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PHARMACY LAW BLOG

Wrong Medication

• FDA Study Proves Houston Medication Errors Can Be Fatal
• Four Tips for staying safe at the pharmacy
• Prescription Drug Errors Can Cause Miscarriage in Pregnant Women

Wrong Dosage

• Cape Cod Mom Saves Baby from Prescription Overdose
• Prescription Phone Orders: A Common Cause of Dosage Errors
• Premature Baby Injured by Wrong Dosage of Morphine

Other Errors

• Study Shows Texas Medication Errors Often Lead to Hospitalization
• Hunger strike by pharmacist highlights dangerous pharmacy quotas
• Seven Things Your Pharmacist Wishes You Knew

Kids Rx Errors

• Medication Errors in Children: a Problem Bigger than Texas
• Medication Errors Common in Chronically Ill Children
• Can you distinguish candy from prescription pills? Neither can your 7th grader.

Pharmacy Malpractice

• Pharmacists Say a Little Planning Can Reduce Pharmacy Mistakes
• One in five American adults takes psychiatric drugs
• Do you know your prescription's dangerous side effects?

Walgreens Claims

• Walgreens Sued Over Medication Error in Michigan

State pharmacy boards

• Are you taking contaminated medicine?

Drug Error Prevention

• Pharmacy robots are filling your prescriptions - do you know the prescription error rate?
• Unintentional drug overdose is leading cause of death
• Do you take five or more medications? How a brown paper bag has helped patients with chronic conditions.

State Pharmacy Laws

• Merck to pay $950 million in criminal and civil fines for Vioxx marketing
• Proposed Pharmacy merger could expose consumers to more dangerous pharmacy practices

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Active Cases

• Woman Visiting from Egypt Falls Victim to Texas Walgreens Prescription Error12/1/2011
• IV Mistake Leads to Fatal Overdose in California11/30/2011
• Hospitals Switching to Insulin Pens May Reduce Dosage Errors for Diabetics11/30/2011
• Automated Pharmacies Make Fewer Medication Mistakes than Staff11/29/2011
• Man Suffers Coma after Hospital Pharmacy Medication Error11/29/2011
• UK Pharmacy Makes Mistake, Takes 2 Days to Warn Patient11/16/2011

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Learning Center

Wrong Medication

• The 5 Rights: A Nurse’s Guide to Avoiding Texas Hospital Pharmacy Errors
• Georgia school bus driver injured by prescription error
• FDA Regulations May Reduce Sound-Alike Drug Errors in Texas

Wrong Dosage

• 5 Things Doctors Can Do to Avoid Dosage Errors in Texas
• How Do Houston Dosage Errors Happen?

Other Errors

• Types of Injuries Caused by Houston Pharmacy Errors
• 5 Ways You Can Prevent Pharmacy Errors.
• What happens when the pharmacist can't read your prescription?

Kids Rx Errors

• Texas Vaccinations Could Cause Child Dosage Errors
• Emily's Act: The new law enacted over a fatal pharmacy mistake that killed a two-year-old girl.
• 8 Ways to Prevent Child Prescription Errors in Texas

Pharmacy Malpractice

• Kinds of Damages Awarded in a Houston Pharmacy Malpractice Case
• How Did This Happen? Common Types of Houston Pharmacy Errors
• Is Your Texas Pharmacy Guilty of Malpractice?

Walgreens Claims

• Walgreens Pays $31.3M after Pharmacist Mistake Causes Wrongful Death

CVS Claims

• CVS Pharmacy’s Long History of Medication Errors

Drug Error Prevention

• FDA Finds Serious violations at Puerto Rico prescription manufacturing plant
• Will robots reduce pharmacy errors?
• The dangers of antidepressants and painkillers – 5 Steps you should take to prevent adverse drug effects

General

• ¿Que es error farmaceutico y como puedo poner una demanda por un error de farmacia?
• Walgreens Insider Tells Ugly Truth about Assembly Line Pharmacies
• State Pharmacy Boards Have Close Ties to Big Pharmacies

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Case Results

Wrong Medication

CVS Wrong Medication

Successful representation for national pharmacy mistake lawsuit

Wrong Medication Lawsuit Representation

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Wrong Dosage

Successful pharmacy dosage mistake lawsuit

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Other Errors

Pharmacy Mislabeling Mistake

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Testimonials

• When I went to the pharmacy to pick up my prescription the pharmacy put two different medications in the bottle, including one I was not supposed to take...
• A pharmacy gave me the wrong instructions on some medication for my son and he got sick. I needed legal help and even though they were in a different state than where I live they were able to take my case...

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Videos

• Kennedy Hodges Pharmacy Error Overview

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FAQs

Wrong Medication

• Are pharmacies taking responsibility for Texas prescription mistakes?
• Are the elderly more at risk of a Texas prescription error?
• My pharmacy admitted they gave me the wrong medication and asked me to bring the medication back to exchange it. Should I do it?
  
• I was given the wrong medication by a pharmacy. Can I hold the pharmacy accountable for their mistake?
• What Should I Look for When Choosing a Pharmacy?

Wrong Dosage

• Are teaspoons a good way to measure dosage for a Texas prescription?
• Is it illegal for a doctor to use abbreviations on a Texas prescription label?
  
• How Common are Wrong Dosage Errors in Texas Hospitals?

Other Errors

• I was hospitalized because my pharmacy failed to catch dangerous drug side effects and interactions. Can I do something about this?
• Why are Pharmacy Errors so common?
• How common are pharmacy mistakes?
• What are the most common pharmacy errors that result in injury?
  
• How often are medication errors caused by illegible hand writing or similar drug names?

Kids Rx Errors

• How do I prove that my child was harmed by pharmacist malpractice?
• What should I do if my child started vomiting due to a prescription error?
• After my child was the victim of a pharmacy misfill incident an adjuster called me asking for me to give a recorded statement. Should I cooperate?

Pharmacy Malpractice

• My loved one died because of a pharmacy error. How can I take action against the pharmacy responsible?
• What do studies reveal about prescription error?
• How much will it cost me for your attorneys to investigate my claim?
  
• What is pharmacy malpractice?
• What are the benefits to filing a pharmacy lawsuit?

Walgreens Claims

• Can a prescription drug error at Walgreens pharmacy be caused by stressful work environments for the pharmacists and technicians?
• My mother was given wrong medication by Walgreens and suffered horrible symptoms. How do I prove that her symptoms are linked to the pharmacy drug error?
• As a pharmacy attorney, what experience does David Hodges have representing clients against CVS, Walgreens and other national pharmacies?
  

State pharmacy boards

• I think I have been harmed by a contaminated drug. What are my rights?
• Should I report a pharmacy dispensing error to my state board of pharmacy?

Drug Error Prevention

• What are the best ways to prevent a prescription error injury before and after I go to the pharmacy?

State Pharmacy Laws

• Virginia
• Washington pharmacy error
  
• West Virginia pharmacy error
  
• Wisconsin personal injury
  
• Wyoming pharmacy error
  

General

• Do I really need a pharmacy error lawyer?
• Can a medication error lawyer help me if I don't have the bottle with the medicine?
• Will a pharmacist lawsuit help get the attention of big pharmacies to make them change their unsafe practices?

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