because my normal 25mg of methadone and one 1mg clonipincaused my to stop breathing. I woke up in the emergency room on a Narcan IV which was like the worst feeling Iever experienced. They said I could have died from this combination of what they prescribed me. Do I have a law suit?
2007-01-13 05:21:46 · 5 answers · asked by R K 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
I dont know what hospital would be prescribing methadone. Methadone is for treatment of heroin addiction and is given at drug treatment clinics. and federal law prevents just anyone givnig methadone . The only reason a hospital would give methadone for pain would be because no other treatment has been proven to be effective. If it is given because you were staying for a length of time in the hospital and were already recieving methadone you would have had to had your program that normally issues you the methadone to approve the hospital to continue to give you the dosage. To be recieving methadone for any length of time longer than 3 weeks would mean that you are suffering from severe herion drug withdrawl syndrome and would have to be monitored and given as maintance. They do not prescribe methadone for you to take home as like a prescription. If you are on maintance with a drug program you can be given dosages to take with you if you are planinng on going somewhere and would not be able to get your daily dosage. Other than that you must go every day to recieve your dosage. Either you are in some other place than the US that is different or it wasnt methadone that they gave you at the hospital. Also there is no drug clonipin there is clonidine and Klonopin and klonopin is not givin for sleeping it is for panic attacks and seizures it is also known as clonazepam. So in other words if a hospital in the United States prescribed for you methadone alone even without any other drug for pain and there were no other alternatives for pain medication than yes you would have a case .
2007-01-13 11:02:02 · answer #1 · answered by hersheynrey 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually,methadone is now being prescribed by pain management for control of chronic pain. I would suggest doing some research on your own about the possible interactions of these 2 drugs. If your research shows that they definitely should not be prescribed together then speak with a lawyer. An excellent reference would be your pharmacist. Good luck, I hope you are feeling better.
2007-01-13 12:22:19 · answer #2 · answered by Shelly_Dare 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did the same doctor prescribe them both? did you fill the 2 prescriptions at the same pharmacy? thats what I would like to know......you should always use the same pharmacy so they know when you fill a new prescription if it will react negatively to one you already take in case the doctor is not aware of it
wondering why you were at a hospital to get a prescription anyway and not at a doctos office...and methadone? xmmm interesting
2007-01-13 07:35:31 · answer #3 · answered by Gypsygrl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did the doctor know you are an addict on methadone. If you failed to tell him it is your fault. No doctor gives methadone just for pain.
2007-01-13 05:28:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
contact an attorney for a free consultation.
2007-01-13 05:31:58 · answer #5 · answered by deathwishpussy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
contact a lawyer in your area.
2007-01-13 07:27:21 · answer #6 · answered by D-lo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋