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...

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....

Blood thinners play an important role in the lives of many people. When properly prescribed and used, blood thinners can help prevent blood clots that can result in heart attacks and strokes. But as we wrote in a previous blog post, if not properly administered, these...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...