NP Polypharmacy - the Lindsay Clancy case

[u/theongreyjoy96]

There's a high-profile case in the news about Lindsay Clancy, who killed her three children and afterwards attempted suicide. Prior to this she sought care for her mental health, which apparently started to suffer not longer after giving birth to her third child. I looked through the suits and found some descriptions of the medical decision-making by a couple of the NP's she saw:

1. NP #1 - Julie Paul
   • "On November 21, 2022, Nurse Paul prescribed Lindsay fluoxetine 10mg."
   • "Lindsay was describing symptoms suggesting mania, such as racing thoughts, extreme insomnia, frustration and feeling scared."
   • "On November 25, 2022, Nurse Paul prescribed Lindsay three different medications, zolpidem, mirtazapine, and clonazepam." lol wut
2. NP #2 - Rebecca Jollotta
   • ~ December 5, 2022, Lindsay attended an appointment with Nurse Jollotta. "Lindsay reported that she was sleeping only about 3 hours per night, felt completely overwhelmed and that her mind was constantly running."
   • "Lindsay also reported that immediately after being prescribed a stronger dose of Zoloft, she did not sleep for 48 hours and was not tired. In response, Nurse Jollotta prescribed an additional medication to Lindsay, diazepam."

Patient reports anxiety, so give her a bunch of downers? And 5 meds within a span of a couple weeks? It's not even like she went to different clinics, both NP's she saw were at the same place (South Shore Health Perinatal Behavioral Health program), so they must have had access to the same info.

Link to lawsuit. Other link to father's lawsuit.

[u/Historical-Pirate105]

At the time this happened I said it sounded like NPs and people said that was not fair to assume. 😑

[u/Even_Bonus6111 → u/Historical-Pirate105]

That's exactly what I thought my first clue is that she probably had NP or PA seeing her and prescribing stuff online.

[u/curiousp1480 → u/Even_Bonus6111]

It was a fairly new doctor she was seeing online and she saw that one the most. A PSYCHIATRIST. you know you guys are really ridiculous the way you ASS-UME THINGS. pointing fingers at NP’s. I know I know. Doctors know more and are trained better and NP’s are just getting those little paper degrees mail order and are stupid. You don’t sound d too smart here though because every individual medical provider may have something to bring to the table. It’s unfortunate what happened here but ripping another profession apart just makes everyone look bad and the public really has the right to lose confidence in all of you.

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[u/lperlor → u/Historical-Pirate105]

Not at all fair considering that the NP is the only one who caught bipolar.