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Harry,
Thanks for moving it, I was pretty distraught when I posted, we had heard earlier and the shock of learning that WalMart wins was quite desvestating to me.
The two wrong packets that were given to Josh were the exact same as the one that held the correct medication. There was no difference, except on the back, where the generic name was written. The pills were similar, shaped the same but one packet (the correct one) was a lighter shade of white. We figured that they had changed generic brands. That happens and then the pills can change shape and color.
The medication was harmless, a cholesterol. The damage was not receiving what he needed.
think it this way. You take a heart med. The pharmacy gives you a cholesterol med. No harm, could be helpful. But you didn't get the heart med you needed. Now you are in danger.
A person stops breathing, there is no oxygen to the brain, there is a huge possiblity for brain damage if oxygen is not gotten to the brain soon.
Josh medication replaces a chemical his brain needs to function properly. He has been on this drug for 10 years, he is now on a higher dosage, age, weight and height the main reason for the increase.
Paxil is out of the system in 20 hours, and the withdrawal from it is considered one of the most dangerous in an uncontrolled situation. Which would be a slow process of lowering dosages over at least a three week period. He went from 60 mg to 0 in one day. This continued for three days.
His "brain" went without oxygen (the drug) for three days. Damage.
Can it be repaired? Yes, to some extent, just as the brain repairs, rewires itself after a stroke. But the person never fully recovers.
I am gong to seek other avenues that have been provide here. Cross your fingers and toes.
Janette
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