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Children Medication Errors

How a spoonful of medicine can hurt your child.

If a pharmacy writes the wrong dosage instructions on a prescription, one extra dose of medicine can seriously harm a child. 

Many times doctors write prescriptions based specifically on a child's height and weight. As a parent, it's important to know how you can protect your children from medication errors. You can avoid every parent's nightmare by downloading our free checklist, "10 Tips to Protect Your Children Against Pharmacy Errors."

Tenfold Medication Error

One misplaced decimal in a child's prescription can result in a tenfold medication error that turns into every parent's nightmare.

The actor Dennis Quaid's newborn twins almost died in 2007 after being given a dose of blood-thinner that was 1,000 times the prescribed dose. Many parents have gone through the devastating ordeal of losing their infants because of similar errors. The unfortunate fact is that most of these errors are preventable. You can avoid every parent's nightmare by downloading our free checklist.

The same causes of medication error apply and in many cases children can become extremely sick because of a pharmacy error.

• Children given the correct medicine in the wrong dose,
• Pharmacy staff incorrectly enters decimal points and zeroes,
• Pharmacy staff incorrectly enters adult dosage instructions for a child's medicine,

How do I know if I need an attorney for my child's pharmacy error case?

If your child was harmed because of a pharmacy error the last thing you should be concerned about is trying to deal with a pharmacy that will use any method to reject your claim. The best way to make a pharmacy take accountability for their mistake is to contact a board certified personal injury attorney to represent your family. By doing this, the pharmacy will know you are not going to sit and accept their mistake.

If you're unsure that you need an attorney download our free book to find out how to get a pharmacy to pay for your prescription error damages. You can also call our office at 888-526-7616 to start your free case review today.

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Frequent Questions for Kids Rx Errors:

• My child was on Risperdal for some time and now he is having severe side effects from the medication. Do I have any rights against the company?
  
• How do I prove that my child was harmed by pharmacist malpractice?
• What should I do if my child started vomiting due to a prescription error?
• After my child was the victim of a pharmacy misfill incident an adjuster called me asking for me to give a recorded statement. Should I cooperate?