Catbird
Senior Moderator
I hope that this report gets more coverage.
Every person who was treated with the contaminated drugs needs to compare the information from their medical, insurance and billing records to determine what medication they actually received vs. what they were told they were being given. It seems to me that this should have been done as part of the epidemiological investigation but perhaps not.
Hopefully, this is a unique occurrence. If not, then a whole 'nother can of worms has been added to what is already a terrible, and complicated, situation.
Family sues Roanoke clinic after meningitis outbreak
"Patients at a Roanoke clinic who were given tainted steroids linked to a meningitis outbreak were told they were getting a safe, name-brand drug, when in fact it was a dangerous "knock-off" variety, a lawsuit alleges.
The $25 million lawsuit, filed by the family of a Salem man who died from taking the contaminated drug, accuses Insight Imaging of Roanoke of systemically misrepresenting a steroid it used to relieve back pain through injections.
While exposing their patients to a high-risk drug produced under questionable methods by a small Massachusetts pharmacy, the lawsuit asserts, officials at Insight Imaging indicated on bills and other records that the steroid was Depo-Medrol, an FDA-approved drug made by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.
One possible motive, the lawsuit states, was to save money on a cheaper, less-regulated brand..."
Every person who was treated with the contaminated drugs needs to compare the information from their medical, insurance and billing records to determine what medication they actually received vs. what they were told they were being given. It seems to me that this should have been done as part of the epidemiological investigation but perhaps not.
Hopefully, this is a unique occurrence. If not, then a whole 'nother can of worms has been added to what is already a terrible, and complicated, situation.
Family sues Roanoke clinic after meningitis outbreak
"Patients at a Roanoke clinic who were given tainted steroids linked to a meningitis outbreak were told they were getting a safe, name-brand drug, when in fact it was a dangerous "knock-off" variety, a lawsuit alleges.
The $25 million lawsuit, filed by the family of a Salem man who died from taking the contaminated drug, accuses Insight Imaging of Roanoke of systemically misrepresenting a steroid it used to relieve back pain through injections.
While exposing their patients to a high-risk drug produced under questionable methods by a small Massachusetts pharmacy, the lawsuit asserts, officials at Insight Imaging indicated on bills and other records that the steroid was Depo-Medrol, an FDA-approved drug made by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.
One possible motive, the lawsuit states, was to save money on a cheaper, less-regulated brand..."