The human body comes in thousands of different sizes and forms. Although there are certain standards that doctors learn in medicine, most people vary from the standard in some way. Some people even have their organs on the opposite side of their body when compared...
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Medication Errors
Prescription Blood Pressure Medicine May Cause Cancer
Have you been diagnosed with cancer after taking Valsartan? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a recall on certain drugs containing valsartan, a medication commonly used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. The recall was initiated after...
Experienced Firm Representing Taxotere Victims
Survivors and women battling breast cancer often cope with the damaging effects of chemotherapy medications. While most chemotherapy side effects go away after the treatment is finished, many patients who were prescribed the chemotherapy drug Taxotere were devastated...
Kentucky joins lawsuit against opioid provider
Here in Kentucky, our residents have suffered repeated, ongoing injuries due to abusive practices by opioid painkiller providers. For those who struggle with opioids, as well as for their loved ones, the damage is enormous. Only a decade or so ago, many opioid...
What are ‘never events’? Why they should ‘never, never, never’ occur
By Rob Lewis When you raise kids, you have "rules" and then you have "RULES". I know that when my kids were little, we made them share, pick up their toys, eat what was on their plate etc. and if they failed to do it, we would give them a gentle reminder....
Don’t let time expire on your medication error claim
Everyone procrastinates to one degree or another. For most people, it involves minor things such as putting off raking leaves or washing the car or visiting an optometrist. Sometimes procrastination can have serious consequences, however, as a professor of pharmacy...
How to prevent medical malpractice?
We hope and expect that at each hospital in the Covington and Cincinnati area, there are regular conversations about how to prevent medical malpractice. As we all know, medical negligence by doctors, nurses and hospitals leads to an unknown number of deaths each year...
Children’s dentist running “house of horrors”?
Regular readers of our Kentucky medical malpractice blog might recall a case from a couple of years ago in which a woman south of Covington sued her dentist after he apparently dropped a small screwdriver down her throat. She later had to have the tool used on her...
Intravenous medication labeling changes may reduce risk of errors
There are several factors that come together to determine the care that a Kentucky patient receives in the hospital. Some people might automatically think about the nurse's skills and the doctor's training when they think of care factors. Those, however, aren't the...
Incorrect prescription method can lead to medication errors
Making sure that medications are taken properly is a duty of people who dispense medications, such as nurses and doctors in hospitals and nursing homes. One thing that has to be considered is the best method for a patient to take the medication. In some cases, the...