Calling About a Parent: What to Gather Before You Pick Up the Phone

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No Ozempic or other GLP-1 lawsuit has been settled, and no court or jury has found that these medications caused anyone's injury — the litigation is ongoing, with major expert-evidence rulings still ahead. Whether any individual has a claim depends on their own medical records and the law of their state. Do not stop, start, or change any prescribed medication because of anything on this page. Those decisions belong with your prescriber. Attorney Advertising.

An adult child can call about a parent’s GLP-1 injury and get real answers without power of attorney, without the parent on the line, and without having every document in hand. Marin & Murphy is currently accepting Ozempic (GLP-1) gastroparesis and NAION cases, and the fastest first call is one where you know the medication names, the diagnosis, and roughly when each happened.

Most people who call us about a parent open the same way: an apology. They are sorry they do not have all the paperwork, sorry they are not sure of the dates, sorry they are calling instead of their mother or father. None of that is a problem. This page exists so that the call is useful rather than stressful — but if you would rather just call now and sort it out on the phone, that works too.

The five things worth knowing before you call

1. Which medications, and whether they were brand-name. Ozempic, Wegovy, Rybelsus, Trulicity, Mounjaro, or Zepbound. This is the single most important fact, because generic and compounded versions are treated differently. If you are not sure, “not sure” is an acceptable answer — the pharmacy record settles it.
2. What the diagnosis actually was, in the doctor’s words. Gastroparesis. Gastric or intestinal obstruction. NAION, or non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. A discharge summary or an after-visit summary usually has it written down.
3. Whether there was objective testing. For stomach injuries this matters enormously: a gastric emptying study is the test that documents gastroparesis, and a federal court ruling in this litigation now requires that kind of objective testing rather than symptoms alone. If your parent was diagnosed on symptoms only, say so — it does not end the conversation, but we need to know.
4. The dates, even approximately. Month and year is enough: when they started the medication, when they stopped, when the diagnosis was made, and when any emergency-room visit or hospital admission happened.
5. Their age, and whether anyone else is already representing them. If another attorney already represents your parent for this specific issue, we cannot take the case — that is the one absolute bar.

Where to find the answers without interrogating your parent

The pharmacy printout is the best single document in existence for this. Any pharmacy can print a medication history covering the last several years, and it will show brand versus generic, fill dates, prescriber, and gaps. A parent can request it, or you can, with their say-so.

After that: the hospital or ER discharge papers, the specialist’s visit summary, and the patient portal. Portals typically hold visit notes, test results, and a medication list going back years. Many people find the gastric emptying study result sitting in a portal they never looked at.

If your parent is private about the medication — and many people are, for reasons that have nothing to do with this litigation — you do not have to press. Bring us what you have. We can explain what is missing and what it would take to get it.

What you can do without legal authority, and what you cannot

You can call, ask questions, describe what happened, learn the criteria, and find out whether the timing and testing fit. You can gather documents your parent gives you access to. What you generally cannot do is sign a representation agreement on their behalf or authorize the release of their medical records unless they sign a release themselves or have formally appointed you — usually through a power of attorney or a health-care proxy. Our power of attorney page covers where those lines fall.

If your parent has passed away, a different path applies, and it runs through the estate rather than through a power of attorney. See the wrongful-death page.

Two things to say to your parent, if it helps

The first: this is not a claim against their doctor. It is a claim against the drug manufacturers over the warning label. Prescribers are often the most helpful witnesses in these cases, not the target of them.

The second: why they were prescribed the medication is not the issue and is not held against anyone. What the label said, and what it did not say, is the issue.

Common questions

For families & caregivers: the spouse & caregiver guide, the caregiver checklist, wrongful-death claims, and power of attorney.

Common questions: can you sue?, it’s not about your doctor, still taking Ozempic?, is it too late to file?, still on a GLP-1, stopped taking it, switched drugs, and how compensation works.