Baton Rouge Pharmacy Error Lawyer
What can you do if a pharmacy gave you the wrong prescription, causing you to have a bad reaction or even a dangerous medical emergency?
Is there a way to get compensation for a pharmacy error in Baton Rouge? Is there a way to get fair compensation from the pharmacy that made the mistake?
You can file a pharmacy error personal injury claim .
A pharmacy error claim may provide:
- Payment for your medical bills, lost income and other direct costs of the medication error.
- Compensation for the ordeal this episode has forced you to endure, including pain and suffering, emotional distress and other damage to your enjoyment of life.
Most importantly, this means resources for you to begin to move beyond this trauma.
In Baton Rouge, talk to the pharmacy error lawyers at The Bowling Law Firm for help recovering from your losses.
Our pharmacy error and medical malpractice law firm has a record of more than 40 years of helping Louisianans. With an office in New Orleans, we serve people in Baton Rouge and across the state.
Other lawyers recognize our medical and pharmacy error attorneys as leaders in the profession.
(David Bowling and the firm endorsed by Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers recognition for David Bowling and Katie Sepcich Drummond, American Board of Trial Advocates recognition for David Bowling’s trial experience, American College of Trial Lawyers David Bowling, fellow, and Martindale-Hubbell top ratings for the firm.)
You pay no attorney fee until you recover damages.
How Did Your Pharmacy Error Happen?
The pharmacy error attorneys at Bowling have seen a lot of problems at pharmacies in recent years.
We’ve written about these issues:
Medication errors can occur in many ways. For just a few examples, you may have a pharmacy error claim if any of these situations happened to you:
- They gave you the wrong drug altogether.
- They gave you a prescription meant for someone else.
- They mixed up drugs with names that look and sound similar.
- They gave you the wrong dosage sizes or total amount of medicine.
- They gave you the wrong form of medicine (tablet vs. capsule vs. syrup, etc.)
- They gave you expired medicine.
- They put the wrong label on your medication (with the wrong instructions or other information).
- They didn’t put enough information on the label.
- They entirely omitted a prescription you were supposed to get.
- They failed to catch that different drugs you received could interact badly with each other.
- They failed to catch that other prescriptions you already have don’t mix well with the newly dispensed medicine.
- They didn’t consider your allergies.
- They didn’t warn you about risks and side effects.
Some estimates say there could be 54 million pharmacy dispensing errors per year in the United States. Of those, 2.3 million may be harmful.
If you recognize or suspect any of the situations above, discuss it with a Baton Rouge pharmacy error attorney. There’s no charge for an initial consultation to see how we can help you.
Your Baton Rouge Pharmacy Error Attorney Deals with Big Companies for You
It’s easy to feel like, as just one person, you’ll hit walls and get no help from a huge pharmacy company when you’ve been hurt.
Many of the pharmacies in the Baton Rouge area are part of massive national or international companies, such as:
- Albertson’s
- Costco
- CVS
- Rite Aid
- Sam’s Club
- Walgreens
- Walmart
When you work with a skilled pharmacy error lawyer in Baton Rouge, it’s not just you going up against a powerful corporation.
You’ll have professional support from an attorney who can compel them to take your claim seriously.
Your Baton Rouge pharmacy error lawyer deals with the pharmacy company for you, easing your burden and giving you reassurance that your case is in capable hands.
You should never have to go through getting a medication you need, thinking everything will be fine, only to be hurt.
Get in touch with The Bowling Law Firm pharmacy error attorneys to pursue fair compensation.
