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Medication Errors & Pharmacy Negligence

“Medication errors include all mistakes in dispensing
prescription drugs and over-the-counter remedies...”

People often depend on prescription or over-the-counter medication when suffering from a temporary condition (such as the flu) or chronic problems (such as diabetes, high blood pressure or allergies). People trust that their pharmacist will correctly fill their prescription exactly as their doctor ordered. Unfortunately, pharmacists make mistakes and sometimes those mistakes have terrible consequences. Chicagoland’s Medical and Drug Injury Attorneys at Sussman Selig & Ross are waiting to assist you. Contact us now.

Medication errors include all mistakes that involve dispensing prescription drugs and over-the-counter remedies, as well as vitamins and herbal supplements. Errors can occur at every stage of handling, which includes prescribing, dispensing, administering, and monitoring the patient.

Medication errors harm at least 1.5 million people every year (according to a new study by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies). The costs of treating injuries from mediation errors in hospitals alone has been estimated to be at least $3.5 billion dollars a year. This amount does not include other factors that can disrupt or destroy lives such as pain and suffering, disability, medical expenses, and lost wages.

It also is estimated that there is at least one medication error per hospital per day. Approximately 7,000 deaths and 400,000 preventable drug-related injuries occur each year in hospitals alone. Medicare recipients in outpatient clinics alone are victims of roughly 530,000 medication errors each year.

Misfilled prescriptions can result from doctors orders that are difficult to read, brand name mix-ups, confusion between similar looking drugs, or simple mental lapses by pharmacists or pharmacy technicians. These errors can cause life threatening injuries or even death. Sussman Selig & Ross has obtained the world’s record jury verdict for a compensatory damage award in a misfilled prescription case.

If you or a loved one have suffered a serious injury from a medication or pharmacy error, Chicagoland's Medical and Drug Injury Attorneys at Sussman Selig & Ross are ready to assist you. Contact us now.

Medication Errors & Pharmacy Negligence

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