Dear Lauren,
Thank you for posting your question.
It appears you may indeed have a viable case. I realize this is a dubious honor but on the face of it, it sounds like medical negligence. I have handled many cases involving the wrong drug being given - it could be from an incorrect prescription in the first place (the wrong drug selected by the prescribing doctor) or the pharmacy filling the prescription with a similarly named but different medication, or it could be filling the prescription with the correct drug but the wrong dosage.
The fact that you may now need to be on medication for the rest of your life is very unfortunate but I thank you for including that piece of information since many times, there is not permanent harm to a person who gets the wrong drug. How unfortunate for you that in your case, it appears this is not the case.
Even with an apparent case, there are some aspects that need to be clarified. On reason this is important is to make sure we do not have any time limit problems.
If you would like to do so, I invite you to call me at 718-858-3100 and ask for me, Marc Chase. You may also want to look at my firm which is WCMPLaw.com.
Thank you again for posting your question and I hope you give me the opportunity to be of assistance to you.
Marc Chase
Answered on Feb 04th, 2013 at 3:32 PM