BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- A Jefferson County woman claims in a lawsuit that she became seriously ill after being injected last year at Brookwood Medical Center with a steroid for back pain that was made by a compounding pharmacy that recalled three batches of a similar drug linked to a deadly outbreak of meningitis.
The lawsuit, originally filed in Jefferson County Circuit Court in April but transferred last week to federal court, namesNew England Compounding Center and Brookwood Medical Center as defendants.
Efforts to reach an attorney for Brookwood and the compounding center have been unsuccessful.
On May 10, 2012 and again on July 30 Janice Stewart underwent a flouro-directed lumbar epidural block using triamcinolone acetonide at Brookwood Medical Center, according to her lawsuit. Stewart received a letter Oct. 22, 2012 that the hospital had purchased the injectable steroid from New England Compounding Center, the lawsuit states.
From Oct. 30 to Nov. 21 Stewart was in UAB Hospital and it was concluded that she was suffering from meningoencephalitis and she was treated with anti-fungal drugs for the condition, according to the lawsuit.
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The lawsuit, originally filed in Jefferson County Circuit Court in April but transferred last week to federal court, namesNew England Compounding Center and Brookwood Medical Center as defendants.
Efforts to reach an attorney for Brookwood and the compounding center have been unsuccessful.
On May 10, 2012 and again on July 30 Janice Stewart underwent a flouro-directed lumbar epidural block using triamcinolone acetonide at Brookwood Medical Center, according to her lawsuit. Stewart received a letter Oct. 22, 2012 that the hospital had purchased the injectable steroid from New England Compounding Center, the lawsuit states.
From Oct. 30 to Nov. 21 Stewart was in UAB Hospital and it was concluded that she was suffering from meningoencephalitis and she was treated with anti-fungal drugs for the condition, according to the lawsuit.
continue to read here