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Drug Interactions

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Pharmacy Negligence in Dispensing Drugs with Adverse Interactions

Pharmacies and pharmacists have a duty and obligation to dispense medications that do not adversely interact with one another. Pharmacies are supposed to know a patient’s history and how drugs may react to someone’s specific body chemistry. If a pharmacist dispenses a drugs to a customer that have dangerous interactions, it can lead to serious injury or death. These types of dispensing errors are a nationwide problem, especially at retail pharmacies. Dispensing errors which occur because of adverse reactions between drugs or between a drug and a patient can occur because of laziness, lack of information or a number of other reasons. Because of long hours and an increased demand on pharmacists’ time, pharmacies do not always have the resources needed to check, double check, and triple check to make certain that the drug is dispensed correctly. And, while automated mail order pharmacies are significantly more accurate, dispensing errors still occur in the mail order environment as well. McGowan, Hood & Felder, LLC represents people who have suffered substantial health problems or wrongful death because of pharmacy dispensing errors. Even if a dangerous drug interaction did not result in death but rather a trip to the emergency room, our personal injury lawyers can help you recover the cost of your medical treatment and compensation for pain and suffering.

If you are unsure whether you have a case against a pharmacy or prescription benefits management company’s mail order pharmacy, contact South Carolina drug dispensing error attorneys at McGowan, Hood & Felder, LLC. Our Rock Hill, Columbia, and Anderson office locations represent clients throughout Charleston, Spartanburg, Florence, Sumter, and Myrtle Beach and all parts of South Carolina.

The Risks Associated with Dispensing Errors:

Our office represents people who have suffered the following health injuries because of dispensing errors:

  • Brain injury
  • Wrongful death
  • Heart attack
  • Allergic reaction
  • Respiratory failure
  • Hallucinations or psychotic episodes
  • Dangerously low or high blood pressure

Investigating Negligence

Using investigators and pharmacy expert witnesses, we review a pharmacy’s documents and maintenance records, as well as the quality control procedures used by pharmacies. We identify lapses in safety measures and expose negligence on the part of pharmacy management in overworking pharmacists and creating conditions that lead to breakdown in quality control.

Free Consultations Available

If you have been injured because of a mistake at a retail pharmacy, hospital or mail order pharmacy, contact South Carolina drug dispensing error lawyers at McGowan, Hood & Felder, LLC today. We have the legal knowledge and investigative resources needed to hold pharmacies accountable for your injuries.

 

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