Medication Errors by Doctors, Hospital Staff or Pharmacists
The National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine (IOM) conservatively estimates that 1.5 million Americans are harmed each year by prescription drug errors. The adverse effects range from mild or temporary suffering to permanent damage, catastrophic injury and fatality. The IOM concludes that at least 7,000 annual deaths are directly attributable to medication mistakes by health professionals.
The Hancock Law Firm has secured settlements and verdicts for medical malpractice, including medication errors. We can investigate your suspicions that a doctor, nurse, pharmacist or other hospital or pharmacy staffer was negligent in prescribing, administering or dispensing prescription drugs.
Contact us today for a free case evaluation if you or a loved one suffered lasting harm. We can handle physician, hospital and pharmacy malpractice cases in the Tampa area, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Land O' Lakes, Lutz, Wesley Chapel, Lakeland, all of Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando and Citrus counties, and throughout Florida, including wrongful death actions.
Hillsborough County Prescription Medication Error Attorney
Medication mistakes occur in many ways:
- Prescribing or administering the wrong drug
- Wrong dosage (overdose)
- Contraindications (incompatible with certain health conditions)
- Known drug allergies of the patient
- Known cross-reactions with other medications
- Failure to administer essential medicines on schedule
- Misfills by the pharmacist
- Order mix-ups at the pharmacy counter
- Errors in labeling and instructions
The IOM estimates that 400,000 preventable drug errors occur in hospitals each year, and twice that many in nursing homes. (The institute has not studied pharmacy errors.)
Tampa Pharmacy Negligence Attorney and Medical Malpractice Attorney
There must be serious and lasting harm to bring a lawsuit, including heart attack or stroke, brain damage or coma, liver damage, nerve damage or paralysis, breathing problems, hemorrhage, persistent vomiting or diarrhea, vision impairment, chronic headache or vertigo, chronic fatigue or insomnia, or death. Monetary damages might include medical care and rehab, lost wages, permanent disability, and pain and suffering.
• Also see our Medical Malpractice FAQ
Trial lawyers Mike Hancock and Claire Hancock have the experience and resources to evaluate your possible prescription medication lawsuit. We extend a free case evaluation and if we take your case, there are no fees unless we recover compensation. Our phones are answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 888-975-1110 (toll free) or 813-915-1110 . You can also reach us by e-mail.
