Alpharetta Medication Error Lawyer

Highly Rated Alpharetta Medication Error Attorney

When a doctor prescribes a patient a new medication, they typically assume that it is safe to take as prescribed. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. If a medicine that was prescribed to you caused you harm, you can work with an Alpharetta medication error lawyer to hold the liable party accountable for the damages you’ve suffered.

Trust The Tolson Firm, LLC

Our Alpharetta medical malpractice lawyer at The Tolson Firm, LLC, handles many medication error cases. We’re known for acting as staunch advocates for victims of medical malpractice, helping our clients hold negligent healthcare providers accountable for the harm that they have caused. From the initial investigation through negotiations and potential courtroom battles, we stand by our clients every step of the way. Contact our firm to learn how we can help you.

Why Hire a Medication Error Lawyer?

At least 1.5 million people are harmed each year by medication errors. These errors can occur at any stage in the care chain, from the moment a drug is prescribed through the points where it is dispensed, stored, prepared, and administered, and the results can be devastating. If you have suffered harm as a result of an incorrectly prescribed, distributed, or administered drug, you can hire a medication error lawyer to help you file a claim against the party responsible for the mistake that caused your damages.

Your attorney can handle all of the details of your case, including:

• Filing the initial claim
• Keeping track of deadlines
• Gathering evidence
• Hiring expert witnesses
• Negotiating with insurance companies
• Representing you in court
• Protecting your rights and interests

Working with an Alpharetta medication error attorney is the most effective way to improve your odds of receiving fair compensation. Our attorneys understand what it takes to file a successful claim and get injured patients compensated for the harm they have suffered.

Types of Medication Errors

There are many places in the care chain where medication errors can occur. They include:

• Prescribing errors. Prescribing errors happen when a doctor prescribes the incorrect medication or the proper medication at an incorrect dosage. These errors can occur because of incorrect diagnoses, failures to consider a patient’s allergies, or an inability to identify potential drug interactions with other medications.
• Dispensing errors. Dispensing errors occur when a pharmacist receives a correct prescription but dispenses the incorrect medication or dosage. Other examples of dispensing errors include mislabeling medications with incorrect instructions or failing to provide adequate counseling to the patient.
• Administration errors. Administration errors occur at local hospitals like Northside/Alpharetta Medical Campus. They happen when nurses administer the wrong drug or the wrong dose, use an incorrect route of administration, or administer the right medication at the wrong time.
• Monitoring errors. Monitoring errors also occur in local healthcare facilities. They happen when healthcare providers fail to monitor patients for adverse reactions or neglect the ordering of necessary tests to monitor a drug’s effects.

It doesn’t matter which type of medication error occurred. If you suffered an injury as a result of that error, you may have an actionable medical malpractice claim on your hands.

Determining Liability for Medication Errors

It can be difficult to determine who is responsible for a medication error. Potential liable parties can include:

• Physicians. Doctors can make errors in prescribing medications.
• Pharmacists. Pharmacists can make dispensing errors.
• Pharmacies. Pharmacies can be held vicariously liable for the harm caused by their employees.
• Nurses. Nurses can make administration errors.
• Medical assistants. Medical assistants are sometimes also responsible for administering medications.
• Hospitals or clinics. Both hospitals and clinics can be held vicariously liable for employee negligence or directly liable for inadequate staffing or poor medication protocols.
• Manufacturers. Pharmaceutical manufacturers that fail to provide adequate warnings about risks or manufacture drugs improperly can also be held liable.

Your attorney can help you identify all liable parties so you can get a full recovery.

FAQs

Can You File a Claim for a Medication Error?

You can file a claim for a medication error that caused you injury or illness. For your claim to be successful, it must show that a healthcare provider made a preventable error in the prescribing, dispensing, or administration of a medication or failed to monitor for adverse effects in a hospital setting. A medication error attorney in Alpharetta can help you gather evidence to support your medication error case.

What Types of Medication Errors Lead to Payouts?

Medication errors that cause patients serious harm tend to lead to significant payouts. The amount of compensation you receive for a medication error claim could vary depending on factors such as the severity of the injury or illness that resulted from the medication error, how long it took you to recover, and whether you have clear proof of liability.

How Serious Is a Medication Error?

Medication errors can be extremely serious. Some are even life-threatening. If you receive a medication in the wrong dose or one that interacts poorly with another medication or worsens another existing health condition, it could have catastrophic results. However, not all medication errors lead to fatalities or catastrophic injuries. You could still have a case if the error led to a relatively minor injury that healed over time with medical intervention.

What Is the Most Common Medication Error?

Prescription or ordering mistakes are the most common medication errors, accounting for nearly 50% of all mistakes. Nurses and pharmacists are able to identify only 30 to 70% of medication-ordering errors, leaving many patients facing serious harm as a result of doctors’ negligent prescribing practices. Other common medication errors include incorrect diagnosis, dose miscalculation, incorrect administration, and lack of patient education.

Your Alpharetta Medication Error Lawyer

Medication errors can have serious, even life-threatening, consequences. If you’ve suffered an injury as a result of a prescribing, distribution, or administration mistake, you can contact an Alpharetta medication error lawyer for help. The team here at The Tolson Firm, LLC, is here to help.

Audrey Tolson, the lead attorney at our firm, is a proud Black attorney whose firm focuses on medical malpractice cases, including medication error claims. Our team has extensive experience in interpreting medication error laws and supporting victims throughout the claim-filing process. We can help you, too. Contact our office today to schedule an initial consultation regarding your medication error case to find out how.