In a recent study that our Maryland Pharmacy Error Attorneys have been following, USA Today investigated every step of a prescription’s path in a pharmacy—to uncover the potential for medication mistakes with each step of the filling process, that can lead to patient injury or wrongful death. In the research,…
Our Maryland Pharmacy Error Injury Lawyers have been following the recent case filed last week on behalf of John Sheridan, a man who died after being prescribed the wrong dosage of a cancer medication. According to the suit, Sheridan was prescribed Temodar, a powerful drug for brain tumors that was…
As Maryland Medication Mistake Attorneys we have recently read an article published in the QJM, the long-established leading general medical journal, on the topic of medication errors—giving an overview of what medication mistakes are, how they happen, and how to prevent them from happening in the future. According to the…
The FDA has recently published a patient safety alert, reporting medication dosage errors associated with Tamiflu, (for oral suspension), the top doctor prescribed anti-viral flu medication, administered to both adults and children. Our Maryland Pharmacy Misfill Injury Attorneys have been following this prescriber and pharmacy alert report, and how it…
In the ongoing topic of medical error and injuries that our Maryland Medication Mistake Lawyers covered earlier this week in a previous blog, the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCCMERP) recommends that in order to help prevent medical error injury and death every year, it is…
As Maryland Medication Error Injury Attorneys, we have recently read data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stating that in the United States, 1.3 million people are injured by medication errors every year, with at least one death reported every day. According to the National Coordinating Council for…
As Maryland Medication Mistake Attorneys, we have been following a recent article from Cardiology Today, revealing that cardiac medication mistakes are reported most commonly with infants—in community hospitals, university hospitals, and pharmacies. The results of a study showed that diuretics and antihypertensive agents are the most commonly reported drugs that…
In a prior post from this week concerning pharmacy error injury, our Maryland Medication Error Attorneys at Lebowitz & Mzhen Personal Injury Lawyers discussed a recent study published by the Institute of Medication Practices (ISMP), and the ongoing problem with drug naming standards in extended release medications. In this study,…
As Maryland Medication Error Attorneys, we have been following a recent study published by the Institute of Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), about the lack of prescription drug naming standards in extended release medications that lead to pharmacy error injury. According to the study, although extended release drug formulations provide multiple…
One of the sources of information that we read regularly is published by the Institute of Safe Medication Practices. Recently, the ISMP wrote about individuals who were using a dosage cap from one over the counter medication, to measure medication from another medication. When the measuring cups were swapped as…