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Are Kansas City residents at risk from pharmacy error?
Medication errors and prescription mistakes are a leading form of medical malpractice. More than 1.5 million American are harmed by prescription mistakes each year.
A Florida appeals court has upheld a $25.8 million dollar judgment against Walgreens over an error made by a teenage pharmacy technician. The technician made a mistake that resulted in a mother of three receiving a prescription for blood thinner pills with a dosage ten times greater than prescribed. The pills led to her early death.
In 2002, Beth Hippley of Lakeland, Florida was taking the blood-thinning drug Warfarin as part of her treatment for breast cancer. The drug is very dangerous at high doses and Ms. Hippley suffered a massive, debilitating stroke. The stroke forced her to discontinue the treatment for early stage breast cancer. Until the stroke, Ms. Hippley had a positive prognosis.
Miss Hippley died in 2007, before the case went to trial.
The teenage pharmacy technician admitted that she had typed in 10 mg when the prescription read 1 mg. The 19-year-old technician had no previous pharmacy experience or formal training. There is currently no minimum national standard for the training of pharmacy technicians who are supposed to be closely supervised by licensed pharmacists.
If you have lost a loved one or have been injured due to a pharmacy error, contact the Kansas City medical malpractice attorneys at the Roswold Law Group. And, read our tips for making sure your prescription drugs are safe.
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