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I know my question involves a legal matter. But, I'd like to get your opinions on it to cover as many bases as I can. I experienced a bent penis from injecting trimix 2 years ago. The pharmacy that sold me the trimix compound included needles that were long, as long as 1 to 2 inches long.

I would inject the needle all the way in the penis. I would feel excruciating pain all over my penis. Weeks later, I developed a bent penis. Later on, I found out that the pharmacy was not supposed to have sent me such long needles that caused so much pain, a bent penis and more impotence as a result.

Do you guys think that the pharmacy is liable? Do you think I can sue them for their mistake?

I think if you have proof (like on paper) that they gave you such large needles, you may have a case, unless they gave you instructions for using them.
It sounds like you have the cause covered.

is there any objective way to prove that the injections caused the curvature? If there was in fact a mistake, are you sure it's on the part of the pharmacy? When you say "...all the way into the penis..." do you mean you stuck in a 2" needle as far as it would go? Did your urologist (not the pharmacy) instruct you on correct injection technique? If the answers are "yes" and "no", respectively, I don't think you'd have much of a case. Just my opinion FWIW.

dg_moore wrote:is there any objective way to prove that the injections caused the curvature? If there was in fact a mistake, are you sure it's on the part of the pharmacy? When you say "...all the way into the penis..." do you mean you stuck in a 2" needle as far as it would go? Did your urologist (not the pharmacy) instruct you on correct injection technique? If the answers are "yes" and "no", respectively, I don't think you'd have much of a case. Just my opinion FWIW.

Hi, dg_moore and tomas1. Yes, I injected the length of the needle all the way in. Thats what I meant. My uro didn't instruct me on correct injection procedure. It was straight forward. But the pharmacy did send me these needles. The needles were too long and a bit too thick. They sent instructions on use. But the booklet made no mention of how deep to inject. It showed a pic of the needle injected all the way in the penis. The pic is astonishingly similar to this image linked below:

http://intracavernosalinjectioninfo.wordpress.com/how-to-give-a-penile-injection/

Let me know what you think.. Thanks!

alterr wrote:

dg_moore wrote:is there any objective way to prove that the injections caused the curvature? If there was in fact a mistake, are you sure it's on the part of the pharmacy? When you say "...all the way into the penis..." do you mean you stuck in a 2" needle as far as it would go? Did your urologist (not the pharmacy) instruct you on correct injection technique? If the answers are "yes" and "no", respectively, I don't think you'd have much of a case. Just my opinion FWIW.

Hi, dg_moore and tomas1. Yes, I injected the length of the needle all the way in. Thats what I meant. My uro didn't instruct me on correct injection procedure. It was straight forward. But the pharmacy did send me these needles. The needles were too long and a bit too thick. They sent instructions on use. But the booklet made no mention of how deep to inject. It showed a pic of the needle injected all the way in the penis. The pic is astonishingly similar to this image linked below:

http://intracavernosalinjectioninfo.wordpress.com/how-to-give-a-penile-injection/

Let me know what you think.. Thanks!

Many people use insulin needles to inject, which are no more than about 1/2". So if you have, say, a 2" needle, when you inject the needle should only be inserted about 1/2" or so into the penis. If you inserted much deeper than that it's no wonder it hurt! I have no idea if that could cause curvature, but I'm surprised you didn't get a live demonstration from your urologist. Giving a patient a prescription with no instructions sounds pretty careless to me. I guess you need to find out if there's a likely relationship between the injecting and the curvature - I would check with (a different) urologist and get a second opinion.

I've recently started using the 5/16" insulin needle and I like the fact that it's virtually painless. I did bend one once, but it appears to have been an isolated case.
It scared me when I looked at it and thought it may have broken off in Willie. That would be a bad experience.

dg_moore wrote:Many people use insulin needles to inject, which are no more than about 1/2". So if you have, say, a 2" needle, when you inject the needle should only be inserted about 1/2" or so into the penis. If you inserted much deeper than that it's no wonder it hurt! I have no idea if that could cause curvature, but I'm surprised you didn't get a live demonstration from your urologist. Giving a patient a prescription with no instructions sounds pretty careless to me. I guess you need to find out if there's a likely relationship between the injecting and the curvature - I would check with (a different) urologist and get a second opinion.

Hi, dg_moore. The pharmacy sent needles that were way too long. And they were a bit thick too. I think I'll call them and ask them to send me a list of all the needles and their sizes to see exactly. I called my uro and he said theres a relationship between needles and curvature. Fibrosis can occur as a permenent side effect. Based on this info, do you still think these are grounds to bring this pharmacy to court?

alterr wrote:

dg_moore wrote:Many people use insulin needles to inject, which are no more than about 1/2". So if you have, say, a 2" needle, when you inject the needle should only be inserted about 1/2" or so into the penis. If you inserted much deeper than that it's no wonder it hurt! I have no idea if that could cause curvature, but I'm surprised you didn't get a live demonstration from your urologist. Giving a patient a prescription with no instructions sounds pretty careless to me. I guess you need to find out if there's a likely relationship between the injecting and the curvature - I would check with (a different) urologist and get a second opinion.

Hi, dg_moore. The pharmacy sent needles that were way too long. And they were a bit thick too. I think I'll call them and ask them to send me a list of all the needles and their sizes to see exactly. I called my uro and he said theres a relationship between needles and curvature. Fibrosis can occur as a permenent side effect. Based on this info, do you still think these are grounds to bring this pharmacy to court?

Alterr, this is a question for a lawyer, which I am not. But from what I understand about fibrosis, it is chronic and occurs after repeated (i.e., more than just a couple) injections - I think just one or two (or three) would not result in fibrosis. You can probably get a quick consultation with an attorney at no or little cost, just to get a professional's opinion of whether there's enough to justify pursuing a lawsuit. Nothing is ever certain about a lawsuit except that it will cost you more than you ever imagined and drag on forever. Just my opinion FWIW.

dg_moore wrote:

alterr wrote:

dg_moore wrote:Alterr, this is a question for a lawyer, which I am not. But from what I understand about fibrosis, it is chronic and occurs after repeated (i.e., more than just a couple) injections - I think just one or two (or three) would not result in fibrosis. You can probably get a quick consultation with an attorney at no or little cost, just to get a professional's opinion of whether there's enough to justify pursuing a lawsuit. Nothing is ever certain about a lawsuit except that it will cost you more than you ever imagined and drag on forever. Just my opinion FWIW.

Who ever said I only unjected just a few times?

alterr wrote:...Who ever said I only unjected just a few times?

From what you described I couldn't imagine anybody doing it more than once or twice.