Ohio Prescription Drug and Medication Mistake Lawyers
Prescription drug errors are on the rise
At Landskroner Grieco Madden in Cleveland, Ohio, we offer aggressive and effective representation for the victims of prescription drug errors and misfills. Prescription drug errors can have horrendous — even deadly — consequences. Unfortunately, medication mistakes and pharmacy errors are on the rise.
There are many reasons for this trend. They include a shortage of pharmacists and a skyrocketing push by many doctors and pharmaceutical company representatives to put people on pills. To speak with a serious personal injury lawyer with experience in medication error cases, please contact us online or by phone.
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More people die annually from medication errors than from workplace injuries, according to the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP). Medical mistakes in hospitals, including medication errors, account for more deaths than motor vehicle accidents, cancer or AIDS, according to NCC MERP.
How do medication errors happen?
There are several common causes for prescription drug injuries, including:
- Miscommunication on prescriptions, due to poor handwriting or typing errors
- Oral orders misheard or misunderstood
- Improper patient identification
- Improper drug storage
- Look-alike prescriptions
- Look-alike containers
- Pharmacy error
- Misfilled prescriptions
- Overworked physicians
- Overworked pharmacists
- Inadequate training
What recourse is there for a medication error?
As in all serious personal injury cases, liability depends on several factors. What did the doctor write? Was the pharmacist under pressure to work too fast? Was there a misplaced decimal point on the prescription, or did the pharmacist read 0.5 as 5.0? Does the physician or pharmacist have a history of drug dependency or alcoholism?
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To learn more about the legal remedies available to the victims of prescription drug mistakes, please contact Landskroner Grieco Madden in Cleveland for a free consultation. We accept personal injury cases on a contingency fee basis, which means our clients pay no legal fees unless we obtain a recovery on their behalf.
