Chicago Incorrect Dosage Lawyers
Incorrect Dosage
Prescriptions drugs have saved millions of lives over the years and provided relief of serious symptoms for countless people. Unfortunately, the same qualities that allow them to work so well also make them very dangerous when misused. It is important to take the correct drug at the correct dosage, or the consequences can include serious medical complications or even death.
Without strictly enforced safety guidelines, the health and lives of unsuspecting patients may be put at risk. Some reasons that hospitals or pharmacies could give patients incorrect dosages include:
- Pills that look similar or identical at different doses
- Physician handwriting that is difficult to understand
- Busy or distracted hospital or pharmacy workers
- Poor communication among healthcare workers
A Duty to Patients
Regardless of the excuses healthcare providers may make, the simple fact is that they have a duty to look after the health and safety of their patients. A hospital or pharmacy that fails to carefully monitor drug dosages should be held responsible for any injuries caused to patients by incorrect dosages or other medical errors. Additionally, the individual doctors, nurses, or pharmacists involved in a specific error can also be found liable.
Contact Us
If you or a loved one has been injured by a negligent doctor, nurse, or pharmacist, you may have grounds for a Chicago medical malpractice lawsuit. To discuss your legal options,
contact the offices of
Chicago incorrect dosage attorneys Friedman & Bonebrake at 312-466-8200.