Medication Error Lawyers
Fort Wayne and all of Indiana
Every year approximately 1.5 million Americans suffer injuries due to medication errors. While many errors only result in minor injury, approximately 7,000 people die each year and countless others suffer serious physical and mental damages. In total, medication errors account for 25% of all medical malpractice lawsuits.
How Medication Errors Occur
Common errors resulting in a prescription drug mistake include:
- A doctor prescribing the improper medication
- A pharmacist filling the improper medication when a doctor prescribed the right one
- A physician failing to account for patient allergies, which may lead to an individual’s wrongful death
- Failure to acknowledge current medications and potentially adverse interactions due to combination
- Miscommunication between pharmacist and doctor, resulting in the wrong drug being filled
Injuries Sustained Due to Medication Errors
The vast majority of individuals who are victims of medication errors only endure minor discomforts, such as headaches or dizziness. Often, connecting these symptoms to a prescription drug mistake never occurs.
However, in more serious cases, an individual may suffer serious bodily harm, including:
- Inability to control bowel movement
- Losing consciousness
- Organ failure
- Allergic reaction
- Stroke
- Nausea and vomiting
- Paralysis
Why You Need a Medication Error Attorney
There is never an excuse for a physician to make a medication error. Injuries sustained and lives lost due to a prescription drug mistakes are often preventable.
Failure to thoroughly investigate a patient’s allergies, just skimming an individual’s medical history, or failure to update a patient’s medical records can have catastrophic consequences.
An experienced medical malpractice attorney will fight to get you compensation for:
- Diminished earning capacity
- Loss of wages
- Medical bills
- Funeral cost, in the event of a wrongful death
- Mental and physical pain and suffering
- Loss of companionship
- Diminished quality of life
Free Interview – No Fee Until Settlement or Recovery
If you or a loved one has suffered injuries due to a medication error in the Fort Wayne or Indianapolis area, Indiana medical malpractice attorney, Richard Truitt, can help you obtain the compensation you deserve. Please call us at 800-628-2904 or contact Truitt Law Offices online to schedule your free interview. We work on a contingency basis, which means you don’t pay unless we collect for you. Make your first call your only call.
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