New York Medication Error Lawyer
Flawed medication and dosage errors are injuring thousands of Americans every year.
Each year, in the United States alone, as many as 9,000 people, die as a result of prescription drug errors.
What is a medication error?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) describes a medication error as “any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in control of the healthcare professional, patient, or consumer.” The FDA receives over 100,000 reports of medication errors every year.
What causes medication errors?
Although there are many unique ways in which prescription error can occur, the most common lawsuits involve illegible prescriptions by doctors, wrongly prescribed medications, pharmacist errors, errors in the administration of medications, errors in dosage, including drug overdoses or inadequate dosing, failure to explain the side effects, failure to review patient’s allergies and other prescription and over-the-counter medications to prevent adverse drug interactions, a medication error can happen at any time due to another person’s negligence.
Koenig Pierre, is a New York medication error attorney that will handled cases involving negligent doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, as well as those administering medications such as nurses, aides, and nursing or retirement home employees.
How do medication errors occur?
A medication error may occur if a doctor prescribes a drug that is inappropriate for a patient’s condition. This may happen if a medical professional has insufficient training, makes an error in judgment, or mixed up medications with similar names.
Additionally, many medications taken in combination with other medications may result in a life-threatening condition therefore, medical doctors and nurses possess a duty of care to make sure that a patient’s medical records contain accurate information before prescribing or changing medication or dosage. The medical history of the patient must be accurately documented to avoid prescribing a drug that could trigger an allergic reaction.
Likewise, pharmacists possess a duty to keep track of all the medications a patient takes, as well as that person’s allergies, and to look out for potential problems before filling a prescription. If a pharmacist fails to notice that a prescribed medication could pose a risk to an individual, the pharmacist may be held liable for resulting injuries.
Contact a New York Medication Error Lawyer to assist you
If you or your loved one has suffered harm due to a medication error by a doctor, nurse, or pharmacist you may be entitled to serious to substantial compensation.
Multiple members of the staff at a medical facility may be liable in a case involving a medication error.
The doctor who prescribed a drug, the pharmacist who filled the prescription, the nurse who administered the medication in a hospital, and the drug manufacturer may all be held liable, depending on the circumstances.
Holding a medical professional accountable for a medication error is complex. A medical malpractice attorney will have to prove that the healthcare provider’s action did not rise to the standard of care that a prudent healthcare provider would have provided. In other words, a medical malpractice attorney must demonstrate that the care provided by the doctor, nurse, or medical staff was second-rate and was the proximate cause of the patient’s injuries.
Koenig Pierre will review your medical records, your statement, reports from medical experts, testimony from your doctor and other healthcare professionals. Koenig Pierre, a New York medication error attorney, will work with a team of experienced and talented attorneys to develop the best strategy to maximize your recovery.
The goal is to pursue a claim to compensate you for medical bills, lost income, and pain and suffering. While out-of-court settlements are possible, Koenig is not afraid to take your case to trial if it is necessary to obtain the best compensation for a client’s injuries.
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