Pharmacy Errors

May 4th, 2011 | Author:jwitherspoon | Personal Injury

Prescription drugs are used to treat patients after surgeries, when they are battling a disease, or for day to day concerns.  Sadly, these strong medications are not always administered and handled correctly by pharmacists and may result in extremely serious health conditions for patients.  When prescription drug errors occur they can have long term or permanent effects on the well-being of victims, and these errors may be grounds for legal action.

Types of Prescription Errors

Pharmacists can exhibit negligence when performing their jobs and compromise the safety of innocent patients.  Some of the most common types of prescription errors include:

  • Giving a patient the wrong medication
  • Labeling the medication incorrectly
  • Failing to offer warnings about known side effects that the drug may have
  • Giving a patient the wrong dosage information
  • Disregarding possible drug interactions

Because of the strength of prescription medications, they should not be ingested in any way that is not specified by a medical professional.  When they enter the body incorrectly or interact with other substances, the chemicals that are intended to improve the health of a patient may only worsen their condition.

Contact Us

If you or someone you love has been the victim of a pharmacy error that has resulted in a health problem and you are now dealing with the subsequent pain and necessary treatment, it may be best to discuss your case with a knowledgeable lawyer.  Contact the Pennsylvania medical malpractice attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C., at 610-667-7511 to speak to a knowledgeable lawyer about your case today.



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