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Medication Errors

The Silent Threat: Understanding Medication Errors and Your Legal Rights

On Behalf of Harris, Powers & Cunningham PLLC | Apr 11, 2022 | Medication Errors

Medication errors occur, which can lead to a serious medical incident or even death. Many medication errors are preventable and can be attributed to the negligence of medical professionals. Statistics from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality note that...

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Prescribing Errors by Doctors

On Behalf of Harris, Powers & Cunningham PLLC | Dec 4, 2020 | Medication Errors

What happens if a doctor prescribes you the wrong medication? Do you have a cause of action? While medications often help us in our daily lives to ease pain, battle symptoms, and otherwise stay healthy, if prescribed incorrectly they can do tremendous harm....

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Proper precautions can help prevent medication poisonings

On Behalf of Harris, Powers & Cunningham PLLC | Jun 19, 2015 | Medication Errors

Without the correct medications, many people would suffer greatly due to illnesses and conditions. Medications can help ease pain, battle symptoms and get us back on our feet so we can get on with our daily lives. But the same medications that are supposed to help can...

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Rush to fill prescriptions can lead to medication errors

On Behalf of Harris, Powers & Cunningham PLLC | May 15, 2015 | Medication Errors

We live in a get-it-done-now world. People are very busy and want to have their needs met as quickly as possible. And while some businesses, such as fast food restaurants, may lend themselves well to the quick service model, others may not. Take, for example,...

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Verdict awards family of child injured by medication error

On Behalf of Harris, Powers & Cunningham PLLC | Apr 10, 2015 | Medication Errors

The attorney can examine your child's medical records in an effort to determine what happened. The attorney could also advise you on what steps you can take in an effort to get compensation for expenses to take care of your child.Source: 7 News Denver, "Jury...

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Doctors should be sure if a drug is right for a patient

On Behalf of Harris, Powers & Cunningham PLLC | Feb 12, 2015 | Medication Errors

When we are not feeling our best, we may seek relief through the use of prescription drugs. We often have high expectations that such drugs will fix our problems without complications. Perhaps these expectations are created by the many advertisements touting the...

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Patients should be told of side effects before using medication

On Behalf of Harris, Powers & Cunningham PLLC | Jan 7, 2015 | Medication Errors

We live in an age of medical miracles. Due to advances in medicine, there are more drugs that can help treat illnesses and conditions than ever before. On the whole this is a very good thing as drugs developed in the labs of pharmaceutical companies have helped...

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What precautions should I take while on blood thinners?

On Behalf of Harris, Powers & Cunningham PLLC | Dec 9, 2014 | Medication Errors

Anticoagulant drugs, or drug thinners, as they are known, are prescribed to help prevent blood clots. Blood clots are dangerous because they can cause strokes or heart attacks. But as beneficial as these drugs may be, they can also pose very serious health threats if...

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Parents making medication errors due to confusing instructions

On Behalf of Harris, Powers & Cunningham PLLC | Nov 3, 2014 | Medication Errors

According to the newly released data, every eight minutes a child who is less than 6 years of age falls victim to medication errors committed by adults. A doctor speaking on "CBS This Morning" said that these dosage mistakes could be related to the instructions found...

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Opioid prescriptions could lead to medication injuries

On Behalf of Harris, Powers & Cunningham PLLC | Sep 30, 2014 | Medication Errors

When we are in severe pain, relief is at the forefront of our minds. In order to alleviate serious pain, a physician may prescribe painkillers. Currently, painkillers in the form of opioids are being prescribed for such ailments as headaches, abdominal pain and back...

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