San Diego Medication Error Attorney

Medication and Pharmaceutical Errors

Medication errors are one of the most common types of medical malpractice claims. They involve a patient being administered or prescribed the wrong medication or the wrong dosage amount, resulting in serious side effects, injury or even wrongful death. At our firm, we are committed to providing experienced legal counsel to clients throughout the San Diego area who have been injured or have lost loved ones due to medication and pharmaceutical errors. Though these cases have the potential to be technical and complex in nature, we have the experience and resources to prevail.

Why do medication errors occur? They typically stem from an innocent mistake by a doctor, nurse, pharmacist or other medical professional who accidentally writes down the wrong medicine, picks up the wrong medication off the shelf or administers the wrong dose to a patient. Hospitals, doctor’s offices and pharmacies are often busy places and it is all too easy for an overwhelmed, inexperienced or overworked individual to make a mistake that has serious or deadly consequences. The most common medication and pharmaceutical errors involve:

Administering the wrong medication
Administering the wrong dose
Prescribing or administering a medication that the patient has a known allergy to
Accidentally dispensing the wrong drug or dose
Illegible handwriting on a prescription slip that leads to the wrong prescription or dose
Misdiagnosing a patient and therefore prescribing the wrong medicine

Pharmacy Error Lawyer in San Diego

Involve a lawyer from our San Diego law offices to handle your claim and we will conduct a thorough investigation to get to the bottom of your case. We will work to determine exactly what caused the error to occur and will therefore hold the negligent party accountable. To find out more about your options in this regard, contact a San Diego pharmacy error lawyer at our firm today.