The widow of a heavily medicated man who jumped off a bridge in New York has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the doctors and pharmaceutical companies she blames for her husband's suicide.
The 50-year-old man of White Plains, NY was prescribed a powerful cocktail of drugs - including an anti-depressant that warns of a possible suicide risk in children - in the weeks leading up to his February 2005 death.The problems started with a car crash he had November 2004 where he sought treatment after developing neck, chest, and head pains, and doctors at first recommended over-the-counter painkillers. But his symptoms persisted and he began to develop new problems, including insomnia, anxiety, breathing troubles, numbness to the side of his face and sweaty hands and feet.
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