Medication Errors
Central Florida including Winter Garden, Apopka, Clermont, Inverness, and Leesburg
The drug industry is a multi-billion dollar industry that delivers invaluable help to countless patients. However, medication, when given improperly, can be deadly.
Millions of Americans suffer injury every year due to medical mistakes with the handling, prescription, distribution and instruction of medication.
According to the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention, a medication error is "any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer…related to professional practice, health care products, procedures, and systems, including prescribing; order communication; product labeling, packaging, and nomenclature; compounding; dispensing; distribution; administration; education; monitoring; and use."
Negligent Drug Maker/Distributor/Retailer
When patients are injured due to a drug’s inherently harmful qualities, a product liability suit against the drug maker or manufacturer is your answer to achieving monetary compensation. In these cases, a drug may be overly addictive, have severe or undisclosed side effects, or have unknown side effects that resulted from lack of testing. Drug makers may also be held accountable for injuries that resulted from failing to warn consumers of the drug’s dangers, mislabeling their product, or false advertising/marketing.
Negligent Physician/Pharmacist
In patients where immune systems or general health may be sub par, such as older patients or patients with systemic diseases, medication errors can have severe or long-term consequences.
Administrating an improper dose is the most common medication error and often leads to wrongful death. Physicians may also cause serious harm by administering the wrong treatment drug, or prescribing drugs with dangerous counteractions. Anesthesia errors are another type of medication error that can lead to serious injury or death.
If you suspect a physician or drug company of negligence and have suffered serious injury after taking a medication, please contact Cressman Law Firm. Our central Florida team will meet with you one-on-one, in your home or hospital room, for a free consultation.
Winter Garden, FL 34787
407-877-7317
