Mis-sold thyroid supplement - can I complain?

[america]

I was very poorly with Graves disease and developed agranulocytosis as a result to medication and was finally operated to remove the thyroid entirely. During the months leading to surgery, my boss' wife, a nutritionist, forced me to buy a supplement called thyroid complex which was supposed to be a miracle cure for overactive thyroid. Well, my specialist at the hospital said that it was like throwing fuel to the flames and I certainly shouldn't take it and it should never have been sold to me.

Now, am I morally to pay for the product that I never used and was strongly urged not to take? I am very tempted to claim back the £50 I paid for the supplement together with a copy of my epicrisis with a comment from the doctor against the supplement. And of course spread the word as to my understanding taking the supplement that seems to be recommended for underactive thyroid when suffering from the opposite could have made me serious damage. I don't normally complain but am seriously pissed with her.

Sounds like snake oil, complain and get money back!

How did she force you?

Well, I was all over the place and emotionally very unstable at the time and felt that my boss and the wife pushed me to accept the supplement by telling how the traditional doctors really don't know how to treat people holistically and how taking this product should get me back in shape without surgery. And obviously been rather aggressively pushed by them when feeling fragile made me an easy target.

I haven't been myself for such a long time and the thyroid removal made me slow and somewhat stupid and I feel they used me. I cannot believe I bought it!