Get urgent medical help before dealing with paperwork
For a severe allergic reaction, MedlinePlus gives this emergency instruction: call 911 or seek an emergency room. Those signs can include a swollen tongue or trouble breathing.
Anaphylaxis is the medical name for that kind of life-threatening allergic reaction. It can begin in seconds or minutes.
For a question about a medicine you have received, contact the prescriber or pharmacist. Keep the medicine name and label details at hand when describing what happened.
Report a medicine problem through the medicine route
You can report a medicine problem to FDA through its MedWatch program. A report by itself does not show the medicine caused the problem.
Use the Colorado route for a care complaint
The state licensing division takes complaints about doctors, physician assistants and nurses. It also takes complaints about pharmacists and pharmacies. The person or business you complain about will receive what you send.
The boards deal with licences. They cannot pay compensation, resolve a disputed bill or impose criminal penalties.
For billing, scams or false advertising, the Colorado Attorney General takes consumer complaints. That office does not act as your lawyer. It has no authority to investigate or prosecute an individual case for you.
Keep the written offer, bills, messages and dates together. Describe the issue and the outcome you are asking for in plain words.
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