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I used to take ranitidine... one day, it suddenly stopped being available at pharmacies. My physician switched me to famotidine, a similar medication, because t
by ivraatiems 4y ago
I used to take ranitidine... one day, it suddenly stopped being available at pharmacies. My physician switched me to famotidine, a similar medication, because there were "supply issues" for the foreseeable future.
That was almost two years ago. This is the first I'm hearing about this. So for all I know, I was exposed to an unknown amount of carcinogen for years without being told anything about it even after that information was discovered.
What's my recourse?
- nickff 4y ago>"What's my recourse?" A lawsuit, like the thousands mentioned in the article.
- ivraatiems 4y agoHow would I have known to file a lawsuit about something when I had no knowledge of the situation for years?
- sockaddr 4y agoThat’s the beauty of it
- barbazoo 4y agoIs that what class actions are about? Wouldn't you get contacted somehow?
- giraffe_lady 4y agoYou were possibly poisoned, probably intentionally, by an entity that intended to and did profit by it. You may get a small amount of money if you have the luck and the resources to capitalize on it. There's nothing unique or novel about this situation. Is it surprisingly that it happened or just surprising that it happened to you? This is what we do son, this is what american is for. This is the system working as intended.
- ivraatiems 4y agoIt's not surprising - I know the points you're making and I agree with them. I'm posing a question I think we should discuss. What should my recourse be? In reality, the absolute harm done to me (if any) is probably very limited. Maybe my lifelong risk of cancer has gone up by some quite small amount. The greater harm is damage to my trust in the organizations that produce my necessary medications. So the recourse is probably not giving me anything extravagant, it's probably more about some sort of fix to oversight, regulation, corporate penalties paid for this, etc. None of which is likely to happen as a result of a lawsuit, except maaaybe the last one.
- pabs3 4y agoPerhaps you could sue them for the cost of cancer insurance, or for the increase in cost of insurance due to increased cancer risk.
- peteradio 4y agoAsk your doctor what he knew at the time? I'd be wondering what oaths he took to prevent him from telling you the full extent of the supply chain issue.