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Minnesota Prescription Drug Malpractice Lawyers

Accomplished advocacy when doctors and pharmacists prescribe or fill drug orders incompetently

Patients rely on their doctors to prescribe medications for the correct medical disorders and in the correct dosages, with clear instructions. Doctors and pharmacists must advise their patients of the benefits and also the risks, dangers, and side effects of the drugs the patient takes. Medical care professionals must also review what other medications a patient is taking for possible unsafe interactions.

At Bradshaw & Bryant, we’ve been fighting for personal injury victims and families since 1975. Our Minnesota prescription drug malpractice lawyers have working relationships with medical professionals who help us show when medical malpractice occurs, who is responsible, and what damages you should receive. Call us now to discuss your rights.

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What types of prescription mistakes can harm patients?

Bradshaw & Bryant, PLLC, works with doctors, pharmacists, drug safety experts, and other professionals to show why your doctors failed to provide competent medical care. Our medical malpractice lawyers handle all types of prescription drug malpractice claims, including the following:

Your medical provider failed to:

  • Properly diagnose your medical condition. Prescribing drugs for the wrong health disorder prevents treatment of the correct health disorder and can cause harm by treating the wrong disease or disorder.
  • Take a complete history of your health and current medications. Even when doctors diagnose the correct disease, they need to understand every other disorder you have. They especially need to understand what medications you are currently taking. Many drugs have unsafe adverse interactions with other drugs. Those interactions could be fatal or cause serious health problems.
  • Prescribe the correct drug. Your doctor must prescribe drugs that treat your condition, without jeopardizing your health or any other health disorders you have.
  • Prescribe the correct dosages and instructions. Your doctor and pharmacist should prescribe and complete drug orders in the correct dosages and in the correct forms (such as pills or liquids). Your doctors and pharmacist should clearly and properly state when you should take the drugs, how often you should take the drugs, and any restrictions. Restrictions may include what you can and cannot eat or drink while you’re taking the medications.
  • Monitor your health. Your doctors should clearly explain what you should do if you experience any side effects from the drugs they prescribe. Your physicians should also monitor how well (or poorly) the drugs are working.
  • Obtain informed consent. Generally, doctors and pharmacists should explain the benefits of the drugs you’re taking and the reasonably foreseeable dangers and side effects. Patients have the right to know what is likely to happen when they consume drugs or when drugs are administered by a health professional.
  • Monitor drug addiction possibilities. Your doctors have a duty to use additional care when prescribing any drugs, such as pain management drugs (like opioids), that may be addictive.
  • Improper communication between physicians and pharmacists. This can be due to unclear handwriting, confusion about dosages, improper abbreviations, transposing numbers, not including the correct numbers, and confusion about the names of drugs.

Prescription mistakes may also be due to faulty labeling and other causes.

Your medical providers should also explain the likelihood that any drugs will affect your psychological health as well as your physical health. Some drugs can lead to suicide.

Who is responsible for medical malpractice due to prescription errors?

Our Minnesota prescription drug malpractice lawyers file medical malpractice and wrongful death claims against everyone responsible for prescription drug mistakes. The defendants may include one or more of the following:

  • Hospitals
  • Doctors
  • Pharmacists
  • Nurses
  • Other medical providers

Our Minneapolis-St. Paul medical malpractice lawyers will conduct extensive discovery to show what medications you should have received, what medications were prescribed and under what conditions, and what mistakes your healthcare providers made regarding your prescriptions. We’re here to review the records of your doctors and pharmacists, including the communications between your doctors and pharmacists. We can review all other relevant information about your health and the prescriptions.

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What injuries can patients suffer due to medication mistakes in Minnesota?

The failure to provide competent prescription care can cause the following types of harm, among others:

  • The condition you sought treatment for will likely continue and may worsen.
  • Health disorders because the wrong medication or the improper use of the medication caused additional harm, such as heart disorders, skin disorders, respiratory disorders, and other complications.
  • The inability of new medications to treat your original health disorders – due to delay and other medical causes.
  • Other health problems, such as infections

How much is my prescription drug malpractice claim worth in Minnesota?

At Bradshaw & Bryant, PLLC, we work with our network of doctors (since you will likely need an independent review of your health) to determine what harm the improper drug prescription caused. These doctors will also review what corrective treatments you may need and how the harm from the medical malpractice is affecting every aspect of your life.

We demand compensation for all your current and future financial and personal damages, including:

  • Your medical bills. These expenses include emergency care, hospitalizations, surgeries, doctor visits, rehabilitative care, and new medications.
  • Your income loss. If the drugs prevent you from working, we demand compensation for your lost wages, salary, business income, and other financial losses. We also demand full compensation if you have a long-term disability.
  • Your physical pain and emotional suffering. This includes every moment of pain or discomfort, anxiety, depression, anger, and other types of physical and emotional trauma.
  • All other types of damage. These include loss of bodily function, inability to enjoy life’s pleasures, and loss of consortium (enjoyment of marital relations).

If prescription malpractice causes the death of your loved one, we file wrongful death claims on behalf of the family members. Our lawyers seek the following damages for family members:

  • Payment of the funeral and burial costs
  • Compensation for the loss of financial support your loved one would have provided during their lifetime, and for any inheritance losses
  • Compensation for the personal losses of each family member. These include the loss of comfort, society, love, guidance, and education that your loved one would have provided.
  • Any outstanding medical bills due to your loved one’s improper medical care.
  • The pain and suffering of the family members.

Do you have a Minnesota prescription drug malpractice lawyer near me?

Yes. We meet clients at our office located at 1505 Division Street in Waite Park, Minnesota, and our other locations. If your health prevents you from traveling to one of our offices, we can make arrangements to see you away from our offices, by phone, or through online consultations.

We understand the unique challenges in holding doctors and pharmacists accountable for medical malpractice.

Speak with our Minnesota prescription drug malpractice attorneys today

We understand how upset you are. You expected that your prescription medications would help you. Instead, you’re now in a lot of pain. Worse, a loved one may have died due to prescription malpractice. Call us or fill out our contact form today to schedule a free consultation.

At Bradshaw & Bryant, PLLC, we represent clients in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul and the nearby suburbs. We also advocate for clients across Central Minnesota, including St. Cloud, Brainerd, and Alexandria, and Stearns, Sherburne, Wright, Morrison, and Benton counties. We handle medical malpractice claims on a contingency fee basis.