{"id":17128,"date":"2025-06-26T19:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/17128\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T19:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:52:09","slug":"woman-who-allegedly-suffered-stroke-after-taking-migraine-medication-sues-boots-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/17128\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman who allegedly suffered stroke after taking migraine medication sues Boots \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

A woman who claims she suffered a brain bleed and stroke after taking migraine medication she bought at Boots<\/a> has sued the pharmacy giant in the High Court<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sigrid O\u2019Meara (63), from Ballincurry, Longford, has sued Boots Retail (Ireland) Ltd, with a registered address at Citywest Business Campus, Citywest, Dublin.<\/p>\n

Ms O\u2019Meara alleges the medication was inappropriately sold and there was an alleged failure to advise her that the migraine medication is contraindicated for an anti-depressant drug she was taking. <\/p>\n

This is due to a significant interaction between the two medications which, it is claimed, can lead to a considerable increase in blood pressure and stroke.<\/p>\n

All of the claims are vehemently denied by Boots. The company says protocol dictates that anyone purchasing the migraine medication in question is referred to a pharmacist.<\/p>\n

The court heard Ms O\u2019Meara had taken themedication when she woke with a headache on March 26th, 2020. She took two tablets she had purchased from a Longford Boots the previous October.<\/p>\n

It is further contended she felt dizzy and collapsed, and had to be brought by ambulance to hospital. <\/p>\n

A scan showed she had a brain bleed and was transferred to a Dublin hospital. She was discharged a month later and recorded as having severe left leg weakness and difficulties with her left arm, and had to go for rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

In response to her counsel Bruce Antoniotti SC, Ms O\u2019Meara told the court communication is difficult for her. <\/p>\n

\u201cI text everybody,\u201d she said. She agreed doctors said she will not be able to work again, is unable to drive and has to sit down after walking.<\/p>\n

It is claimed that at the pharmacy she was allegedly told the migraine medication she required was no longer available in Ireland, and an alternative was offered.<\/p>\n

It is claimed that a product which allegedly could be a hazard to Ms O\u2019Meara\u2019s health was supplied.<\/p>\n

It was further claimed there was an alleged failure by the pharmacist to ensure that Ms O\u2019Meara\u2019s headache had never been diagnosed as migraine by a doctor. It is contended in such circumstances the medication she purchased should not have been supplied.<\/p>\n

All of the claims are denied. Boots says Ms O\u2019Meara was aware the medication purchased had never been diagnosed as suitable for her, and that she had a significant history of migraines which Boots claims was her responsibility to notify and seek advice on.<\/p>\n

Boots says it had no other way of being aware Ms O\u2019Meara was taking a form of medication which was likely to interact negatively with a variety of different medication.<\/p>\n

Ms O\u2019Meara, Boots contended, is the author of her own misfortune. <\/p>\n

The case continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman who claims she suffered a brain bleed and stroke after taking migraine medication she bought at…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[16666,210,16665,1060,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-17128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-boots","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-high-court","11":"tag-medication","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114751415648860380","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}