{"id":32349,"date":"2009-03-30T14:28:51","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T14:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/drug_or_prescription_errors_ca\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T16:00:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T21:00:59","slug":"drug-or-prescription-errors-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/drug-or-prescription-errors-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug or Prescription Errors Can Cause Death and Serious Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Georgia injury lawyers, we often get calls about pharmacy mistakes and prescription errors being committed by medical providers, including drug stores. Many times, the mistakes are caught before any damage is done; however, sometimes serious injury or death<\/a> occurs. Recently, we read about a case where a pharmacist at a Wal-Mart store allegedly mislabeled a pill bottle, resulting in a woman in her 70’s taking twice the recommended and prescribed dose of a blood pressure medication. As a result, she has suffered serious injury and almost died. Apparently the woman\u2019s physician quickly discovered the pharmacy error but not before she suffered permanent heart damage and incurred substantial medical expenses.
\nIn 2006, it was estimated that more than 1.5 million Americans were injured every year by drug errors in hospitals, nursing homes <\/a>and doctor\u2019s offices. Even as far back as 1999, it was estimated that at least 7,000 people die annually from drug errors. There are many reasons for the errors that occur. Most prescriptions are hand written and in some cases are difficult to read. In addition, many times there are bad interactions between different drugs a patient may be taking. Technology alone has the potential to eliminate some of these errors but industry and government has been slow to implement a comprehensive plan, including E-prescribing. For now, consumers must be aggressive in questioning doctors, nurses and pharmacists about their medications whether they are looking out for a friend or loved one in a nursing home or hospital or handling their own prescription medication at home.
\nIf you or a loved one have been seriously injured as a result of drug store errors or prescription mis-labeling, contact an experienced Georgia injury lawyer at Finch McCranie, LLP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Georgia injury lawyers, we often get calls about pharmacy mistakes and prescription errors being committed by medical providers, including drug stores. Many times, the mistakes are caught before any damage is done; however, sometimes serious injury or death occurs. 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