If you’ve been to CVS, Walgreens or any other popular drug store chain, you’ve probably witnessed how busy the pharmacy is. Speed is a part of customer service, but errors often occur when people work at too quick a pace, under stressful conditions or through exhausting 12-hour shifts.
More than 100,000 Americans die each year as a result of adverse drug reactions. Many of these are deaths that could have been prevented.
If you or one of your loved ones has suffered personal injury due to a pharmaceutical error, here are several steps to take in order to prove that the pharmacy is at fault.
- Prove the pharmacy committed malpractice. This takes extensive research. You must examine the label on the bottle, compare a doctor’s prescription with the pharmacy order and research the medication to see if the proper medication was put in the proper container. Some of this detailed information may need to be gathered and examined by an experienced medical malpractice attorney.
- Prove the error caused complications, suffering or serious problems. You must provide evidence that the error was a direct cause of the harm sustained. A pharmacy may claim that your problems are due to a pre-existing condition as opposed to a pharmaceutical error.
- Prove that you suffered financially or physically. You must come up with as much proof as possible to show that the pharmaceutical error has been damaging in some way.
These are just a few tips to help you begin the process of proving fault. It’s best to seek out a professional medical malpractice attorney to give you advice and assist you in the case.
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