We all know you can claim for doctors’ errors, accidents in the work place and other personal injury related accidents, but did you know there have been many cases where an injured party has claimed for pharmaceutical errors.
Like in the occurrence of a medical error, an error in the medication prescribed by a pharmacist can have serious consequences, such as illness, injury or even death.
Pharmaceutical errors occur when there is an error in the medication you are given by a pharmacist. The error could be with the actual medication or an error in the prescribed dose, but either way there can be very negative effects. There are also cases of patients being given a different medicine or dosage from the pharmacist in comparison to what was prescribed by your doctor.
A common situation in pharmaceutical errors is when medicines are prescribed without a doctor’s prescription, such as allergy creams, cold tablets or drops. One case in Chester related to such an event. A woman who was experiencing some discomfort and dryness in the eye went to the pharmacist to get some drops and was given ear drops instead of eye drops. The packages of both were so similar that it was recommended that they be kept far apart in the pharmacy. The patient administered the ear drops to the eye assuming they were the eye drops she had requested and later suffered an allergic reaction.
When we are prescribed medicine by a professional it is not always immediately apparent that it is the wrong medicine or dose, and so we will often take the medicine. Fortunately a pharmacist making a mistake doesn’t always lead to illness or injury, but if you have experienced this then it is important you are aware that you may have a claim for medical negligence.
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