sirdarksol

There are a few legit birth control lawsuits. The pill may have done permanent damage to my wife (non-smoker, normal bp, she turns 30 this year). But you're right, the majority of these suits are pointless.
Out of curiosity, why didn't anybody get to sue the peanut butter company? That doesn't make any sense to me. I would think that, out of courtesy, the company would at least cover hospital costs of everyone infected. It's just good business practice.

You wouldn't believe the number of calls that Taco Bell got a couple of years ago when there was the big green onion scare. Taco Bell was never involved, and it turned out to be lettuce (at a very small number of Taco John's restaurants that all used the same lettuce supplier), and I personally took two or three calls from people who "had food poisoning from your green onions." These calls continued after Taco Bell stopped carrying green onions. The quality assurance guy at our franchise was enormously busy for several weeks. He spent most of his time weeding the fake complaints out so he could get to the real ones of the sort he normally dealt with.
Some people just want free money.

Angela_96

The peanut butter deal, they told the people in my area to turn the jars into the health dept for further testing... so thats what I did w/ mine.. and when I got my scope the DR never tested for the bug that caused the inflamation.. there was no point when it was already healing up, the reason for the scope was to r/o chronic conditons. Then after the recall.... I had made all my christmas candy out of that peanut butter I was the one who got the nasty sickness from it.. everyone else just had a "light infection" at my house

I wish they had sued the peanut butter company for the ones that did get sick.. that was a legit lawsuit

btw I had an IUD that caused me to have surgery back in August.. i do know that BC does cause perm damage... I am lucky that I will still be able to have children if I want to after what it did.
Im sorry to hear about ur wife.. there are some women who do have issues w/ the bc however, there are a lot who see that flashing sign on the tv and jump for the phone too just to get some money. I hate to say it there will be more and more of that out there w/ medications. Especially w/ docs just jumping to prescribe anything and everything to people, I think my doctors a drug pusher when I see her...

Trio123

I worked at a Taco Bell during the deadly lettuce outbreak. It was ridiculus the attempts to claim food poisoning. I am so irratated that they got rid of green onions... so silly... and the mexican rice will never be the same! I should sue!

And yes I agree, docs are often drug pushers. I dont understand why they wont stop trying to force BC on me. I am 25, steady income, engaged (not married honestly only so I can get my loans for college) and using alternative means of protection but if I get pregnant, I get pregnant. BC made me sick, moody, and is not a healthy thing to be on for over 6 years (the length of time I was on it) and I dont want to! Sorry ranting now. But it's irrating... people have been having children for millenia without it being purposefully, why cant I just live a healthy life style and let fate take it from there.

sirdarksol

Yeah, I hate those commercials. "Does your child have cerebral palsy? Your doctor may be at fault! Get the money you deserve by calling...." This idea that people have that they are entitled to monetary compensation because something went wrong is just awful. It sucks that people get hurt, but it's just the way things go.
My wife and I haven't ever thought about suing the birth control company because we understand that some peoples' bodies just react to medications differently. If this was an issue where we believed that they were negligent in producing their medicine, that would be different, but it's just that her body responded wrong.
I wonder if people sue antibiotic companies when they have an allergic reaction to sulfa drugs...

Angela_96

Thats how I feel... I had a really bad reaction to a med when i broke my ankle, it was a non narcotic pain killer.. (basicly I had a seizure at 3am that next morn after I took it) no lawsuits here! I just cannot take that drug. I just chalk it up on my allergy list.

There is also a med that I am on that when you take it the first 3 days you should have someone at home w/ you until your body builds up a tolerence.. it drops your bp so low you can pass out.. Its the only med that has worked for my PTSD that actually dosen't make me a zombie and the seritonion drugs don't work (zoloft, etc) after I passed out the second day (I naturally have low BP) I have done great on this drug (I have took it for over a year) its been the best thing for me..
There is also another issue w/ the drug... it causes blood sugar drops through the night.. there are major lawsuits for the medication because of that.
I asked my DOC about it and he said the prob is people do not read the label it says right in the label, and on the pharmacy paperwork to eat a small snack at night when you take it. He told me to do so also. So the company did express that it caused the blood sugar to drop, and to take basicly w/ a meal and the people that did it while fasting were the ones that ended up at the hospital.