Teri, As said by Dawn, As long as you have a legal claim to medical records of another individual, you are intitled to access them. the proper methode, outside of a lawyer and the $$ to get them to write a letter explaining the request is to contact the medical records division of the hospital that has them and request a copy of the records with the reason for the request or need. The actual department to contact directly is generally referred to as Medical Secretretaries. They can explain the conditions you must meet in order to be eligible to receive this information and what it will cost to receive a copy.
This issue of wanting information about a particular drug is not and should not be relevant to anything about this request. They would not be particularly worried about information about a particular drug which was FDA approved and commly distributed. Any lawsuits in such matters is generally directed at the drug manufacturer, not the doctor or hospital who used it under FDA approval.
As to the inportance of an individual researching a possibility of a particular drug having been responsible for a personal condition, I see little reason for unless they are attempting a class action lawsuit against the manufacturer or for simple public information, but even knowing or having information as to why one is transsexual is basically not revalant in any way as long as no cure, short of SRS is available to correct the condition, though if one had a lot of money and good lawyers it might force the manufacturer to pay or reimburse a transsexual the cost of SRS and for the disruptive influences on thier life, but lawsuits of any kind would depend on first proving in court that the drug did indead, above any other cause create the transsexual problem.
Unless there is some possibility of compensation I for one would not care How or Why my Transsexual condition exists. It just IS and I have to live with all it has made of my life and nothing can change that, not even vast amounts of money, not that I got anything against money.
It would be a worthwhile endever to research though in regards to showing a connection between the drug and transsexualism as making this a statistical record and fact is the beginning of any possible class action law suit against the manufacturer, but as Dennis is the lawyer, he could be more intelligently specific about such things.
Terri
