About a month ago 53 year old Janey Karp picked up her Ambien prescription from her local Walgreens. Printed on the Drug Utilization Review – or DUR stapled to her prescription bag were notes from the store’s pharmacists: “CrAzY!! She’s really a psycho!!! Do not say her name too loud, never mention her meds by names…”
Karp initiated a lawsuit against Walgreens. Now two other women, 64 year old grandmother Elizabeth Noah and 30 year old Erin Cutler (comments were “WATCH CONTROLS SHE SEEMS SHADY” and “bitch”, respectively) have filed similar lawsuits.
These notes were accessible to all pharmacy workers at each of the 5,000+ Walgreens in the United States.
Attorney Cathy Lively represents all three plantiffs. Since taking on these cases her office has been flooded with calls and emails from Walgreens customers across the country who have had similar experiences. Lively says that, like her clients, most people contacting her were filling prescriptions for medications treating depression or anxiety.
Article in the Sun-Sentinel
Thanks to the Consumerist
