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Article: The Lowe Law Firm Files Suit over Alleged Botox Overdose.
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- Article date:
- November 6, 2009
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Patient suffers partial respiratory paralysis after the drug was administered
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis-based The Lowe Law Firm has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a man who experienced partial respiratory paralysis and other side effects after receiving an overdose of the Botox being used to treat his muscle spasticity.
The suit, Richard A. Hart v. Yi Pan, Tenet HealthSystem SL Inc., d/b/a St. Louis University Hospital and Allergan USA Inc., cause no. 0922-CC09485, was filed in St. Louis Circuit Court on Oct. 21.
The plaintiff, Richard Hart, suffers from a medical condition affecting his neck known as torticollis. In an effort to relieve muscle ...