Medical Negligence and Prescription Medication Errors
If you or someone you care about have been harmed by a prescription medication error, talking with the attorneys at Caroselli Beachler McTiernan & Conboy, L.L.C., can help you understand your legal options. Since 1972, we have been representing the victims of medical malpractice. Our lawyers use comprehensive knowledge, years of experience and extensive resources to help you achieve effective solutions in medical negligence cases.
There are many different types of medication errors that occur in doctor's offices, pharmacies, hospitals and nursing homes throughout Pennsylvania:
- Failure to give medication
- Giving too much medication
- Giving the wrong type of medication
- Prescribing the wrong and dangerous combination of drugs
- Prescribing a medication despite a known drug allergy
- Giving inadequate instructions or directions
- Substitution of one, incorrect drug for another
There are many reasons why medication errors occur. Many physicians fail to take a complete medical history, document the medications to which a patient has allergies or medications that a patient already takes. Many doctors also over-prescribe medication or they prescribe medications that are much stronger than necessary, with bad side effects.
What to do if You Suspect a Medication Error
If you suspect that a medication error is the cause of a serious health problem or the death of a loved one, you must act quickly. If you have lost a loved one, and suspect that there has been a medication error, you may need to consider whether an autopsy should be performed.
Contact Us
Regardless of the nature of your experience, if you have suffered a life changing injury or the death of a loved one, talk with our attorneys about your options. Contact the lawyers at the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia law offices of Caroselli Beachler McTiernan & Conboy, L.L.C., by calling us at 412-567-1232 or toll free at 866-466-5789. You may also complete our online contact form. Initial consultations are free and confidential.
