expired fosamax pills

[catx1]

What is the name of your state? va
hello, my mother has been given expired fosamax pills by a just graduated medical doctor. ( im not sure if he is officially a practicing doctor but he just graduated med school and is working somewhere where he has access to varius meds) eventho the diagnosis and prescription was made by a real practising doctor and not him. my mother has been taking them for a while because she cant read very well, and im afraid taking expired meds might cause her injury. i just found out yesterday. is this legal? im very upset at this person for being so careless with handing out expired meds, specially since he wasnt the one who diagnosed my mother and hes not even practing doctor yet. are there any sanctions that he should receive? what should i do?
alan

 

[averad]

are there any sanctions that can he should receive? what should i do?

I see that should yes spell check good. and sentance no.

 

[xylene]

expired pill danger very stated much exagerated.

Risk little possibly if not none.

Competent currently mother is?

"Giving" say you indicate. Free medication's price cost sometimes higher than at cost.

Fosamax is $$$.

Seniors many envy mom's situation of recieve expired slightly free bone medicine.

 

[catx1]

expired pill danger very stated much exagerated.

Risk little possibly if not none.

Competent currently mother is?

"Giving" say you indicate. Free medication's price cost sometimes higher than at cost.
Seniors many envy mom's situation of recieve expired slightly free bone medicine.

thank you for understanding my poor english, im learning.
however the fosomax may not be dangerous, expiration dates are useless we all know that,, but my point is that is it legal for this person to be giving my mom faulty meds? he has nothing to do with my moms diagnosis, and is not a practising doctor yet, dont they have rules for giving out meds without diagnosis? cant he get suspended or something?

 

[xylene]

thank you for understanding my poor english, im learning.
however the fosomax may not be dangerous, but my point is that is it legal for this person to be giving my mom faulty meds? he has nothing to do with my moms diagnosis, and is not a practising doctor yet, dont they have rules for this?

He was not selling the meds...

And mom has a prescription for the meds too.

If he is dispensing medication , then it is extemely likely that he IS a practicing doctor.

Report the incident to the medical authorities, starting with where he works.

A doctor helping a patient meet their prescription drug needs is not going to get the response you are expecting.

A better approach would be for you to explain your fears to mom, and ask her to refuse free medications, and to tell the doctors "Oh I don't need them, my child is paying for my medication now."

You didn't answer my question, and it makes a big difference. Is mom competent?

Ie can she HERSELF judge the cost/benefit of negligible risk for free medication trade-off?

Does she manage her own affairs despite some eyesight loss?

 

[catx1]

He was not selling the meds...

And mom has a prescription for the meds too.

If he is dispensing medication , then it is extemely likely that he IS a practicing doctor.

Report the incident to the medical authorities, starting with where he works.


Ie can she HERSELF judge the cost/benefit of negligible risk for free medication trade-off?

Does she manage her own affairs despite some eyesight loss?

my mother is competent but has bad eyesight, and the person who gave her the free pills assured her they were fine. So i assumed he had the responsability since he is the doctor(or doctor to be). but what im picking up from you is that if my mom has a prescription for a med, than any person with acess to meds can give her medication and that would not be against the rules. my understanding was that only the doctor who was currently seeing her had the right to give her meds, but that was just my opinion. He has given my mom other meds too so maybe she is ultimately responsible for checking the expiration date and name of medication even if he assures her they are fine(my mom trusts him becus he is a family member)??

 

[ellencee]

my mother is competent but has bad eyesight, and the person who gave her the free pills assured her they were fine. So i assumed he had the responsability since he is the doctor(or doctor to be). but what im picking up from you is that if my mom has a prescription for a med, than any person with acess to meds can give her medication and that would not be against the rules. my understanding was that only the doctor who was currently seeing her had the right to give her meds, but that was just my opinion. He has given my mom other meds too so maybe she is ultimately responsible for checking the expiration date and name of medication even if he assures her they are fine(my mom trusts him becus he is a family member)??

The physician gave your mother samples of a medication she routinely takes. You did not state the expiration date of the medication; however, if the expiration date is within one year's timeframe, there should be no significant weakening of the medication.

You cannot sue and your mother has no reason to sue.

I see nothing wrong with the physician's actions. Next time, if your mother does not trust medications that have passed the expiration date (which applies to sales), then your mother should politely decline the offer.

EC

 

[catx1]

The physician gave your mother samples of a medication she routinely takes. You did not state the expiration date of the medication; however, if the expiration date is within one year's timeframe, there should be no significant weakening of the medication.

You cannot sue and your mother has no reason to sue.

I see nothing wrong with the physician's actions. Next time, if your mother does not trust medications that have passed the expiration date (which applies to sales), then your mother should politely decline the offer.

EC

i dont want to sue the guy. but he is not a doctor yet, i think he is in the phase after med school where he practices with other docs. Anyways, I thought that a person in this level could not give out any kind of meds to patients, specially if he has never diagnosed the patient himself. I would have less a problem with this if he was a practicing physician. So would it be wrong if this person gave me medication i wasnt prescribed? it seems to me that would be grounds for suspension or somthing like that, because someone with acces to meds has the responsibility to reserve those meds for prescribed patients only, after all, they are drugs.

 

[lealea1005]

If he just graduated from medical school he IS a Doctor and therefore qualified to prescribe medication. Was your mother treated at a teaching hospital/clinic/center? He may have been one of the resident Physicians.

Your mother was given free, otherwise very expensive, medication. If the expiration date was within 6-12 months, per our pharmaceutical rep, it was fine.

 

[janimal]

Why do you want this doctor suspended? It appears that he is qualified to dispense medication, and gave some medicine to your Mother, which she NEEDS, for FREE! The fact that the medication is expired might be why he was ablet o give it away without cost. If you are really concerned, call the doc and ask him if he has any that is not expired!

Perhaps you should say "thank-you" to the doctor instead of thinking of ways to get his license suspended!