New Jersey Pharmacy Error Attorney​

The determining factor in whether a pharmacy error warrants legal action from the victim is whether the error resulted in actual harm or injury to the patient. Some of the errors that can potentially lead to lawsuits include:

• Prescribing the wrong medication for a patient. Many medications have very similar names, and it’s up to doctors to ensure they write the correct medication for a prescription and pharmacists must accurately fill prescriptions.
• Prescribing an inappropriate dosage or delivery method. For example, some patients must take liquid medications if they have difficulty swallowing pills.
• Failing to account for dangerous interactions with a patient’s current medications or medical conditions, such as drug allergies.
• Failure to warn a patient of the potentially dangerous side effects of taking a prescribed medication.
• Failure to warn a patient of necessary lifestyle changes when taking a medication, such as eating at specific times during a course of medication or avoiding certain foods and activities while taking the medication.
• A pharmaceutical manufacturer marketing dangerous or unsafe medications.
• A pharmacist dispensing medications to the wrong patient.
• Mislabeling medications.
• Mishandling medications in transit to pharmacies.

A pharmacy error could potentially lead to a lawsuit against a prescribing doctor, a pharmacy or the company that produced the medication in question. For more information, reach out to a qualified New Jersey medical malpractice attorney experienced in handling pharmacy error claims.