Monroe Medication Error Attorney

Medication Mistakes in Louisiana

Advances in medicine have led to the development of all types of medications designed to treat a wide range of injuries, illnesses, and conditions. While these medications serve to make our lives better, they also come with serious side effects and other potential dangers. Doctors, nurses, and specialists receive extensive training to ensure that they properly administer medications to patients—but they sometimes make mistakes, which can have devastating consequences.

If you suffered serious injuries or if your loved one died due to a medication error, you may have grounds for a medical malpractice claim. These are very complex cases; we encourage you to reach out to our Monroe medication error attorneys as soon as possible to discuss the specifics of your situation. In Louisiana, you only have one year to bring your claim—don’t wait until it is too late!

Contact Parker Alexander online or by phone at (318) 625-6262 today to speak to an experienced attorney about your potential medication error claim. 

Common Medication Errors

Medication mistakes occur in a variety of settings, including hospitals, emergency rooms, pharmacies, doctor’s offices, dental offices, and more. These mistakes take many forms, but they nearly always result in serious consequences for the patient.

Some examples of relatively common medication errors include:

• Improper dosage, including underdosing and overdosing
• Administering the wrong medication to a patient
• Administering medication to the wrong patient
• Prescription errors, including filling the wrong medication
• Incorrect administration, such as administering a drug intravenously instead of orally
• Failing to take a patient’s medical history, including drug allergies, into account
• Poor follow-up care, including failing to provide appropriate instructions for self-administered medication
• Improper or inadequate monitoring of a patient following medication administration

These and other acts of negligence are commonly caused by poor communication between healthcare providers/departments, confusing medications with similar names, misreading prescriptions, and more. When substandard care leads to medication mistakes, injured patients and/or their family members can take legal action against the liable person or party.