Posts tagged errors

• Repackaged Avastin Linked to Eye Infections and Blindness

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | September 06, 2011 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA has announced that repackaged injections of the cancer drug Avastin, also known as bevacizumab, have caused a cluster of serious eye infections in the Florida area. The Florida Department of...

• Five Ways You Can Prevent Pharmacy Errors and Medication Mix-Ups

  Ed Normand | August 02, 2011 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Taking prescribed medications as directed by a doctor is important to your health and recovery. However, it can be extremely dangerous when pharmacy errors occur, and may expose you to serious...

• Protect Yourself From Bad Doctors

  Ed Normand | November 14, 2009 5:03 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Did you know... While the new health care bill is being debated in Washington, there is something individuals can do right now to ensure that they are receiving the best possible care. Most of the...

• FDA Addresses Medical Errors And $4 Billion Pricetag

  Eddie Farah | November 06, 2009 1:29 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  As we look at saving money on health care spending, Americans should consider drugs, specifically the huge cost of medical errors involving prescriptions. Medication interactions, a mix-up in the...

• Mystery Compound That Killed Horses In Florida To Be Revealed

  Eddie Farah | April 24, 2009 10:17 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Early this week, the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine may release the name of the drug that killed 21 polo horses as they were getting ready to compete in a Florida match. The...

• Uninsured Benefit From Right To Know Act

  Eddie Farah | August 23, 2008 10:15 AM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Beginning January 1, 2009, the Health Care Consumer’s Right to Information Act will provide medical consumers with reliable and understandable information about health care charges so a patient...

• Pharmacy Errors Addressed In New Florida Law

  Eddie Farah | August 15, 2008 12:47 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Florida Governor Charlie Crist has just signed Senate Bill 1360 into law. The Pharmacy Technician Act is a significant piece of legislation that should keep us all safer from the medication errors...

• First Florida Vioxx Trial Underway in Tampa

  Brenda Fulmer | September 19, 2007 1:37 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Jury selection and opening statements have now been completed in the trial of Refik Kozic v. Merck, the first Vioxx case to proceed to trial in the State of Florida. Refik Kozic, a current resident of Jacksonville and a former long-term resident of Tampa, filed his lawsuit against Merck in 2003 for injuries relating to the heart attack that he suffered after ingesting Vioxx daily for 9 weeks. ...

• $25.8M Awarded in Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Walgreens

  Chrissie Cole | August 22, 2007 7:05 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A wrongful death lawsuit filed in 2003, by the family and children of a cancer patient that died when she was given the wrong prescription, was settled Friday when the jury awarded $25.8 million.In 2002 the woman was prescribed Warfarin, a blood thinner, to treat breast cancer. The prescription she was given was ten times stronger than what her doctor had prescribed.The mother of three passed...

• Suit Claims Pharmacy Error Led to Premature Birth

  Chrissie Cole | July 20, 2007 1:10 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A woman claims her pregnancy complications were the result of a prescription error at CVS Pharmacy and is now suing the company for over $50,000."Defendant through its employees, agents, and servants, misfilled the prescription. Plaintiff subsequently suffered complications due to the misfilled prescription, was forced to deliver the minor plaintiff by C-section prematurely, and both suffered...