Chicago Drug Complication Lawyers

Drug Complication / Interactions

Although prescription drugs have saved millions of lives and improved countless more, it is important that we as a society do not begin viewing them as simple or foolproof solutions to all problems. The truth is that many drugs are potentially very dangerous and should be prescribed and taken with great care.

Health complications caused by the interaction between two or more drugs are difficult to predict and can have serious medical consequences for patients. If a drug, or the interaction between multiple drugs, causes unintended health problems, this is known as an adverse drug reaction. Some important facts to know about adverse drug reactions from the FDA:

• There are over two million serious adverse medical reactions every year.
• These medical complications cause over 100,000 deaths per year.
• Adverse drug reactions are the fourth leading cause of death in the US.

A Pharmacist’s Responsibility

Pharmacists should certainly have the education to know the risks as well as the benefits of prescription medications. Accordingly, they are held legally responsible making sure patients receive the correct medications, based not only on their primary health concern, but also their other medical conditions and circumstances of their lives.

For example, it is your pharmacist’s job to know how different drugs interact with each other. If you have prescriptions from two different doctors, he or she should be able to tell you how these medications may interact and whether it is a good idea to take both of them together. If a patient is injured because he or she was not given this information, he or she may have grounds for a Chicago pharmacy error lawsuit.

Contact Us

If your or a loved one has been injured by a drug interaction or complication due to a pharmacist’s negligence, contact Chicago drug complications attorneys Friedman & Bonebrake at 312-466-8200 to discuss your legal options.