Washington DC Pharmaceutical Malpractice Law Firm

If you or someone you love has been given the wrong prescription drug by a physician, it may be in your best interest to discuss your or your loved one’s rights with a reputable pharmaceutical malpractice law firm Washington, DC community members can rely on. When a person in the United States goes to a doctor to help themselves to get better, they should be able to have a reasonable expectation that what the doctor does or gives them to help them get better- will not make them worse or give them new problems. Unfortunately, this happens. A patient can become worse off after going to a negligent doctor. Not only do they not get a treatment that they do need, very often, a wrong medication can cause new, sometimes even fatal problems.

Compensation for Pharmaceutical Malpractice

A pharmaceutical malpractice law firm in Washington DC can help victims of pharmaceutical malpractice and their families to understand the victim’s rights. The victim may have a personal injury claim that he or she, or the deceased victim’s surviving family members, can seek compensation for. Doctors and other healthcare practitioners that prescribe the wrong medicines or the wrong dosage of a medicine may be guilty of medical malpractice. Prescription error is a type of medical malpractice that is often the result of a healthcare practitioner’s negligence. Medical malpractice means that a medical professional has not met the medical industry’s acceptable standard of care for his or her patient. While many doctors provide the acceptable standard of care to their patients unfortunately, some do not. When this causes harm and suffering to someone, they and/or their family should be compensated for expenses, hardships, and pain and suffering that are the result of this. Personal injury laws differ from state to state. This is one of the reasons why it is a good idea to get help from a lawyer in the state where a prescription error occurred. If you were injured in Washington DC, Maryland or Virginia, Cohen & Cohen is a highly rated pharmaceutical malpractice law firm located in Washington DC, with a track record of successfully defending their client’s rights.

Pharmaceutical Malpractice

Pharmaceutical Malpractice Attorney Services Medical science has made incredible advances in pharmaceutical technology but many people find themselves in need of a reliable pharmaceutical malpractice attorney after an injury or death occurs because of pharmaceutical malpractice, or pharmaceutical negligence. Some of the more common elements of pharmaceutical malpractice lawsuits are defective drug recalls, negative long-term side effects of prescription drugs, improperly prescribed medication and improperly filled prescriptions. It has been estimated that over a million people per year in the United States are victims of pharmaceutical malpractice. If you or someone close to you needs consultation, contact the personal injury lawyers Washington DC has trusted for years. New drug advancements are occurring all the time, and pharmaceuticals are helping people live longer and better than ever before. As more and more advances are made for being able to identify the causes of illnesses, more and more drugs are being created to address those causes. Many people now take drugs that were once considered “miracle drugs” because they were the first medicines that were able to treat illnesses and diseases that previously had not had effective treatments. Many people today are living long and healthy lives with diseases that just a decade ago would have debilitated them and/or shortened their life expectancy. As much as pharmaceutical drugs do huge amounts of good for many people, pharmaceuticals are also big business. In the United States alone, the industry accounts for hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue each year. This means that even though pharmaceuticals are designed to help people, they are making companies and their employees a lot of money. Sometimes this drive for money comes at a cost for patients who take their drugs. It is not easy to get a new drug or treatment approved in the United States. Even when a new cure is found for a deadly or debilitating disease, it usually takes years of testing and data analysis before the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will approve it for public consumption. Pharmaceutical companies have to pay for this testing and sometimes corners are cut in the interest of saving money. There have been an unfortunate number of people who have been injured or died as a result of pharmaceutical companies not doing their due diligence for the people who take their drugs. For all their achievements, the pharmaceutical system in this country is far from perfect. These often powerful prescription drugs can have serious side effects that are not always adequately explained to, or understood by patients. Prescription drugs also react with each other, and sometimes these reactions can pose serious health risks. That’s why it is essential that you keep a record of all the prescription and over-the-counter drugs you take, and make sure that every doctor who prescribes you something is aware of what other medications you are on. Even though many pharmacies will keep records of all your prescription medications and will alert you if you are at risk for an adverse drug interaction, pharmacists do not always catch this. Unfortunately, no amount of precaution can eliminate every mistake. Prescriptions get mis-filled, or a dangerous drug interaction is overlooked, and the results can be dire. If you suspect that you have been the victim of pharmaceutical malpractice, call Cohen & Cohen today. If you’ve been injured because of a prescription drug mistake, you need the best prescription drug malpractice lawyers. Our experienced attorneys are ready to fight to get you fair compensation for your injuries. Contact Cohen & Cohen to talk to a highly rated pharmaceutical malpractice attorney for a free case evaluation.

How Can Prescription Errors Occur

When someone’s health is negatively impacted by a prescription error in today’s age of information and technology, it is hard to understand how this could have happened. Common causes of, preventable prescription errors include but are not limited to:

• Drugs with similar names can be incorrectly dispensed
• Handwritten prescriptions are illegible
• Drugs with negative interactions are prescribed at the same time because the physician prescribed them without looking at patients already existing drug regime
• Incorrect drug dose is prescribed or dispensed
• Prescriptions may not be transmitted to a pharmacy, and a sick or ailing patient may not realize that they are not taking all of the medications they are supposed to be taking

The above are some common reasons that people wind up needing the help of a personal injury law firm that is experienced in successfully defending pharmaceutical malpractice victims and their family’s rights. For a pharmaceutical malpractice law firm Washington DC is fortunate to have in its midst, contact Cohen & Cohen, for a free case consultation and evaluation, today.