Prescription Errors 

Orlando, Florida Prescription Errors Attorneys

Pharmacies and pharmacists are liable for dispensing mistakes and prescription errors that injure or kill people. In order to reduce the occurrence of prescription and dispensing errors, pharmacies have introduced a number of measures intended to protect patients. However, negligence on the part of pharmacists or errors in the automated mail order pharmacy environment still injure and kill people every year in the United States. At Jacobs & Goodman, our Orlando lawyers investigate the cause of dispensing and prescription errors that result in dangerous drug interactions, injuries, and fatalities. We subpoena copies of video footage, drug utilization review (DUR) edits, maintenance schedules for automated mail order pharmacy dispensing machines, and employee records. We expose negligence and breakdowns in communication that often lead to dispensing and prescription errors.

Don't assume that a prescription error is simply bad luck. Pharmacies and hospitals have a duty of care to ensure that the medicine they give you in the correct dose. They also have a duty to review your other prescription medications and take measures to avoid a dangerous interaction with other drugs. To schedule a free consultation and discuss your case, contact the prescription error lawyers at Jacobs & Goodman today.

Injuries from Prescription Errors

The Orlando law office of Jacobs & Goodman represents clients suffering from the following kinds of injuries due to drug mix-ups and other prescription or dispensing errors:

• Heart attack
• Stroke
• Severe allergic reaction / anaphylactic shock
• High blood pressure / low blood pressure
• Kidney failure
• Liver failure
• Gastro-intestinal bleeding

Prescription Errors - How They Occur

Pharmacy errors can happen for a number of reasons. At your local Walgreens, Wal-Mart, or CVS pharmacy, a pharmacist may simply give you someone else's prescription. Or, he or she may dispense a drug at a higher dose than a prescription called for. Additionally, as there are several sources for most generics, pill sizes, colors, and shapes can change. This can cause confusion and result in a dispensing error as well.

In the mail order pharmacy environment, prescription benefits management companies (PBMs) employ pharmacists to check each prescription before it leaves the mail order facility. However, the same kinds of mistakes can happen in the mail order environment as happen at the local drug store. This is especially dangerous when a new generic manufacturer is used and patients are told to expect a change in shape or color.

Why Pharmacies are Liable for Prescription and Dispensing Errors

Simply put, pharmacies are liable for dispensing and prescription errors because the duty of care they owe customers requires that they dispense drugs accurately. As such, they have a legal duty to institute safeguards that prevent errors. When errors occur, even if they are "understandable" from a human weakness point of view, they are still liable for not putting in place additional measures that would have prevented the error.

To schedule a free consultation and discuss how we can help you, contact an Orlando prescription error attorney at the law office of Jacobs & Goodman today.

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Jacobs & Goodman, P.A.
Central Florida Personal Injury Lawyers
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