Posted by Adam on June 4, 2001, at 21:47:39
Anybody hear about this?
I was a little creeped-out to discover, in my mailbox, a brief statement and
questionaire informing me of a class action lawsuit against Mylan, a pharmaceutical
company that manufactures generic lorazampam. The suit claims that the company
overcharged customers for this common benzodiazepine. I was asked, by an old
pharmacy, if I would like to release records of my prescription for lorazepam, being
relevant to the suit, for the purposes of possible reimbursement, as part of either
a victory for the plaintiffs or some sort of settlement. These records, if
released, would be completely public.Of course, I declined. I only used a modest amount of the drug, and if I was over-
charged, I'd be entitled to a few dollars at most. I must admit, even if my stake
in this was considerably larger, I would not provide my records; the fact that I was
contacted at all seems to contradict some assumptions I had about these records,
specifically that they were not kept by pharmacies for more than a couple years. It
must have been three years at least since I last filled a prescription for the drug,
so, clearly, that's not the case.At any rate, if you were a user of lorazapam at some point, you may be getting a
letter like mine in the mail. I can't advise you on what you should do, but, if you
were not aware if the suit, here's a little heads-up.
poster:Adam
thread:65414
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