Most of us realise that if a medical procedure has lead to injury or allergy we may be eligible to claim against the practician for medical negligence, but most of us are not aware that pharmaceutical errors can lead to medical negligence claims.
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.
Pharmaceutical errors occur most commonly when medicines are prescribed without a doctor’s prescription or input, such as remedies for mild afflictions such as colds and rashes. An example of this is when a Chester woman sought the advice of a pharmacist when she had dry and itchy eyes. The pharmacist recommended some eye drops, but when the woman used them at home she experienced an intense reaction. It later transpired that she had in fact been given ear drops, as they were in nearly identical packaging and were kept side by side with the eye drops despite the manufacturer warning otherwise.
At the time of being handed the medicine you may not realise a mistake has been made, and obviously as they are a professional we would all trust in their judgement, and may willingly take the wrong medicine or dosage. Luckily these mistakes do not always lead to a reaction or injury, but if you do find yourself a victim of this, then you may be eligible to claim for medical negligence.
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