We’re all aware of the fact you may have a medical negligence claim if you have suffered injury or allergy relating to a medical procedure, but were you aware that there are also cases where pharmaceutical errors have lead to a clinical negligence claim?

Like in the occurrence of a medical error, an error in the medication prescribed by a pharmacist can have serious consequences, such as illness, injury or even death.

Pharmaceutical errors are made when there is a mistake in the medication given to you by a pharmacist. This error could be prescribing the wrong type of medication or advising the patient takes the wrong dose, and both types of mistake can have a negative effect on your health. Another type of error is when the patients GP has prescribed a certain medicine or dosage and then what the pharmacist gives is different.

However, the most common situation where pharmaceutical errors occur is when medicines are prescribed without a doctor’s prescription, such as cold and flu remedies, allergy ointments or drops. One such case was when a Chester women was experiencing some dryness and itching in the eyes. She asked the advice of the pharmacist who prescribed some eye drops, however the packaging of the eye drops was identical to the packagingof some ear drops and they (against the advice of manufacturers) were kept side by side., and so the pharmacist gave the wrong one. Needless to say when the woman in question used the drops her eyes became itchy and swollen with a stinging sensation.

At the time of being handed the medicine you may not realise a mistake has been made, and obviously as they are a professional we would all trust in their judgement, and may willingly take the wrong medicine or dosage. Luckily these mistakes do not always lead to a reaction or injury, but if you do find yourself a victim of this, then you may be eligible to claim for medical negligence.

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