Legal Question in Personal Injury in Pennsylvania
Reaction to nutritional supplement
On August 5, 2006, I took a nutritional supplement called Sam-E, available at a major retailer, which induced a severe episode of mania. I don't remember much of what occurred between August and February; was incoherent at times, considered suicide, was demoted at my job, and my professional reputation has been damaged. I also have still not fully recovered my memory.
I never had any history whatsoever of bipolar disorder until taking this drug. I only took one pill a day for five days, and the reaction occurred quickly and immediately.
Unfortunately, because of the nature of the episode, I do not recall what became of the pills and the receipt and thus have no proof of having taken the supplement. Someone told me I gave the box to one of the two doctors who later misdiagnosed me, but he probably discarded it.
Do I have any recourse against the manufacturer or the doctors in this case? Sam-E is a nutritional supplement and was not prescribed by a doctor, but I followed the directions exactly as printed on the box and took the recommended dosage.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Reaction to nutritional supplement
So you say that you took a pill that you have no record of buying and that you have no record of ever possessing. You have no doctor that will say that you either had an episode or that anything was caused by the pills. At this point you don't have any recourse because you don't have any evidence that anything even happened that could be connected to the vitamin manufacturer.
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