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2 hospital visits, no solution, endless bills

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pmooner

Junior Member
Hello, I had a question regarding possible medical malpractice. I had gone into a planned parenthood in my area due to some abnormal minor vaginal bleeding (abnormal in that I have an IUD and have not had any bleeding for about 3 years now). The nurse asked if I would like to be tested for STD's and though I was sure that was unlikely to be the issue I agreed just to be safe and have peace of mind. Once the doctor came in she was insensitive, rude and quick to let me know that she thought I had chlamydia even though the test results would not come back for another week. She was very callous the entire time I tried talking to her and she insisted I take one large dose of azythromycin to treat said chlamydia. The next day I took the prescription after I got off of work and about an hour or so after I had a relatively serious allergic reaction and was hospitalized until stable. The week after, test results came back, no chlamydia like I tried to tell the doctor. So the medical issue was not resolved and I was hospitalized from a prescription the doctor wasn't even sure if I needed or not and am now faced with them sending me a medical bill for the visit every 2 weeks. I don't think I would necessarily want to take serious legal action if it were possible, but I just don't feel I should pay for that experience. Any advice?
 


CdwJava

Senior Member
About all you can do is bring this to a couple of medical malpractice attorneys and see what they have to say. I strongly suspect that the accounts of the doctor and the nurse may vary from yours, but, it will likely cost you only time to consult a couple of attorneys.
 

quincy

Senior Member
Hello, I had a question regarding possible medical malpractice. I had gone into a planned parenthood in my area due to some abnormal minor vaginal bleeding (abnormal in that I have an IUD and have not had any bleeding for about 3 years now). The nurse asked if I would like to be tested for STD's and though I was sure that was unlikely to be the issue I agreed just to be safe and have peace of mind. Once the doctor came in she was insensitive, rude and quick to let me know that she thought I had chlamydia even though the test results would not come back for another week. She was very callous the entire time I tried talking to her and she insisted I take one large dose of azythromycin to treat said chlamydia. The next day I took the prescription after I got off of work and about an hour or so after I had a relatively serious allergic reaction and was hospitalized until stable. The week after, test results came back, no chlamydia like I tried to tell the doctor. So the medical issue was not resolved and I was hospitalized from a prescription the doctor wasn't even sure if I needed or not and am now faced with them sending me a medical bill for the visit every 2 weeks. I don't think I would necessarily want to take serious legal action if it were possible, but I just don't feel I should pay for that experience. Any advice?
What is the name of your state, pmooner?

Here is a link to the side effects possible with azithromycin single-dose treatment for chlamydia:

http://www.drugs.com/cdi/azithromycin-single-dose-packet.html

These warnings are included with the prescription.
 

Proserpina

Senior Member
If there is ever any doubt or question about whether or not you should take any particular medication, you should always - and I do mean always - press for a full explanation of why it's being prescribed and/or recommended. If you're still not comfortable, seek a second opinion.

We all know to get a second (and possibly third) opinion when it comes to surgery we're not sure about but for some reason we tend to forget to do that when it comes to medication.

I do not see a case here at all. Sorry.
 

tranquility

Senior Member
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/214823-treatment

Since there are a number of reasons for non-compliance with treatment, the standard of care is increasingly a single in-office dose before test results come back. Here, the OP got a prescription. Malpractice is not a bad result to a treatment, but a treatment that falls below the standard of care. Unless the OP disclosed prior sensitivity to the class of antibiotic used (Or the doctor didn't ask in the history.), I don't really see how this falls below the standard of care.
 

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