An Incorrect Dosage Can Be Deadly

If you are like most people, you trust your local pharmacist. You follow their instructions when it comes to taking your medication because you have no reason to believe that the pharmacist could have made an error. When a pharmacist, doctor or hospital makes a medication mistake, it can lead to an incorrect dosage, causing you harm. These types of drug errors can damage your health.

Taking an incorrect dose of a medication can be fatal. You run the risk of overdosing on a medication or on the other hand, you could be delaying the needed treatment if the prescription is not strong enough. There are many factors that can lead to incorrect dosage, such as:

• Doctor’s writing is illegible
• Miscommunication
• Failure to double check labels
• Doctor wrote wrong information on prescription
• Pharmacist was negligent

Many cases of incorrect dosage instructions go unreported, so it is difficult to gauge the seriousness of this problem. However, for some people, the outcome of taking the wrong dosage can lead to serious injuries, permanent disabilities and even death. Due to the significant hazard posed by administering an incorrect dosage or giving the wrong instructions, doctors, pharmacists and hospital nurses are supposed to be extremely cautious. They need to exercise great care when prescribing, administering and filling prescriptions.

This type of medication error is usually considered to be Louisville medical malpractice. If you have been injured by an incorrect dosage, you may be able to obtain financial compensation from the negligent doctor, hospital or pharmacist. You shouldn’t have to pay for a medical provider’s negligence. You can and should hold them accountable for their actions.

Contact an experienced medical malpractice attorney in Louisville at Gray and White Law at 1-502-210-8942 or 1-800-634-8767 for a legal consultation. We will review your Kentucky incorrect dosage case to help you determine who was at fault.