Posts tagged Prescription Errors

• First Florida Vioxx Trial Underway in Tampa

  Brenda Fulmer | September 19, 2007 1:37 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Jury selection and opening statements have now been completed in the trial of Refik Kozic v. Merck, the first Vioxx case to proceed to trial in the State of Florida. Refik Kozic, a current resident of Jacksonville and a former long-term resident of Tampa, filed his lawsuit against Merck in 2003 for injuries relating to the heart attack that he suffered after ingesting Vioxx daily for 9 weeks. ...

• $25.8M Awarded in Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Walgreens

  Chrissie Cole | August 22, 2007 7:05 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A wrongful death lawsuit filed in 2003, by the family and children of a cancer patient that died when she was given the wrong prescription, was settled Friday when the jury awarded $25.8 million.In 2002 the woman was prescribed Warfarin, a blood thinner, to treat breast cancer. The prescription she was given was ten times stronger than what her doctor had prescribed.The mother of three passed...

• Suit Claims Pharmacy Error Led to Premature Birth

  Chrissie Cole | July 20, 2007 1:10 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A woman claims her pregnancy complications were the result of a prescription error at CVS Pharmacy and is now suing the company for over $50,000."Defendant through its employees, agents, and servants, misfilled the prescription. Plaintiff subsequently suffered complications due to the misfilled prescription, was forced to deliver the minor plaintiff by C-section prematurely, and both suffered...

• Palm Springs Man Given Wrong Prescription

  Shannon Weidemann | April 23, 2007 5:27 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A man from Palm Springs claims that Walgreens gave him the wrong prescription that is not to be taken with his insulin medication. They dispensed him Prednisone which is not to be taken with Novalane 30/70. He has bene picketing the store in the hopes of getting an apology. A Walgreens spokesperson said that they apologize for the error and want to cover Kozlow's medical bills, WPBF...

• This Prescription Error Is A Disaster

  Bob Carroll | December 22, 2006 8:02 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Misfilled prescriptions or prescription errors continue to occur at an alarming rate in Florida. And, sadly, they sometimes produce a devastating injury or death. The following news report shows the problem is not limited to our state. Pharmacy error nets $8 million jury awardLANCASTER, S.C. - A jury has awarded a Lancaster woman nearly $8 million after she lost the use of her only kidney...

• "Stop Me Before I Kill Another Infant With Another Heparin Overdose"

  Bob Carroll | September 21, 2006 6:33 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  I wasn't very far into my legal career when I realized that some of the medical errors I was reviewing seemed to be repeat performances of earlier errors by the same provider or, at least, by other providers in the same medical community. Administering an adult dose of Heparin to an infant is the type of error that should only happen once in the history of a hospital. But, here we have the...

• Why Would Similar Packaging Be Used For Adult And Infant Doses Of Heparin?

  Bob Carroll | September 17, 2006 8:01 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Can anyone tell me why the adult dose and the infant dose of Heparin would be packaged similarly? Pharmacies have enough trouble with drugs having similar names. For example, Topamax is confused with Toprol. I would think good practice would require the packaging of adult and infant doses of any medication to be as distinct as possible. But, that is just the opinion of an attorney who has...

• Toddler Killed By Prescription Error - Billboards Roll With The News

  Bob Carroll | September 04, 2006 8:41 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A misfilled prescription has caused the death of a 2-year-old child in Texas. The parents have turned to our civil justice system and to a billboard company as part of their effort to prevent future such tragedies. From The Brownsville Herald article: Toddler's death prompts public messageAs the rolling billboard remained momentarily idle on East Van Buren Street Friday afternoon, motorists...

• Pharmacies Must Do More Than Slide Pills Into Bottles

  Bob Carroll | June 26, 2006 6:14 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  When a prescription for 30 days of painkillers is refilled by a pharmacy at less than 10 day intervals, what is going on? For one thing, it is likely that the patient is abusing the medication. For another, the pharmacy may become liable for harm caused by the overuse of the drugs. The Miami Herald reports on a decision of the Florida Supreme Court recognizing the legal responsibilities of...

• Medication Errors High In Radiology Departments

  Bob Carroll | January 20, 2006 11:22 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Radiology Departments in hospitals seem to have trouble avoiding mistakes in medications according to the Bonita Daily News:A trip to the radiology department for a diagnostic test or procedure, such as an angioplasty or MRI, may be riskier than once thought, based on findings of medication errors connected to radiology departments.Patients are at greater risk for a harmful medication error...