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Prescription Errors
Personal Injury Attorneys in Atlanta, Georgia

For millions of people, medication and other pharmaceutical products are a part of their daily routine, helping them regulate and control serious health conditions that would otherwise put their lives at risk. Patients trust that their doctors, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals will ensure they receive the proper type and dosage of medication - enough to control their problem without causing dangerous side-effects.

Unfortunately, medication errors still occur, leaving patients vulnerable to serious and sometimes fatal effects.

Types of Prescription Medication Errors

The American Hospital Association points to the following situations as typical causes of medication errors:

• Failure to prescribe the right medication
• Failure to administer medication
• Administering the wrong amount of medication (overdose)
• Miscommunication of drug orders (due to poor handwriting, name confusion, misuse of metric and other dosing units, improper abbreviations, etc)
• Failure to obtain a patient's complete medical history (including allergies, other medications, previous diagnoses, and lab results)
• Administering medication incorrectly

Like all medical malpractice cases, prescription error claims are quite complex, requiring the assistance of an experienced medical malpractice attorney to properly evaluate medical records, interview medical experts, and identify the parties that should be held responsible for your injuries.

If you, or one of your loved ones has been harmed by a prescription error in the Atlanta, Georgia area, please contact the experienced medical malpractice lawyers at Robbins & Associates, PC today to schedule your free initial consultation.