Medication Error Lawyer in Chicago
Medication Error Lawyer in Chicago
Pharmacists are required to handle all their prescriptions and duties with care. A good pharmacist should place the patient’s well-being first. However, some pharmacists are negligent in their roles, resulting in a breach of duty of care. In some cases, pharmacists and other medical providers may make errors in filling their prescriptions. When this happens, it’s the patient that suffers.
In the United States, it is estimated that about 1.5 million adverse drug events occur. Most of these events are due to human error by pharmacists and other medical experts. A pharmacist may fill a prescription with the wrong medication or incorrect dosage.
Pharmaceutical malpractice is deadly to the well-being of a person. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate 82 percent of Americans take prescription medications. Additionally, 29 percent take five or more daily. With so many citizens using prescriptions, pharmacy malpractice is common.
Medication Malpractice Lawyer
Prescription, medical, and surgical errors can create a lot of stress in your physical and financial life. The personal injury attorneys at Susan E. Loggans & Associates understand the problems it can create. Contact us for a medical malpractice lawyer experienced in prescription errors cases.
If a medical professional or other healthcare provider made a prescription error that affected your earning capacity, resulting in medical expenses, and caused you or a loved one medical complications, illness, or non-economic damages, call Susan E. Loggans & Associates. Our medical malpractice law team can discuss with you the possibility of compensation that you deserve. We represent victims of medical malpractice all over the Cook County Judicial Circuit, including nearby counties such as McHenry County, DuPage County, Grundy County, Will County, Lake County, Cook County, Kane County, and Kankakee County.
Let us evaluate your case. Call (312) 588-9773 for a personal injury lawyer today.
Overview of Medication Error Lawyer in Chicago
Medication Error Lawyer
Common Mistakes by Pharmacists
$1 MILLION SETTLEMENT – WRONG PRESCRIPTION
Medication Error Resources
Common Mistakes by Pharmacists
The most common errors made by pharmacists are incorrect dosage and filling a prescription with the wrong medication, breach of duty, and failure to provide a proper standard of care. However, there are still other inaccuracies that pharmacists can make.
Some common pharmacy errors/types of medical malpractice include:
- Mislabeling products
- Misfiled prescription or error in reading medical records
- Failure to warn the patient of potential drug allergies
- Failure to identify harmful drug interactions to the patient
- Failure to provide adequate information regarding the drug
- Failure to warn the patient of the drug’s side effects
A pharmacist may make these mistakes if they are overloaded with prescriptions or the pharmacy puts more emphasis on speed over accuracy. It is true that many pharmacists are overworked. Some do not even get lunch breaks.
Negligence with prescriptions is inexcusable no matter the circumstances. If a person’s pharmacist made an error with their medication and it resulted in damage, they should contact a medical malpractice attorney.
$1 MILLION SETTLEMENT – WRONG PRESCRIPTION
Our client had a known allergy to certain medications which was ignored by the pharmacy filling his prescription resulting in severe damage to his kidneys and dialysis.
Medication Error/Medical Negligence Resources
House Bill Aims to Increase Pharmacy Safety
Visit the Chicago Tribune’s website to read about legislation to improve pharmacy safety. Mary Flowers is sponsoring legislation to reduce pharmacist workload and give harsh penalties to those who failed to warn about prescriptions for potential drug interactions that could be harmful or fatal.
Medication Errors: Prescribing Faults and Prescription Errors
Visit the U.S. National Library of Medicine & National Institutes of Health website. Read Giampaolo P. Velo and Pietro Minuz’s article regarding medication errors. Research why they are so common and ways to reduce pharmaceutical malpractice.
Susan E. Loggans Law
If you’ve been harmed by a prescription error, act fast.
- First, contact a doctor or hospital to treat any side effects or damage done by the medical mistake.
- Keep and request all your documentation and keep the original prescription drugs or bottle.
- After this, it is best that you contact a personal injury lawyer for a free case evaluation and, if appropriate, to file a medical malpractice lawsuit.
The Chicagoland attorneys at Susan E. Loggans & Associates are experienced in all kinds of medical malpractice claims. Our esteemed lawyer Susan E. Loggans has received a payout of $15.7 million in a medical malpractice suit. Do not let another’s misdiagnosis, negligence, or anesthesia errors result in your suffering.
We accept medical malpractice cases throughout Cook County and adjoining counties including Yorkville in Kendall County, Kankakee in Kankakee County, Woodstock in McHenry County, and Geneva in Kane County.
Dial (312) 588-9773 or submit an online contact form below for peace of mind today.