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Medication errors happen across the medical profession from pharmacists to doctors. These errors often result in significant personal injuries, such as brain damage, and occasionally death. They occur both with prescription and non-prescription drugs that are supplied to patients. The doctor is responsible for keeping knowledgeable about the medications that are prescribed. Similarly, a pharmacist is expected to dispense the correct drug and to make sure that it is dispensed in the right doses. Nurses also must know enough about the prescribed medications to identify any dangerous drug interactions, combinations or prescriptions, which are inaccurate.
Some of the most common medication errors include:
- Miscommunication of drug order (confusion over similarly named drugs, confusion based on prescription labels)
- Failure to provide proper drug information
- Incorrect labeling during packaging
- Patient information incomplete
In some circumstances, the medical device or the prescription medication itself may be the cause of the personal injury. When a pill or a supplement that you take is defective, you can suffer severe injuries. The manufacturers of such drugs, supplements and medical devices can be held responsible under some circumstances. This responsibility to the consumer includes a duty to exercise reasonable care when manufacturing, designing, inspecting, and labeling the product. But, proving that a manufacturer of a drug is responsible for producing a defective product can be very complicated and expensive. You may contact the attorneys of Mitchell S. Sexner & Associates LLC if you believe that a prescription error or medication injury has occurred, whether occurring in Chicago or elsewhere in Illinois.
In all of our drug & prescription error cases, we advance all costs. No attorney fees apply unless we are able to obtain a recovery on your behalf.
Some people have reported medical concerns about the following drugs:
Accutane, Arginine Hydrochloride Injection, Arginine Macugen (pegaptanib sodium), Aransep, Prempro, Procrit, Baycol, Vioxx, Zelnorm, Zicam, Bextra, Fen-Phen, Celebrex, Crestor, Desflurane (Suprane), Dexatrim, Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Blocker, Enbrel, Ephedra, Etravirine (Intelence), Fosomax, Icodextrin (Extraneal), Lapatinib (Tykerb), Lamisil, Lotronex, Meridia, Natalizumab (Tysabri), Nitroglycerin (Nitrostat), Ortho Evra, Epogen, Ritalin, Serzone, Tequin Oxycontin, Arava, Perflutren Lipid Microsphere (Definity), Paxil, Duloxetine (Cymbalta), Permax/Dostinex, Phenytoin Injection (Dilantin), Phenypropanolamine (PPA), Propulsid, Prozac, Quetiapine (Seroquel), , Telbivudine (Tyzeka), Thimerosal, Viagra, Zoloft, Zyprexa.
Some people have reported medical concerns about the following medical devices/procedures:
Heart monitors, dialysis machines, heart valves, jaw implants, defibrillators, breast implants, pacemakers, artificial hips and joints, and cosmetic implants.
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