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Pharmacy Error Costs Nursing Home Resident His Life
The death of a Minnesota nursing home resident in August, 2009, was due, in large part, to a pharmaceutical error. The patient was battling cancer and fungal pneumonia, both of which contributed to his death. But kidney failure caused by the administration of the wrong formulation of a prescription anti-fungal medication also played a role [...]
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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Rite Aid for Prescription Error
The family of an Illinois man whose death was caused in part due to a prescription error in October 2007 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Rite Aid Corporation. John Sheridan—a middle-aged gentleman with malignant melanoma—was prescribed a powerful chemotherapy drug called Temodar after the cancer spread to his brain. The Temodar was intended [...]
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Error at a Walgreens Pharmacy Leads to Death of Florida Man
A Jacksonville, Florida man who suffered from neuropathy—a condition which caused him constant neck and back pain—died of a prescription error caused by flawed instructions given to him by a pharmacist at his local Walgreens.
Terry Paul Smith, who had been taking OxyContin and Neurontin to ease his chronic pain, asked his doctor to switch prescriptions [...]
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New Technology May Greatly Reduce Prescription Error
A new technology which may significantly reduce the rate of prescription error is under development. Such errors affect an estimated 1.5 million Americans each year, causing discomfort, pain, debilitating side effects and even death.
Many of these errors take the form of the wrong medications being dispensed by pharmacist, the dispensing of dosages either higher or [...]
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Prescription Error Endangers Schoolchildren
A school bus driver in Georgia, who had been prescribed an antibiotic by her physician, recently nearly passed out behind the wheel of her crowded bus. Fortunately, no one was injured and she was able to radio for a substitute driver. In the following days, the driver, Gwen Dalley, continued to suffer from dizziness, nausea, [...]
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Pennsylvania Pharmacist Admits Prescription Error “Happens All the Time”
Not long ago a man visited a Sam’s Club pharmacy in western Pennsylvania to fill his prescription for Niaspan, a blood-pressure medication. Instead he was given Naproxin, a strong anti-inflammatory drug. After taking just one pill as instructed by his physician he began to feel feverish and ill. After about forty-five minutes, the man’s wife [...]
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Hospitals Using Bar Codes to Prevent Medication Errors
Medication and prescription errors are a major problem affecting our nation’s healthcare system. Such errors harm more than 1.5 million patients each year. But if there’s a bright side to the problem, it’s that at least half of these mistakes are preventable. Medication errors often occur due to human errors which include miscommunications, misinformation and [...]
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Georgia Man Given Chemotherapy Drug Instead of Prescribed Diuretic
An error on the part of a pharmacy in Atlanta nearly led to the death of an 81-year old man. The man, Glenn Wehunt, was prescribed Metolazone, a diuretic, to reduce swelling in his legs. Instead, the pharmacy gave him Methotrexate, a powerful chemotherapy drug used to treat cancer. To make matters worse, the instructions—meant [...]
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FDA Institutes “Safe Use Initiative” Program
Each year, mistakes in prescribing, filling or taking medications send some four million Americans to the emergency room. In an effort to curb this serious problem the Food and Drug Administration is instituting a program called the Safe Use Initiative. The program will include public meetings where doctors, pharmacists, pharmaceutical companies and patients will gather [...]
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Eight-Year Old Sickened after Pharmacy Refills Prescription with Methadone instead of Ritalin
One day in early October, the mother of Preston Stephens refilled her son’s prescription for Ritalin at a local pharmacy. But instead of giving her Ritalin—meant to control his ADHD—the pharmacy mistakenly gave her a bottle of Methadone, a powerful narcotic. The pharmacy error nearly killed the eight-year old Missouri boy. After taking his first [...]
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Autistic Teen Dies Due to Prescription Error
A prescription error made recently by staff at the Seattle Children’s Hospital, resulted in the tragic death of a fifteen-year old autistic boy who visited the hospital to have four teeth extracted. The boy, Michael Blankenship, was prescribed a Fentanyl patch for pain associated with recovery from the oral surgery. Blankenship was prescribed the patch [...]
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Cardiac Patient Survives Heart Attack Only to Die from Medication Error
A lawsuit, filed last month by the family of a medical error victim, alleges the victim was given the wrong medication by emergency room staff, causing his death. The victim, an 89-year old Texas man, was taken to the emergency room suffering from a heart attack. The man was treated for his cardiac condition, but [...]
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Autistic Teen Dies Due to Fatal Prescription Error
A fifteen-year old boy who recently visited the Seattle Children’s Hospital for extraction of four teeth, tragically died following prescription error by the hospital’s staff. Michael Blankenship was prescribed a Fentanyl patch for pain associated with recovery from the oral surgery. Blankenship, who was diagnosed with autism, was prescribed the patch because he had difficulty [...]
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Medication Errors at a Tenet Healthcare Hospital Result in Premature Birth, Accidental Abortion
Last month, a lawsuit was filed by a victim of medication error, which caused premature birth of her daughter and resulted in severe brain damage to the baby. Tesome Sampson was one of two victims of prescription error on one tragic day in August 2008, at a Florida hospital operated by Tenet Healthcare Corporation. Sampson [...]
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Pharmacy-Mistake.com launches to protect consumers
Philadelphia lawyer Gavin Lentz has launched Pharmacy-Mistake.com to help protect the rights of those that have been injured by mistakes by pharmacies in dispensing drugs and drug-related instructions. The site will be constantly updated with developments and what to watch out for when dealing with prescriptions and major pharmacies.
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Gavin P. Lentz, Esq.
Bochetto & Lentz
Gavin Lentz (right) was selected as a "Super Lawyer" for 2006-2009 in New Jersey by Philadelphia Magazine. He has also been selected as a "Super Lawyer" by Philadelphia Magazine and the Legal Intelligencer in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
On September 16, 2002 Mr. Lentz was selected as one of the top 50 lawyers in Pennsylvania by the Legal Intelligencer.
He has made many television appearances, including on Fox News, The Today Show, Inside Edition, and The Phil Donahue Show.
Mr. Lentz is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
As a former prosecutor, he knows how to aggressively go after large pharmacy chains to prove the facts necessary to protect your loved one's rights. |
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