A Florida man is suing several pharmacies claiming his Adderall prescription triggered a psychosis that landed him in hot water.
Attorneys for Robert Buckley of Orange County, Florida, filed a lawsuit against a CVS Pharmacy and two pharmacists in Orlando; a Costco pharmacy and two pharmacists in Winter Park, Florida; and a Publix Supermarkets pharmacy and three pharmacists in the Orlando area; citing negligence.
According to court documents filed May 1, attorney James Vicaryous accused the companies and respective pharmacists of "overmedicating" his client, "sending him into psychosis."
"Plaintiff suffered from an overdose causing psychosis, was falsely imprisoned, suffers seizures, and now suffers permanent injuries," the documents stated.
Buckley "sustained bodily injury and resulting pain and suffering, disability, physical impairment, mental anguish, inconvenience, and the loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, and will so suffer in the future," the lawsuit alleged.
He is suing for $50,000 in damages for "doctors bills, hospital bills and other directly and indirectly related expenses in an effort to alleviate his suffering and cure his injuries."
Buckley's injuries are permanent or continuing, according to his claims.
The pharmacies are accused of failing to use proper care when filling Buckley's Adderall prescriptions "that were unreasonable upon their face although legally written," and failed to "exercise that level of care that an ordinarily prudent pharmacist would under the same or similar circumstances," the documents alleged.
"The defendant(s) knew or should have known that the prescribed medications posed an increased danger to patients and should have reviewed the patient prescription profile carefully prior to filling the prescription," the suit argues.
Buckley's attorney is seeking a trial by jury.
Vicaryous did not immediately respond to HNGN's request for comment.
