Drug-Related Injuries

Atlanta, Georgia Hospital Medication Error Lawyer

Prescription Medication Errors
It’s a multi-billion dollar business in the United States today: pharmaceuticals, or prescription drugs and medications. Billions are spent on the research and development of the new drugs hitting pharmacies and drugstores every day, and the sick and suffering are paying more and more money in hopes for the next great miracle cure.

Today’s medicines treat and relieve a variety of symptoms, syndromes, and conditions ranging from influenza to depression to cancer. Of course, for every new wonder drug, you and your doctor have line after line of fine print, side effects, drug interactions and contraindications to consider.

The world of prescription drugs is complicated and confusing. In all the chaos, who is watching out for you, the patient? As health care professionals, doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants, respiratory therapists, and even EMTs should pay close attention when you:

1.  Declare that you are allergic to a certain medication.
2. Explain that a drug gives you a negative reaction or adverse side effect.
3. Are already on certain medications that may interact with any new prescription drug.

Mistakes happen. When medical professionals are rushed or stressed, they may skip steps or overlook vital information about any given patient. Prescription medication errors are a form of medical malpractice in the State of Georgia, because they cause serious injuries, sickness, and death, all of which are fully preventable. If a medical professional makes errors like giving you the wrong medication, prescribing an incorrect dosage, putting the wrong label on the prescription bottle, and it causes injury or wrongful death, you or your family may be entitled to monetary damages.

We expect doctors and health care staff to give us their undivided attention when it comes to treating conditions or sickness of any kind. When physicians fail in their responsibility to properly administer medications and drugs, innocent people are hurt killed.

At the Atlanta, Georgia, personal injury law firm of Kirschner & Venker, PC, we’ve spent years fighting for the rights of victims injured as a result of hospital medication errors. We know how to prove the extent of your injuries to judges and juries. We know how to investigate cases of pharmacist, doctor and nurse error in the administration of medications. And we know how to demonstrate and prove physician negligence.

If you have been injured by a hospital medication error, we can help. Contact bevclark@kirschnervenker.net for a free initial consultation.

Cases we’ve successfully handled include:

• Improper administration of intrathecal Baclofen that resulted in severe neurological injury
  
• Improper administration of Prostaglandin for erectile dysfunction that resulted in severe injury
  
• Inadequate instructions regarding PCA pump self-administered morphine intake that caused massive and permanent brain injuries
  
• Improper administration of drugs to children that caused a child to suffer an adverse reaction to a drug… after which the child received an additional dose and experienced significant brain damage

The physical effects of a prescription medication error can be difficult to detect in the context of preexisting injuries and medical conditions. If you have questions regarding drug-related injuries, contact bevclark@kirschnervenker.net  for a free initial consultation.

The law firm of Kirschner & Venker, P.C. provides legal services to the cities of Atlanta, Macon, Columbus, Augusta, Carrollton, Athens, Albany, Dalton, Gainesville, Decatur, Sandy Springs, Marietta, Lawrenceville, Jonesboro, Conyers, Douglasville, Roswell, College Park, Duluth, Forest Park, Norcross, Vinings, Buckhead, Macon and Smyrna, Warner Robins, and the counties of Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Cobb, Clayton, Douglas and Rockdale, Georgia; GA.