Medications are meant to treat illness, manage pain, and help patients recover. When you receive the wrong drug, the incorrect dosage, or unclear instructions, it can result in serious injury. Medication mistakes can happen in hospitals, emergency rooms, nursing facilities, or pharmacies. You may trust health care professionals to carefully review your prescriptions, but errors can occur at several stages of the process.
If you suffered harm from such a mistake, an Allentown medication error lawyer could help you understand your options. At Soloff & Zervanos, our medical malpractice attorneys could review how health care workers prescribed, dispensed, and administered your medication to determine whether they followed proper safety procedures.
Medication errors can occur before the drug even reaches you. Prescribing and administering medications involve several steps, and mistakes can happen at any point in the process.
For example, a physician may prescribe the wrong drug for a condition or make a mistake when transcribing a prescription into a medical chart. A pharmacist may misread a prescription and fill it incorrectly. A nurse may make a mistake when verifying a medication before administering it.
When safety checks fail, you may receive the wrong drug or an unsafe dosage. Our attorneys in Allentown could review each stage of the medication process to help you identify where mistakes occurred.
You may not always realize immediately that a medication error has occurred. Symptoms may develop soon after taking the drug or may appear gradually, depending on the medication involved. Some warning signs include allergic reactions or unexpected side effects after receiving a drug and symptoms that worsen instead of improving. Confusion about which medication you received could also indicate that something is wrong.
Our Allentown lawyers understand that these signs sometimes prompt further medical evaluation, which could reveal medication mistakes. Medical records often help clarify whether you received the correct drug and dosage, and we could examine these records to understand how an error occurred and how it has affected you.
The consequences of medication errors depend on the types of drugs involved and your medical condition. Some mistakes may lead to temporary complications, while others may cause severe or permanent injuries. These consequences may include:
When reviewing medication error claims, our lawyers in Allentown examine how these errors affect your health and recovery. When these mistakes cause injuries that lead to extended hospital stays and ongoing medical care, we understand the significant emotional and financial stress it can cause for you and your family.
Medication mistakes can leave you wondering how such an error occurred and what steps to take next. Understanding what happened often requires reviewing medical records, prescriptions, and the procedures that health care workers used to administer the medication.
If a prescription or dosage mistake has caused you serious harm, an Allentown medication error lawyer from our team could help you understand your legal options. We could review your case and help you evaluate whether health care professionals followed the standard of care. Contact us today to discuss your situation and learn how we could help you move forward with a medical negligence claim.
