Learn important information about how to handle a prescription or pharmacy error

The lawyers at Kennedy Hodges focus their practice on educating readers on how they can prevent prescription errors, as well as what to do if you are injured by one. Let them help you navigate the complicated world of a claim against a pharmacy, and help you get to the bottom of how it happened and who is responsible for compensating your for your injuries.

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Wrong Medication:

Medicare to Penalize Hospitals for Preventable Medication Errors
Hospitals may lose funding if they don’t cut back on the number of preventable medication mistakes. Learn more from our trusted prescription error lawyers.
FDA Warns of Wrong Medication Errors When Taking Durezol and Durasal
Two common medications are often the cause of sound-alike drug errors. Find out how to avoid this medication mistake from our pharmacy error attorneys.
How Nurses Can Defend Patients from Hospital Medication Mistakes
Have you suffered a medication error during a hospital stay? Learn how to get compensation for your injury from a board-certified pharmacy error attorney.
The Most Common Drugs Given Incorrectly in Pharmacies
Learn which drugs are commonly given incorrectly at the pharmacy. Protect yourself from pharmacy errors by ordering our free book, How to Make Pharmacies Pay
Are drug makers experimenting with your kids?
You may be surprised at the answer.
Are drug makers experimenting with your kids? You may be surprised at the answer. Eli Lilly, working with Yale University, performed a controversial experiment
Arrogant, Abusive and Disruptive Behavior Contributes to Hospital Errors
Doctors’ mistakes go unreported and contribute to medical and medication errors in hospitals and even clinics. Order our free book on pharmacy errors.
Nurse Confuses Paralytic for Antacid;
Fails to follow safety protocols
You can contact our office at 888-526-7616 to have our pharmacy error attorneys review your case for free, or order our free book on pharmacy errors.
The 5 Rights: A Nurse’s Guide to Avoiding Texas Hospital Pharmacy Errors
Do nurses administer the wrong medication in Texas hospitals? Read the steps nurses must take to avoid mistakes from a trusted Texas pharmacy error attorney.
Georgia school bus driver injured by prescription error
If your pharmacy dispenses another person’s prescription to you the results could be a serious injury, or in some cases, fatal. Call 888-526-7616 to fight back.
FDA Regulations May Reduce Sound-Alike Drug Errors in Texas
How often do sound-alike drug errors happen in Texas? Get the facts on prescription medication mistakes from a trusted pharmacy error attorney.
5 Ways to Avoid Medication Errors in Texas
Is there any way to avoid medication errors in Texas? Get the facts on prescription drug mistakes from a trusted pharmacy error attorney.

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Wrong Dosage:

5 Things Doctors Can Do to Avoid Dosage Errors in Texas
Could your doctor have avoided your Texas prescription drug overdose? Get the facts on medication mistakes from a trusted Houston pharmacy error attorney.
How Do Houston Dosage Errors Happen?
What are the most common ways dosage errors happen in Texas? A trusted Houston pharmacy error attorney gives you the facts on prescription drug mistakes.

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Other Errors:

5 Things All Patients MUST Do To Prevent Harmful Medication Mistakes
How can patients reduce their risk of suffering prescription drug errors? A board-certified pharmacy error attorney tells you how to protect yourself.
10 Tips to Avoid Medication Mistakes in the Elderly
Do you have an elderly relative taking multiple medications? Read these tips on how to avoid senior drug mistakes from a pharmacy error attorney.
Types of Injuries Caused by Houston Pharmacy Errors
Many different injuries can result from Houston medication errors, including stroke, coma, and death. Learn more from a trusted Texas pharmacy error attorney.
5 Ways You Can Prevent Pharmacy Errors.
Pharmacy errors can cause injury, severe side effects and even death. Distracted pharmacist, bad handwriting, understaffed pharmacies - order our free book.
What happens when the pharmacist can't read your prescription?
What happens when the pharmacist can't read the prescription? Call our board certified lawyers if you have suffered a prescription error or order our free book.

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Kids Rx Errors:

How safe is your child from medication
mix-ups during school hours?
Thousands of children receive allergy medication, ADHD medication, asthma treatments, or insulin injections at schools daily. Many schools have insufficient
Infants are More Likely to Suffer Cardiac Medication Errors in Texas
Is your child at risk of a wrong dosage in a hospital? Our Texas drug error attorneys tell you which children are more likely to suffer a medication mistake.
How to Prevent Medication Errors in Children’s Hospitals
Child medication errors are a common problem in hospitals. Learn how to keep your child safe in the exam room and the ER with tips from a drug error attorney.
Texas Vaccinations Could Cause Child Dosage Errors
Are vaccinations a potential risk of child medication errors in Houston? Get the facts about child medication overdose from a Texas pharmacy error attorney.
Emily's Act: The new law enacted over a fatal pharmacy mistake that killed a two-year-old girl.
If you or a loved one were harmed by a pharmacy error or prescription error, you can call our office at 888-526-7616 to get a free case review today.
8 Ways to Prevent Child Prescription Errors in Texas
How can I lessen my child’s chances of Houston medication errors? Follow these tips about preventing drug mistakes from a trusted Texas pharmacy error attorney.
How Children Are at Risk of Prescription Errors in Texas
Who is responsible for my child’s medication error in Houston? Get the facts about prescription drug mistakes from a trusted Texas pharmacy error attorney.

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Pharmacy Malpractice:

How Pharmacists Contribute to Drug Interaction Injuries
Is your pharmacist responsible for your drug interaction injury? Our pharmacy error lawyers can tell you how your medications can cause serious reactions.
Medical error truths your doctor
may be keeping from you
A recent survey reveals that some physicians are not telling their patients the whole truth about medical errors. The survey, conducted by the Mongan Institute
Dirty pharmacy secrets – The four pharmacy chains in legal battles over prescription errors.
Read about the four pharmacy chains that have been in legal battles over prescription errors. Most people are unaware of the dirty secrets that go on behind the
Is Your Pharmacist Responsible for Your Houston Medication Error?
How can I tell if my Houston pharmacist is guilty of malpractice? A Texas pharmacy error attorney tells you if your pharmacy can be held liable for your injury.
Kinds of Damages Awarded in a Houston Pharmacy Malpractice Case
What kinds of damages could I be awarded in my Houston pharmacy malpractice case? A trusted Texas pharmacy error attorney tells you what you can expect.
How Did This Happen? Common Types of Houston Pharmacy Errors
Is the pharmacy liable for my Houston medication error injury? Get the facts about prescription drug mistakes from a trusted Texas pharmacy error attorney.
Is Your Texas Pharmacy Guilty of Malpractice?
How can I tell if my Houston pharmacy is guilty of malpractice? Learn about prescription drug mistakes from a trusted Texas pharmacy error attorney.

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Walgreens Claims:

Walgreens Pays $31.3M after Pharmacist Mistake Causes Wrongful Death
Walgreens pays $30 million after drug-addicted pharmacist made a fatal prescription mistake. Learn more from a trusted Texas pharmacy error attorney.

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CVS Claims:

CVS Pharmacy’s Long History of Medication Errors
CVS Pharmacy has a history of prescription errors dating back to 2005. Learn more about Houston CVS prescription mistakes from a Texas pharmacy error attorney.

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State pharmacy boards:

HIV AIDS Drugs Tested on Foster Kids
for Over 20 Years

Part Two: Are drug makers experimenting with your kids?
Foster kids in Colorado, Texas, Illinois, Maryland, New York and North Carolina were given powerful HIV/AIDS drugs without any of the protections which should
Texas Attorney General claims drug companies misled the public on
safety of Risperdal
The Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, is suing Jannsen Pharmaceuticals, a subdivision of Johnson and Johnson, over what it calls a marketing scheme.
Foster Kids Used as Guinea Pigs by Big Pharma with States’ Permission
J&J aimed to make people believe Risperdal was safe for children and the elderly, now The Texas attorney general is currently suing Johnson and Johnson

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Drug Error Prevention:

Oregon Pharmacists refuse to participate in pharmacy error reporting.
Oregon introduced a completely voluntary pharmacy error reporting system, not only for pharmacies, but for healthcare facilities and doctors. Each group among
Only one out of seven errors are reported by hospital employees, study finds.
The Department of Health and Human Services issued a new report that reveals just how many errors go unreported in the hospital system every year. The findings
How Safe is Your Prescription Medication?
If you’ve been injured by an unsafe drug order our free book, How to Make Pharmacies Pay for your injuries caused by medication errors.
Save Yourself from Medical and Medication Mistakes by Reading Your Insurance Statements
Don’t be a victim of medical identity theft. Fraudsters using your ID can cause medical errors and mistakes that could cost you your life.
FDA Finds Serious violations at Puerto Rico prescription manufacturing plant
If you or a loved one were harmed by an unsafe drug or product you can contact our office for a free case review. Order our free book about pharmacy errors.
Will robots reduce pharmacy errors?
Pharmacy robots are filling your prescriptions - do you know the prescription error rate? Order our free pharmacy error book to learn your rights.
The dangers of antidepressants and painkillers – 5 Steps you should take to prevent adverse drug effects
If you or a family member suffered a medication error order our free book, "How to Make Pharmacies Pay for Your Injuries Caused by Medication Errors."

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General:

Who Is in Charge of Keeping Track of Medication Mistakes in the U.S.?
A Houston pharmacy error attorney tells you who is keeping tabs on pharmacy mistakes in the US, and what you should do after a medication error in Texas.
Study finds new Metal-on-Metal
hip implants are worse than older models.
A recent New York Times article reports on a study that found new metal-on-metal hip implants are actually worse than older models.
¿Que es error farmaceutico y como puedo poner una demanda por un error de farmacia?
Los errores de farmacia son muy comunes. Si usted ha sido lastimdao por negligencia de farmacia llame nuestros abogados para una consulta gratis al 877-342-2020
Walgreens Insider Tells Ugly Truth about Assembly Line Pharmacies
Walgreens lawsuit lawyers for pharmacy errors. Call 877-342-2020 to contact board certified attorneys to review your pharmacy malpractice case.
State Pharmacy Boards Have Close Ties to Big Pharmacies
Victims of pharmacy malpractice have a right to complain to state pharmacy boards. But your complaint may fall on deaf ears. Order your free pharmacy error book