (which is generic anyways) but against the Dr who prescribed it and misdiagnosed your condition. Your success would hinge on whether the Dr did the proper testing before prescribing the various meds. Lupus is often hard to diagnose so if he did the correct tests and they indicated positive indications for lupus and you showed signs of lupus (butterfly rash on face), then it might be very difficult to win in court. sorry - also the fibro might have been caused by all you've gone through so the fibro may not have been what symptoms brought you to the Dr initially. Fibro is another hard to diagnose illness.