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Fort Lauderdale Drug Prescription Errors Lawyer

The Center for Disease Control estimates there are over 1.4 million prescription drug errors in the United States annually. Many of these prescription drug errors avoid the serious side-affects, and patients remain relatively unaffected from the medical error. In thousands of other instances annually, the prescription drug errors result in serious medical complications, medical emergencies, or in hundreds of instances annually, the death of patients due to healthcare provider medical malpractice. When a patient enters the care of any healthcare provider, the healthcare provider is under an implied legal obligation and duty to examine, treat, and care for these patients to a reasonable standard of care. Prescription drug errors resulting in harm to patients do not fall into this standard of a reasonable level of care. In fact, patients harmed by prescription drug errors have legal recourse for the damages they and their loved ones have suffered following a medication mistakes. A Fort Lauderdale drug prescription errors lawyer can help.

Have you or a loved one been harmed by prescription drugs errors in the South Florida area. Contact a Fort Lauderdale drug prescription errors lawyer with the Law Offices of Thomas C. Parisi for more information concerning your legal rights to claim compensation today.

Prescription drug errors can take the form of numerous medical mistakes including the wrong dosage of a medication, administering the entirely incorrect medication, and giving patients medication that could potentially negatively interact with other medications the patients are taking or with their outstanding medical problems and histories. Any healthcare provider overseeing the care of a patient can potentially be found liable for injuries patients incur from medication errors. These healthcare providers may include, but are not limited to:

• Emergency rooms healthcare providers
• Nurses
• Physician's assistants
• Private practice physicians
• Surgeons
• Dentists and dental assistants
• Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
• Medical specialists

Financial compensation for emergency room treatment, continued medical evaluation, permanent damages, pain, suffering, and lost wages are possible for victims of prescription drugs errors to collect with the assistance of a Fort Lauderdale drug prescription errors lawyer. In many instances, even loved ones or dependents will feel the burden of the damages stemming from the medical malpractice, and these individuals may be able to collect damages for loss of consortium as well. Filing a claim for medical malpractice stemming from prescription drug errors entails a complex process of fighting the insurance companies of hospitals or healthcare providers, which the Fort Lauderdale drug prescription errors lawyer with the Law Offices of Thomas C. Parisi is experienced in handling.

Have you or a loved one been harmed by prescription drugs errors in the South Florida area. Contact a Fort Lauderdale drug prescription errors lawyer with the Law Offices of Thomas C. Parisi for more information concerning your legal rights to claim compensation today.