Medication Errors
Tucson, Arizona, Medication Errors Attorneys
Medication errors often occur as a result of miscommunication or a pharmacy dispensing error. Hospitals, doctors, pharmacies, and nurses can be held legally liable for injuries and fatalities that occur as a result of medication errors. At the Law Offices of Carter Morey, we hold healthcare providers and pharmacies financially accountable for health complications that occur as a result of dangerous drug interactions, over or under dosing, and medication errors. Working with medical experts, we review our client's medical history, the prescription drugs he or she is taking, DUR edits at the point of sale in the pharmacy environment, and what our client's chart indicated at the time of a medication error. We expose failures to gather adequate patient medication history and negligence in following up after powerful painkillers or psychotropic drugs have been prescribed.
If you've suffered serious medical complications due to a medication error on the part of your doctor or pharmacy, contact the prescription error attorneys at the Law Offices of Carter Morey today.
Complications and Injuries Due to Medication Errors
Our medical malpractice attorneys represent clients suffering from the following kinds of medical complications due to a medication error:
- Heart attack
- Stroke
- Liver damage
- Muscle weakness
- Gastro-intestinal problems
- Swelling of the hands, legs, and feet
- Blindness
- Skin problems
- Psychotic episodes
Pharmacy Errors
Pharmacy errors, whether at CVS, Walgreens, or the mail order pharmacy of your healthcare plan, can be particularly dangerous. By law, a pharmacist is supposed to check each prescription before it leaves. When pharmacies decide to buy generic drugs from a different manufacturer, pill sizes, shapes, and colors can change. As a result, a generic manufactured by one company can be smaller in size but stronger in dose. Likewise, drug utilization edits at the point of sale are intended to warn pharmacists of dangerous drug interactions. As a result, pharmacies can be held liable for a failure to note drug utilization edits or mistakes when dispensing drugs.
Contact the Medication Error Attorneys at the Law Offices of Carter Morey Today
If you've been injured due to a medication error on the part of a nurse, doctor, or pharmacy, contact the personal injury lawyers at the Law Offices of Carter Morey today to schedule a free consultation to discuss your case.
