Q: In Louisiana during CEC inpatient, can a Doctor violate the directive of a Med POA and administer Abilify Maintena?
We knew in advance of an ER trip that medications were inducing hallucinations for my significant other (S.O.), after stopping them twice in a week by stopping the medications. S.O. was ignored by hospital, PEC'd to a mental health facility, who ignored the claims, then CEC'd. Facility refused engagement or historical accounting from family. Medical POA stated no long term injections of any kind were to administered, as MH facility was hoping dose of the offending medication instead of removing. Doctor ordered and administered Abilify Maintena (45 day half life) which has exacerbated the issues, which is still being denied by the MH facility.
Is this legal? Is there no method to stop a doctor who is literally torturing a patient by forcing them to experience hallucinations and Psychosis, remain inpatient, due to ignoring the patient and medical POA's identification that "stopping the meds stops the hallucinations" at all counter able?
What options do we have?
A: You should have gotten your own expert psychiatrist that you could now call to intervene.
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