Recent Posts in Pharmacy Negligence Category
Posted on May 10, 2012 By Scott Distasio
Every day, patients around the developed world put their trust in pharmacists. These men and women have gone through years of schooling and training and know more about medications we take than we do. ...
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Posted on May 5, 2012 By Scott Distasio
Compounding is a process in which a pharmacy mixes medications using bulk ingredients. They are often used when a patient is allergic to inactive ingredients in commercially available and FDA-approved ...
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Posted on Apr 26, 2012 By Scott Distasio
If you are traveling and fall ill, you may find yourself at a Rite Aid pharmacy looking for relief. You may find a counter manned by an employee in a white coat, there to offer advice on medications ...
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Posted on Feb 15, 2012 By Scott Distasio
An investigation by the California Department of Public Health uncovered numerous pharmacy errors made in nursing homes . During the course of the probe, officials found one woman with a history of ...
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Posted on Dec 18, 2011 By Scott Distasio
According to Oregon health officials, an alarming number of pharmacists are confusing two very different prescription drugs. Over the last three months the drugs Trazadone, used to treat anxiety, ...
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Posted on Oct 15, 2011 By
Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount, North Carolina has a new pharmacy team member, MACK. MACK, McKesson Automated Cartfill King, is an automated prescription dispensing system - a robot pharmacist. ...
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Posted on Oct 10, 2011 By
Ron Apenbrinck took his prescription for Hydrocodone to his local Walgreens expecting to get pain medication for his hernia. KMOV.com reported he was given the wrong medication by the pharmacy and he ...
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Posted on Sep 8, 2011 By
At least 12 patients in the Miami area are suffering from serious eye infections potentially linked to a Hollywood, FL pharmacy's negligence . Modernmedicine.com reported the Florida Department of ...
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Posted on Jun 22, 2011 By
As a pharmacy error lawyer , I know about the damaging effects of taking the wrong medication. In some cases, it is a doctor's medication mistake . In others it is the pharmacy's fault. Business Week ...
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Posted on May 4, 2011 By Scott Distasio
New York Times writer Tara Parker-Pope recently wrote about the drastic increase in Medication mistakes in recent years. In 2008, 1.9 million people were affected by Medication side effects, because ...
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Posted on Apr 20, 2011 By Scott Distasio
19 patients in 6 Alabama hospitals were infected with bacteria after using total parenteral nutrition (TPN), which is a liquid nutrition fed through an IV using a catheter. 9 of those patients died. ...
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Posted on Apr 12, 2011 By Scott Distasio
Distasio law firm clients recently filed a lawsuit against Walgreens alleging an error in filling their mother's prescription medicine caused or substantially contributed to her death. Suzie ...
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Posted on Feb 15, 2011 By Scott Distasio
A Safeway pharmacy error may cause a pregnant woman to miscarry or have a child with severe birth defects. Mareena Silva, six weeks pregnant, was given Methotrexate, a drug that aborts early stage ...
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