Pharmacy Error

A pharmacist’s job is to fill your prescriptions with the correct drug and dosage, as well as to be knowledgeable about the interactions between different prescriptions you may be taking. If you are seeing more than one doctor, it’s possible that the drugs they each prescribe you are not intended to be taken together. Your pharmacist also has a duty to know about your allergies and any drugs that may contain a substance you are allergic to. In short, your pharmacist is in charge of making sure your get the correct dosages of the best drugs for your medical needs.

Pharmacy error can have very serious consequences. An incorrect prescription or a bad interaction can cause physical and emotional suffering, disability, loss of wages and even death. If you or a loved one have suffered from injuries caused by pharmacy error, you may be eligible for compensatory damages from your pharmacist.

Pharmacy error is a very serious problem in our country. It is estimated to cause up to 98,000 unnecessary deaths and nearly 1,000,000 injuries every year. Filing claims against a negligent pharmacist may help you gain compensation for the medical costs, pain, and emotional suffering you may have experienced due to a pharmacy error. The threat of lawsuits may also help to lower the rates of pharmacy errors, by sending a clear message to pharmacists that they will be held responsible for their mistakes.

If you or a loved one have been hurt by a pharmacy error, contact the Green Bay pharmacy error lawyers of Habush, Habush & Rottier at (920) 437-0900.