Prescription error is one of the most common medical malpractices that occur in pharmacies, hospitals and doctor’s clinics. When doctors and pharmacists fail to make sure that the patient is receiving the right medication in the right dose, they can be held liable for the consequences caused by their medical negligence. Sometimes these consequences can be very serious or even fatal.

Recently Safeway’s pharmacy filled one of Mr. Barry’s client’s prescription with the right medication but at 4 times the dose that was indicated on the prescription written by her doctor.  She overdosed and became very disoriented and fell down the stairs at her home causing her serious neck, back and knee problems. She did not suspect that the medication was the source of her problems (because she had been taking this medication for over a year without complication) so she continued to take it (at 4 times the prescribed dose) for a month. During that time she fell again in her kitchen and was knocked unconscious. Mr. Barry was able to obtain a very good result for his client by preparing the case, filing the lawsuit and eventually resolving it at a mediation. Since Mr. Barry fronts all the expenses for these kinds of cases, the whole process was very low pressure for his client who basically put the whole matter in Mr. Barry’s hands.

Mistakes in administering drugs are so highly prevalent in hospitals and pharmacies that at least 1 million people die each year due to prescription errors!

The errors include administering drugs that could adversely react with the drugs that patient is already taking; prescribing drugs to a patient who has known allergies to that specific drug; prescribing wrong medication or the wrong dose, failure to provide the right treatment and failure to provide the information about the risks associated with the drugs.

As noted above, Mr. Barry is experienced in pharmaceutical malpractice claims that result in injury or death. If you or someone you know has suffered injuries due to prescription errors, contact Nelson C. Barry III, a San Francisco personal injury attorney and let him put his 30 years of experience to work for you.