Why did Wyeth get sued for the mistake caused by the needle in the Levine case? Regardless of the drug used, practically any IV fluid including basic saline can create this condition called an "infiltration" when IV medication is not infused into the vein as intended. Diana Levine's true damage (injury) was more a result of the needle for having punctured the artery. Wyeth's drug nor any drug impoperly delivered could cause similar damage. This method of delivery led to the accident, infection and then resulting amputation.

This will simply force drug makers to specify, central line delivery for all IV delivered medications and exempt them from any such errors. Central lines and specifically the longer PICC lines are fail safe for the delivery of medication but are time consuming and carry certain risks in their insertion as well.

Basically the drug companies will be more specific in their DFUs to say "Central Line Delivery Only" and any such instance as the Levine case is clearly a gross "off label" use of the drug as intended.