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Wrong Medication

  • Children Given Breast Cancer Medication Instead of Fluoride in New Jersey
  • Safe Med Program Helps Reduce Drug Error Cases in Older Patients
  • Wrong Medication Error Causes Injury after Eye Surgery

Wrong Dosage

Other Errors

  • Victims Most at Risk of Prescription Drug Errors: Children and the Elderly
  • Six Ways Nurses Can Avoid Serious Hospital Medication Errors
  • Drug Labeling a Major Contributor to Serious Medication Errors, FDA Says

Kids Rx Errors

  • Are your child's OTC medications dangerous?
  • Are you child's OTC medicines dangerous?
  • Medical Student Training Helps Reduce Texas Medication Errors for Children

Pharmacy Malpractice

  • Kentucky wrongful-death lawsuit filed after pharmacy error
  • FDA Warns Pharmacists to AVOID Drug Interaction Errors
  • Hospitals see 60 percent drop in errors when doctors use electronic prescriptions

Walgreens Claims

  • Walgreens Sued Over Medication Error in Michigan

CVS Claims

  • Cancer drugs mixed up with children’s fluoride at New Jersey CVS

State pharmacy boards

  • Rate of Massachusetts prescription mistakes unchanged
  • Are you taking contaminated medicine?

Drug Error Prevention

State Pharmacy Laws

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Active Cases

  • Utah Family Says Medication Contributed to Mother’s Murder3/13/2012
  • Oregon Pharmacists Confess to Safety Violations in Online Survey3/9/2012
  • Washington Hospital Drug Error Results in Wrongful Death Lawsuit3/8/2012
  • Medication Error Causes Louisville Woman’s Wrongful Death3/7/2012
  • Pharmacists Warn of Dangerous Drug Interactions2/19/2012
  • Three Patients Overdose Due to Medication Errors in Pennsylvania Hospital2/13/2012

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Learning Center

Wrong Medication

  • “Minor” Injuries from Wrong Medication Errors Can Have Serious Effects
  • Medicare to Penalize Hospitals for Preventable Medication Errors
  • FDA Warns of Wrong Medication Errors When Taking Durezol and Durasal

Wrong Dosage

Other Errors

  • Dangerous Drug Injuries Rising in the United States
  • A “Near Miss” Counts as a Hospital Drug Error, Researcher Says
  • How Drug Labels Can Cause Serious Medication Mistakes

Kids Rx Errors

  • How safe is your child from medication

    mix-ups during school hours?
  • Infants are More Likely to Suffer Cardiac Medication Errors in Texas
  • How to Prevent Medication Errors in Children’s Hospitals

Pharmacy Malpractice

Walgreens Claims

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

CVS Claims

  • CVS Pharmacy’s Long History of Medication Errors

State pharmacy boards

  • HIV AIDS Drugs Tested on Foster Kids

    for Over 20 Years



    Part Two: Are drug makers experimenting with your kids?
  • Texas Attorney General claims drug companies misled the public on

    safety of Risperdal
  • Foster Kids Used as Guinea Pigs by Big Pharma with States’ Permission

Drug Error Prevention

  • Oregon Pharmacists refuse to participate in pharmacy error reporting.
  • Only one out of seven errors are reported by hospital employees, study finds.
  • How Safe is Your Prescription Medication?

Dangerous Drugs

  • What are the Darvon or Darvocet

    lawsuits about?
  • Learn what you need to know

    about Actos Lawsuits

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Blog

By continuously researching legal briefs, journals, and case studies, the lawyers at Kennedy Hodges put their legal expertise to work by providing readers with information and legal opinions about injuries and medical conditions resulting from prescription errors across the county. Check out their blogs, which cover a wide range of topics, including common causes of the pharmacy errors, symptoms, treatments, and tips on handling an insurance claim.

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  • 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...
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FAQs

Wrong Medication

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 thought the numbers after the name of my medication were the dosage. Does that count as a prescription drug mistake?
  • What are the most common factors that lead to a hospital drug error?
  • Do I have a Texas drug error case against my pharmacist?
  • Do computers reduce the number of prescription drug mistakes?
  • How often do pharmacy errors occur when doctors send handwritten prescriptions to the pharmacy?

Kids Rx Errors

Pharmacy Malpractice

  • One of my prescriptions caused a drug reaction with an herbal supplement. Is my pharmacist to blame?
  • Are pill-counting tools to blame for pharmacy errors?
  • Is the pharmacist directly responsible for my medication mistake?
  • Do I have a Risperdal lawsuit?
  • Can a prescription drug mistake be made at the drop-off window?

Walgreens Claims

State pharmacy boards

Drug Error Prevention

State Pharmacy Laws

General

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