Negligence in Prescribing or Administering Drugs
South Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawyers
A prescription mistake causing minor or temporary complications is not the basis for a malpractice lawsuit, but if medication errors resulted in permanent damage or death, you may have a viable case.
The attorneys of Parham Smith & Dodson, LLC are leaders in medical negligence litigation in South Carolina. Our Greenville law firm has secured countless verdicts and settlements in this field on behalf of clients statewide, including malpractice in prescribing, dispensing or administering prescription medications.
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In a well-run hospital, clinic or pharmacy, there are systems in place to prevent medication errors, and an action plan to minimize or reverse the damage when it does occur. Our medical malpractice team has held doctors, nurses, hospitals and private pharmacies accountable for damages by revealing the negligence that led to the adverse outcome:
- Wrong drug — The doctor writes the wrong prescription (or the pharmacist or nurse misreads it).
- Overdose — The patient receives a massive dosage, resulting in heart failure, stroke, brain damage, organ damage or other serious complication.
- Failure to administer — The patient does not get critical medication as ordered by the doctor.
- Pharmacy misfill — The pharmacist puts the wrong pills in the bottle, or a staffer mixes the order up with another customer's.
- Contraindications — The doctor and/or pharmacist fail to account for dangerous interactions with other medications, known drug allergies, or other medical conditions incompatible with that drug.
The treating physician, the pharmacist or the nurse administering drugs might be culpable. Sometimes our investigation reveals several liable parties — the doctor miswrites, the pharmacy blindly passes it on and the nurse fails to cross-check before administering an incorrect dose or wrong med. Some of the most common — and most harmful — medication errors involve potent pain medications such as fentanyl patches and the blood thinners Coumadin or Lovenox.
Our medical malpractice team is led by three accomplished trial lawyers and includes a physician's assistant consultant who can review the medical records to help determine if you have a case and the appropriate damages in a lawsuit.
Contact Parham, Smith & Dodson, LLC by calling our Greenville office at 877-805-6431 or e-mailing us about your situation. We provide a free initial consultation, and take cases throughout the Piedmont region and statewide.
