Culpability and statute of limitations

[0uchmybrain]

What is the name of your state? Utah

 

[0uchmybrain]

If the state mandated paxil when I was a juvenile, is there any recourse for me now that I'm an adult? 38 in fact?

 

[Just Blue]

If the state mandated paxil when I was a juvenile, is there any recourse for me now that I'm an adult? 38 in fact?

Why were you "mandated" Paxil?
Were you in the state's custody at a mental health facility?
How old were you?
What were you being treated for?
Recourse? For what?
Were you injured by the Paxil? If so, in what way?

 

[quincy]

If the state mandated paxil when I was a juvenile, is there any recourse for me now that I'm an adult? 38 in fact?

Yes. You potentially could return to court.

Here is a link to the statute of limitations for legal actions in Utah:

https://www.utcourts.gov/howto/statute_limitation/

There wasn’t any follow up on your treatment with Paxil?

Here is a link to information on Paxil, a brief overview of the lawsuits the drug spawned, and the recall of the drug:

https://www.recallreport.org/dangerous-drugs-products/paxil/

 

[zddoodah]

If the state mandated paxil when I was a juvenile, is there any recourse for me now that I'm an adult?

Paxil is a one of many brand names for an antidepressant called paroxetine.

Paroxetine was first approved for medical use in the early 90s, and no state has ever generally "mandated" its use. I'd also be quite surprised if Utah or any other state ever "mandated" the use of paroxetine (under any particular brand name) for any individual, so you might went to clarify exactly what you meant by that.

As far as "recourse for [you] now that [you're] an adult," what are you talking about? Recourse for what? Tens of millions of people have take paroxetine. Are you claiming some harm resulted from your use of paroxetine? If so, please explain. In addition to the questions asked above, it would be helpful to know when you last took paroxetine.

 

[quincy]

The link I provided earlier can provide you with some answers to your questions, Doodah.

 

[FlyingRon]

Well, it would seem that he's not committed suicide and survived long enough to either ween himself off SSRIs or found another that works for him. I suspect he didn't give birth to a child with birth defects either.

 

[quincy]

Well, it would seem that he's not committed suicide and survived long enough to either ween himself off SSRIs or found another that works for him. I suspect he didn't give birth to a child with birth defects either.

“He” might be a “she.”

Paxil is one of those drugs that had SO many issues surrounding its manufacturing and marketing and problematic side effects that I would not rule out a lawsuit entirely.

The statute of limitations could be the biggest bar to any legal action at this point.

 

[LdiJ]

Paxil is a one of many brand names for an antidepressant called paroxetine.

Paroxetine was first approved for medical use in the early 90s, and no state has ever generally "mandated" its use. I'd also be quite surprised if Utah or any other state ever "mandated" the use of paroxetine (under any particular brand name) for any individual, so you might went to clarify exactly what you meant by that.

As far as "recourse for [you] now that [you're] an adult," what are you talking about? Recourse for what? Tens of millions of people have take paroxetine. Are you claiming some harm resulted from your use of paroxetine? If so, please explain. In addition to the questions asked above, it would be helpful to know when you last took paroxetine.

Some social services agencies would have doctors examine children in the system and force anti depressants on them. They were children naturally upset about being removed from their families. It was a big deal in the news in the mid to late 90's.

To be honest I was on Paxil for a couple of years late 90's/early aughts. It was a lifesaver for me. I had panic attacks so bad that I couldn't leave the house. After two weeks of being on it I was totally my old self again. It was miraculous. After a year I gradually weaned myself off of it over the course of the second year.

 

[quincy]

Some social services agencies would have doctors examine children in the system and force anti depressants on them. They were children naturally upset about being removed from their families. It was a big deal in the news in the mid to late 90's.

Do you have links to any stories out of Utah on “forced Paxil?”

 

[LdiJ]

Do you have links to any stories out of Utah on “forced Paxil?”

No I don't, and it wasn't just Paxil, it was any number of different anti depressants. I remember the it being all over the news, all across the country. It was because the anti depressants were scientifically not recommended for minors but were being used anyway. You don't have to believe me if you don't have to believe me if you don't want to.

 

[quincy]

Here’s an article from the New York Times, 2015, with links to studies on teenagers use of Paxil and other antidepressants:

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/17/...s-unsafe-for-teenagers-new-analysis-says.html

It wasn’t that I didn’t believe you, by the way. I just wanted you to provide some support. There is a lot of information on teenagers being prescribed Paxil and other antidepressants. I found nothing on teenagers being “forced” to take any drug.

 

[LdiJ]

Here’s an article from the New York Times, 2015, with links to studies on teenagers use of Paxil and other antidepressants:

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/17/...s-unsafe-for-teenagers-new-analysis-says.html

It wasn’t that I didn’t believe you, by the way. I just wanted you to provide some support. There is a lot of information on teenagers being prescribed Paxil and other antidepressants. I found nothing on teenagers being “forced” to take any drug.

I am not talking about a nation wide "forcing" per se, I am talking about CPS and other social services agencies putting children on anti depressants via their agency doctors while the children were in the custody of the state. There really was a lot of hype about it 20-25 years ago.

 

[quincy]

I am not talking about a nation wide "forcing" per se, I am talking about CPS and other social services agencies putting children on anti depressants via their agency doctors while the children were in the custody of the state. There really was a lot of hype about it 20-25 years ago.

There needed to be parental consent - even 20-25 years ago.

 

[Taxing Matters]

The statute of limitations could be the biggest bar to any legal action at this point.

I can pretty much guarantee that the SOL would be a bar in suing the state at this point. Whether there might be something that would still have the SOL open against the drug manufacturer, I don't know, but as you note that may well be a problem, too. The OP ought to see a personal injury lawyer for help with this, I think.