{"id":4634,"date":"2020-05-07T14:10:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T14:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jsberrylaw.staging.wpengine.com\/?page_id=4634"},"modified":"2023-09-07T20:39:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T20:39:33","slug":"pharmacy-and-prescription-errors-cause-serious-injury","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kennedyattorney.com\/houston-medical-malpractice-lawyer\/prescription-error\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Prescription Error Lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like many Americans, you depend on your medication to keep you healthy and free from serious medical conditions like a heart attack, stroke, or blood clots. You also depend on your local pharmacy to provide you with the correct medication based on your doctor&#8217;s prescription. But what happens when you suffer a serious injury because of a prescription or pharmacy error? For help with your case, seek the assistance of a <a href=\"\/houston-medical-malpractice-lawyer\/\">medical malpractice attorney<\/a>. A knowledgeable Houston prescription error lawyer could go over your case and discuss what legal options may be available to you.<\/p>\n<h2>Pharmacy Mistakes Occur More Often Than You Think<\/h2>\n<p>The prescription error lawyers at Kennedy Law Firm LLP help people across the country obtain compensation when injuries arise from pharmacy mistakes at places like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rite Aid<\/li>\n<li>Wal-Mart<\/li>\n<li>CVS<\/li>\n<li>Walgreens<\/li>\n<li>Target Pharmacies<\/li>\n<li>Local grocery store pharmacies, including Kroger, Meijer, Publix, and Giant Eagle.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">What Are Pharmacy Errors?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When you go into the pharmacy every single month to pick up the same prescription at the same place, you don&#8217;t expect to run into any issues. You have no reason to believe that your prescription bottle does not contain your medication in the correct dosage. You should feel confident that the medicine you are receiving in the hospital is meant for you. But accidents happen. Here is just a small sample of the types of cases that Kennedy Law Firm LLP\u00a0has helped patients with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wrong dosage<\/strong>.\u00a0The pharmacist doesn&#8217;t pay close enough attention to the doctor&#8217;s prescription and administers the wrong amount of medication.\u00a0Too little or too much medication can have serious, life-threatening consequences that may only show up over time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wrong medication<\/strong>.\u00a0Some medications have very similar names, even though they are used to treat very different symptoms. Medication labels are misread and the wrong medication is sold to the patient.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wrong instructions<\/strong>.\u00a0Doctors and drug companies give drug instructions for a good reason. Not only will the instructions help with the effectiveness of the drug, but following instructions will help reduce the risk of using the drug improperly. Any failure of the pharmacy to provide the patient with these instructions could be fatal.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wrong person<\/strong>.\u00a0Giving medication to the wrong person can happen when there is more than one person in a household, and the medicine is accidentally distributed to a child or parent. It can also occur among people who have similar names or birthdays.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wrong warning label<\/strong>.\u00a0Certain drugs have very specific warnings, such as not operating heavy machinery while taking the medication. If the pharmacy fails to add these warnings to the bottle or talk to you about their dangers, it could result in a serious injury or loss of life.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Interacting drugs<\/strong>.\u00a0It is not uncommon for patients to see many different doctors, but many different doctors could mean many different kinds of medication. This increases the chance that the pharmacist could overlook the risk that the drugs are contraindicated or interact with one another.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hospital nurses or doctors failing to monitor<\/strong>.\u00a0Prescription errors can also happen in the hospital, where medications are often given intravenously. If the nurse or nurse&#8217;s aide fails to monitor the IV and what is being put into your body, chances are that you are not going to know that there is a problem until it is too late.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Frequent Questions<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>I received the wrong medication or dosage &#8211; what should I do?<\/li>\n<li>How much will it cost me for your attorneys to investigate my claim?<\/li>\n<li>What is my pharmacy case worth?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Why Do These Errors Happen?<\/h2>\n<p>We all know that pharmacy errors and\u00a0prescription errors\u00a0are just that &#8211; errors. But it does not mean that you should have to pay for the injury that the error caused. Oftentimes, since nurses and pharmacists are required to work long, non-traditional hours, fatigue and inattention can sink in, leaving the risk for error. However, it is still their job to take care of patients and provide them with the medication they need, even if the patient has the same birthday as another customer or a similar-sounding name.<\/p>\n<h2>What Can a Lawyer Do if I&#8217;ve Been Given the Wrong Medication<\/h2>\n<p>There are certain rules and deadlines that you must meet in order to obtain compensation for your\u00a0injuries from a prescription error.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Attorneys who are experienced in the field of pharmaceutical errors will be able to help you by:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Obtaining the medical records needed to prove your case;<\/li>\n<li>Investigating the circumstances surrounding the error and discovering how many times it has happened before;<\/li>\n<li>Getting a hold of all medical bills related to your injury and negotiating them down, if necessary;<\/li>\n<li>Contacting the pharmacy on your behalf;<\/li>\n<li>Handling the insurance claim with the pharmacy or hospital&#8217;s insurance company;<\/li>\n<li>Enlisting the help of in-house experts to evaluate the medical problems the error caused;<\/li>\n<li>Representing you to the full extent of the law in front of a jury, in the event that your case goes to trial;<\/li>\n<li>Negotiating a fair settlement on your behalf, with your approval.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you or someone you love has suffered serious injury due to a prescription error, you need information now. Contact the pharmacy error lawyers of Kennedy Law Firm LLP immediately for your free consultation, or fill out our confidential online form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like many Americans, you depend on your medication to keep you healthy and free from serious medical conditions like a heart attack, stroke, or blood clots. You also depend on your local pharmacy to provide you with the correct medication based on your doctor&#8217;s prescription. But what happens when you suffer a serious injury because<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"learnmore\" href=\"https:\/\/kennedyattorney.com\/houston-medical-malpractice-lawyer\/prescription-error\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":4632,"menu_order":62,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennedyattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4634"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennedyattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennedyattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennedyattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennedyattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kennedyattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6936,"href":"https:\/\/kennedyattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4634\/revisions\/6936"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennedyattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennedyattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}