Injury or Death Caused by A Wrong Prescription

Prescription errors are a common cause of medical malpractice claims. The most frequent causes of these claims include:

1. Improper prescribing: This can occur when a doctor prescribes the wrong medication, the wrong dose, or a medication that is contraindicated for a particular patient.
2. Failure to monitor: This can occur when a doctor fails to monitor a patient’s response to a medication or fails to check for potential drug interactions.
3. Misdiagnosis: This can occur when a doctor misdiagnoses a condition and prescribes a medication that is not appropriate for the actual condition.
4. Lack of communication: This can occur when there is a lack of communication between healthcare providers, leading to medication errors.
5. Drug interactions: This can occur when a doctor fails to recognize potential drug interactions and prescribes medications that should not be taken together.

These are some of the most common causes of prescription malpractice claims. It’s important for healthcare providers to carefully monitor their patients and ensure that they are taking the correct medications and doses to reduce the risk of prescription errors and malpractice claims.

If someone that you love has suffered an injury or death caused by a wrong prescription of drugs, Sessions & Fleischman can help. Injury or death caused by a wrong prescription occurs on a remarkably frequent basis. This a common type of medical malpractice.

Injuries of Deaths Caused by Wrong Prescriptions

Our medical system has a remarkable inability to recognize failures or lapses in care and to take appropriate remedial actions to correct the failures – even if thousands of lives could be saved by simple procedures being implemented. So, what is preventing appropriate steps from being taken to avoid injuries or deaths caused by incorrect prescriptions? The answer is that multiple failures cause this breakdown in our healthcare system.

The overarching reason why medical care providers continue to cause injuries and deaths as a result of incorrectly dispensed medications is that there is a lack of recognition within the medical care community that the problem exists and there is a lack of standardization of the process by which prescription drugs are dispensed.

Statute of Limitations for Wrong Prescription Cases

In Georgia, the statute of limitations for medical malpractice claims, including those related to incorrect prescriptions, is typically two years from the date the injury occurred or from the date the injury was discovered, whichever is later. However, in some cases, the statute of limitations may be extended under certain circumstances, such as if the patient was a minor at the time of the injury or if the injury was not immediately discoverable.

It’s important to note that the statute of limitations for medical malpractice claims in Georgia is strict, and claims must be filed within the specified time frame or they may be barred by the statute of limitations. If you believe you have been the victim of a prescription error or other form of medical malpractice, it’s important to speak with an experienced medical malpractice attorney as soon as possible to understand your legal rights and options.

How Simple Is It to Prevent Incorrect Dispensing of Medications?

Preventing injuries or deaths caused by virtue of incorrect prescriptions being dispensed is as simple as making each link in the chain (doctors, nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians) formalize the process of checking and re-checking their work. A simple checklist that requires each of these professions to acknowledge the intended prescription and to insure that the intended prescription is dispensed is simple enough to implement and it will prevent harm to patients.

If you have questions about an injury or death caused by an incorrect prescription, contact the personal injury lawyers at Sessions & Fleischman, LLC.