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Medication Error Practice Section

We have added a new practice area to our website devoted to medication errors.  At Williamson & Lavecchia, we have represented numerous victims of medication errors and information about medication errors has been available on our website.  Due to the severity and frequency of medication errors, we have decided to set up a separate practice area on this website limited to medication errors. 

Medication errors are almost always preventable.  Most medication errors come from carelessness and negligence.  The following are a few examples of medication errors:

• Nurses administering a medication to the wrong patient;
• Doctors writing illegible prescriptions;
• Doctors writing prescriptions that the patient is allergic to;
• Pharmacists misfilling prescriptions (wrong medicine in the bottle or mislabeling the prescription);
• Drug manufacturers using similar and confusing names for different drugs;
• Doctors failing to monitor the effects of prescriptions.

There are numerous other examples of medication errors.  In some cases medication errors cause minimal harm, but in other cases they are tragic.  For example, we have represented the families of patients who have died from medication overdoses like Coumadin, a blood thinner. 

If you or a loved one has been a victim of medication errors, please click here to learn more about medication errors or contact us to discuss your legal rights.

Regards,

Joshua Silverman

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