I took effexor.and after 3 days tr to ocommit a suicide - can I get the company creating this pill to court?

Question

I understood many who took this pill - had side effect of commiting a suecide - I read too many articles
I was lucky to fail...never planned to die...just had simple crisis in life...every one had...

Answer 1

~Well gee golly gosh, you were depressed and took an anti-depressant to cope with it knowing (or with a lick of common sense and thimbleful of smarts would have/should have known) of its side effects and history, then went into a deeper funk and failed at your half-hearted suicide attempt and now you want to sue? Does that pretty much sum it up?

First, if you take meds without researching them and their effects, you are a fool.

Second, why would you ask for legal advice on this site? (Oh, yeah, see "First, above".)

Third, don't sue. When you lose and have to pay the costs and disbursements (not to mention the potential punitive damages for filing a meretricious claim), think how depressed you'll be. Why, you'll probably have to take Effexor after that.

Have a nice day.

Answer 2

Actually, this was just disproven the other day in some clinical trial. (Of course, they'll probably do another study and prove it's true if they want to.) Anyway, sure, anybody can sue anybody but your chances of getting any money are slim. What sometimes happens is that someone is very, very depressed - no energy, no will to do anything - and then just taking the pill gives you the placebo effect of having more energy. So with the increased energy, you try to kill yourself. It takes Effexor at least (minimally) 2 weeks but usually more like 4 weeks to have any real effect. I don't mean to downplay your suicide attempt but there must have been something going on for someone to prescribe Effexor. If you really just were having a simple crisis (and you're right, everyone has them at times), why even take an antidepressant? Seriously, these medications were originally designed for people who were incredibly depressed - like barely getting out of bed, not eating or bathing, etc. Then the drug companies started marketing them to everyone. Very dangerous. You LEARN stuff from crises. Coping skills, how to deal with the next bad situation that comes along, how to deal with LIFE.
"Pain is inevitable but suffering is optional"

Answer 3

Nope. There are warnings on the medication that suicidal tendancies are a possible side effect. If you choose to take the medication knowing that, you can't take the company to court.

Answer 4

You can try, but you'd spend years in litigation and hundreds of thousands of dollars on legal fees.

Your prescribing doctor should have explained the side effects to you, and you should have received a drug information sheet from the pharmacy.

There's an element of risk no matter which OTC or prescription med you take. Have your doctor prescribe a different medication. You may have to take several different ones to find one suitable for your needs.

Answer 5

Good question. You probably can, but finding a lawyer that will represent you will be the hard part. You KNEW about the side effects, but you took it anyway.

There are a lot of people out there who have thought about it or even attempted it. You're not alone there.

Definitely should not take this medication or anything in it's class again.

Answer 6

Even if you could take them to court why would you? You ignored the labels, or you didn;t research enough before taking it. They have a product there to help you and you want to take money from them for it.

I doubt you could take them to court but if you did manage to, and you won, feel happy you took money from a company and hurt others taking the same pill. Prices will spike if everyone who ignores the lebels sues the company, and no one would get help.

Don't bother.

Answer 7

Simple answer is no. I also took this drug, and every time they upped the dosage, I had another failed suicide attempt. 375mg later, and 3 failed attempts, I quit this drug cold turkey and never looked back. Not saying you should quit, do what you feel best, however, it worked for me.

Answer 8

Probably not, since it takes longer than 3 days for the medication to get into your system.