Prescription Drug Errors in Cumming, GA

Cumming Pharmaceutical Injury Lawyer

Today's powerful prescription medications can provide relief, cure ailments and help fight a wide range of medical conditions. Sadly, they can also cause great damage when pharmacists and other medical professionals fail to exercise caution and gives the wrong medicine. Every year, more than a million and a half people are seriously injured due to medication errors at hospitals, pharmacies and nursing homes across the country. Nearly a million others die because of prescription drug errors. At The Manton Law Firm, LLC, we assist victims and their families in holding accountable those responsible for injury or loss due to negligence.

Types of Prescription Error Injury Claims

From our Cumming, Georgia law office, experienced Cumming personal injury lawyer Jason R. Manton is prepared to represent clients who were injured or who have lost a loved one due to prescription drug negligence by physicians, nurses and pharmacists.

Common types of claims involving prescription drug mistakes that we handle include:

• Failure to consider drug allergies
• Prescribing the wrong medication
• Dispensing the incorrect dosage
• Mislabeling a prescription
• Dispensing a drug to the wrong patient
• Failing to warn about the effects

Mistakes happen when a doctor or pharmacist does not take the time to ensure they have performed their duty to safeguard their patients. Similar to surgical errors and other forms of medical malpractice, drug errors can have terrible consequences for victims and their families. From severe injury or to death, the most unfortunate thing about prescription drug errors is that they are preventable. While we cannot undo the damage from prescription drug negligence, we can help families hold pharmacists, nurses and physicians accountable for their actions by pursuing justice and compensation for injury or loss. Perhaps we can also help prevent such a tragic event from damaging other families' futures.

Contact us now for a free case evaluation to learn more.