Posted by Maxime on January 29, 2005, at 22:40:25
In reply to Re: Don't Swallow ANYTHING you're not sure about!, posted by alienatari on January 29, 2005, at 6:25:28
You ALWAYS have to careful. I was on Parnate and was prescribed Lamictal and the pharmacist misread it and I received a trycyclic antidepresant called Sumontil. If you have ever been on Lamictal you will know that you have to raise the dose gradually. By the time I was at 150mg I was having awful side effects. I had read the bottle but I figured Sumontil was a generic version ... I didn't know that one didn't exist.
I finally looked up Lamictal and it wasn't what I was taking!
And no, I was not able to sue. But now if I start a new med I check on the Internet to make sure they look the same.
Maxime
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