Help! Local pharmacy gave me the wrong medication...

by Sonja
(Slidell, LA, USA)

I am in the process of negotiating a settlement with the claims adjusters for a huge pharmacy chain in which I was given the wrong prescription. I thought I was taking allegra but I was taking lisinopril, a high blood pressure medication.

I took 3 pills of the medication within a 24 hr span because I wasn't getting any relief for my allergies. I had severe allergic reactions, shortness of breath, severe rash over my upper torsel, dizziness lightheadness.

I am a single parent and my son and I were in a movie when I started experiencing these symptoms. I immediately went home to see what medication was prescribed and realized I was having an allergic reaction.

I went straight to the ER. They gave me steroid injections and antihistamine prescription. It was horrible. I had my son take pictures of the rash. They want to offer me $2500 for pain and suffering. That is a slap in the face. I could have lost my life.

The adjuster told me that don't pay on what if's, they pay on the medical expenses. I need to know how do I go about getting more money for emotional damages caused to my 12 yr old son and I and prove negligence and causation on their parts?

Emotional distress and pain and suffering is definitely something that we dealt with. I could have died.