As Maryland Medication Mistake Attorneys, we have been following a recent article from Cardiology Today, revealing that cardiac medication mistakes are reported most commonly with infants—in community hospitals, university hospitals, and pharmacies. The results of a study showed that diuretics and antihypertensive agents are the most commonly reported drugs that…
In a prior post from this week concerning pharmacy error injury, our Maryland Medication Error Attorneys at Lebowitz & Mzhen Personal Injury Lawyers discussed a recent study published by the Institute of Medication Practices (ISMP), and the ongoing problem with drug naming standards in extended release medications. In this study,…
As Maryland Medication Error Attorneys, we have been following a recent study published by the Institute of Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), about the lack of prescription drug naming standards in extended release medications that lead to pharmacy error injury. According to the study, although extended release drug formulations provide multiple…
One of the sources of information that we read regularly is published by the Institute of Safe Medication Practices. Recently, the ISMP wrote about individuals who were using a dosage cap from one over the counter medication, to measure medication from another medication. When the measuring cups were swapped as…
Maryland pharmacy error attorneys serve a number of clients who do not speak English as their first language. Some of these clients have raised the issue of not being able to receive prescriptions or dosage instructions written or spoken in their native languages from big box pharmacies. The attorneys at…
Recently, University of Massachusetts Medical School researchers concluded that medication errors are increasingly common at outpatient cancer clinics across the country. The report reviewed nearly 11,000 prescriptions dispensed at adult and pediatric oncology clinics nationwide. The research published in the Journal of Oncology, found medication errors in 18% of pediatric…