Georgia Family Sues Pharmacy Over Alleged Error

According to the Atlanta Business Chronicle, the family of a nine-year-old girl has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia that alleges a pharmacy filled a prescription incorrectly, causing the girl to ingest a dosage five times larger than what was prescribed.

The news outlet reports that the girl, who was four when she took the incorrect dosage, still suffers from side effects and is afraid to take medication.

The pharmacist named in the lawsuit said that she spoke with a nurse who called in the prescription from the doctor’s office, according to the Chronicle.

“We filled the prescription as it was phoned in,” the pharmacist said when interviewed by investigators, according to the Chronicle. “I repeated the dose back to her.”

The girl was being treated for seizures when she took the medication Keppra. The girl’s mother allegedly gave her the medication based on the label directions, after which, the girl suffered a serious seizure requiring hospitalization and treatment.

Pharmacy misfills or errors can result in brain damage, heart attacks, organ failure, allergic reactions, hallucinations and psychotic episodes, drowsiness and death. Pharmacies have a duty to provide you with accurate medications and dosages.

If you have been injured or have had a loved one killed because of a pharmacy’s negligence, contact our drug injury lawyers. We offer no obligation consultations. Call us toll-free today at (888) 841-9623

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