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Medication Errors Lawsuits
  

• $5,000,000 Permanent Injury-Midtrial Settlement (Illinois): Medicines save lives. There is no doubt about it. But, when used improperly, they can also cause serious injury. Too much, too often, or the wrong kind of medication can be toxic. In this case, the patient was given a drug to help with his arthritis. The drug was very powerful but well-known to be toxic to the kidneys if used for too long. To prevent such injury, the doctor is required to monitor the patient's kidney function while on the drug, and stop the drug at the first sign of kidney problems. In this case, the doctor failed to monitor kidney function and the patient lost both kidneys.

• $650,000 Wrongful Death-Pretrial Settlement (Georgia): For many years, drug companies sold over-the-counter medications containing a drug called pseudoephedrine. About ten years ago, it was discovered that these medications not only didn't work in children under the age of two, they could be dangerous and deadly. In this case, despite all of the warnings about the use of pseudoephedrine in children under the age of two, the doctor prescribed the medication for a four month old baby. The baby died from the drug.

• $500,000 Wrongful Death-Midtrial Settlement (Illinois): This was another case of not monitoring the toxic effects of an arthritis drug. This one killed an elderly woman's liver and, ultimately, her.

If you have suffered a serious injury caused by medical malpractice, or a loved one has been seriously injured or died, we invite you to contact our firm and talk to one of our physician attorneys about whether a lawsuit would protect your best interests.

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