Posted by fachad on July 18, 2002, at 9:15:35
In reply to Anyone ever tried to sue a psychiatrist?, posted by rjk on July 18, 2002, at 3:29:37
Sure, people are always suing each other for all kinds of things, and psychiatrists, like all physicians get sued frequently. People wonder why docs charge so much - well, part of it is to pay for malpractice insurance.
Is the Effexor + Remeron thing the only basis of your lawsuit?
No matter how bad your reaction, I don't think he would be considered at fault, because that combo is fairy common and works for many people.
Is their something else that he did that makes you think he has been so negligent that he needs to be sued?
Sometimes if a doctor has really been negligent, a lawsuit is appropriate. But excessive lawsuits hurt us all in two ways.
First, treatment costs go up to pay lawyers, judgments, and malpractice insurance.
More importantly, docs are less inclined to go "out on a limb" to help patients. Imagine if there is someone out there who is on the road to suicide, and the only med combo that will help them is Remeron + Effexor. But because your pdoc is still stinging from the lawsuit, he is reluctant to prescribe that combo.
I don't know the important facts of you situation, but I would encourage you to think this through before you act.
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