August 09, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge has dismissed a claim seeking punitive damages from a northern Pennsylvania pharmacist brought by a patient who alleges that her endocrinologist and the pharmacy overprescribed corticosteroids that opened holes in her intestines and subsequently made her go into septic shock and become suicidal.
January 08, 2024
A woman's lawsuit over her doctor's allegedly overzealous use of prednisone will move forward after a Pennsylvania federal judge found she described conduct severe enough to overcome the doctor's bid to dismiss the possibility of damages and certain claims.
June 23, 2023
A patient suing an endocrinologist and a pharmacy in northern Pennsylvania, saying they overprescribed corticosteroids that opened holes in her intestines and subsequently made her go into septic shock and become suicidal, argued her suit shouldn't be dismissed because the defendants well understood the amount of drugs she was given.
May 17, 2023
An endocrinologist in northern Pennsylvania has been sued by a former patient who alleges his overprescription of medicines to treat her chronic fatigue led to the development of holes in her intestines that caused her to go into septic shock and become suicidal, among other injuries.