Medication errors account for a sizable percentage of medical malpractice cases in Arizona, San Diego, and nationally. Thousands of different drugs are prescribed annually for patients in nursing homes, clinics and hospitals. The growing demand for pharmaceuticals can translate to critical errors by physicians and pharmacists.

If you or someone close to you has been adversely affected by an incorrectly prescribed medication or dosage mistake, our experienced medical malpractice attorneys at The Mercaldo Law Firm can help. The Attorneys with the Mercaldo Law Firm are skillful, compassionate personal injury lawyers with a reputation for results in jury verdicts over the course of more than 30 years of trial experience.

The Mercaldo Law Firm brings its decades of service, comprehensive legal knowledge, investigative resources and client commitment to pharmacy negligence and medication errors cases that include:

• Negligent dosing — overdosing, underdosing, labeling or dispensing error, nursing error in administering a drug
• Drug interactions — drugs impacting the effect of other drugs, drugs taken with or without food
• Allergic reactions — negligent dispensing of drugs that a patient is allergic to, or drugs with cross-reactivity (containing similar chemical composition)
• Incorrectly filled prescription — caused by misreading of a doctor’s instructions, confusion of multiple drugs with similar names, drugs given to the wrong hospital patient
• Harmful side effects — requiring education and monitoring of patients to prevent reactions such as decreased kidney function

If you or a family member has suffered, and your health has declined significantly, due to a medication error by a prescribing doctor, nurse or pharmacist, you should speak with our lawyer immediately. Our law firm is extremely selective in the cases we choose to take on, but if we accept yours, we will work tirelessly to achieve the financial compensation you need to handle all expenses incurred during this setback.

Contact The Mercaldo Law Firm

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