In a widely publicized pharmacy error from earlier this year that our Maryland Pharmacy Error Injury Lawyers followed, 21 elite horses tragically died after a pharmacy incorrectly prepared the medication given to the horses. According to reports, 21 of the 25 horses of the Venezuelan polo team were allegedly given…
In a related blog from yesterday, our Maryland Pharmacy Misfill Lawyers discussed a recent article from USA Today, where the step-by-step process of how a prescription is filled was followed in two pharmacies—to uncover how pharmacy mistakes are taking place, and how to prevent them in the future. The article…
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…
In Maryland news this week, our medical mistake lawyers have been following the recall announcement by Sanofi-Aventis, the vaccine manufacturer of 800,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine for children under the age of three. According to the Washington Post, the flu vaccine has lost potency after being shipped from the factory,…
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…
Our Pharmacy Misfill Attorneys in Maryland have been following the recent news of a dangerous medication mistake made by a Walgreen’s pharmacy, where a child was given heart medication instead of an antiviral drug to treat the H1N1 flu virus. When Wilma O’Neill picked up the prescription for her daughter…
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…