Phoenix Prescription Error Lawyers

A medical perspective

Experience treating the consequences of medication errors.

Dr. Zaheer Shah has treated patients who suffered serious injuries following prescription errors. He understands why explaining the medication, the patient’s condition, and the resulting harm is important to a legal claim.

The Dr. Lawyer Law Group uses that medical perspective to help review what was prescribed, what was supplied, and the care that followed.

Prescription concerns

Where a medication mistake may occur.

1. The medication selected

   A concern may involve a provider prescribing the wrong medication or a pharmacy dispensing a different drug from the one prescribed.

2. The dose

   The review may consider whether the amount prescribed or supplied was appropriate for the patient.

3. The instructions

   Incorrect or unclear directions can raise questions about how the patient was told to use the medication.

4. Medication combinations

   The review may examine whether the patient’s other medicines were considered and whether a harmful interaction played a role.

Medication safety background: FDA: Medication errors.

The medical evidence

Following the prescription through to the outcome.

A side effect or unexpected reaction does not automatically prove malpractice. A claim needs evidence that a failure to meet the applicable standard of care caused injury.

Arizona law: A.R.S. § 12-563.

Your next step

Tell us about the medication concern.

Share what you know about the prescription, the problem that occurred, and the injury that followed. We can discuss how the available records may help evaluate a potential claim.

Dr. Shah works to make the medical issues understandable when presenting a client’s case. If you or a loved one has been harmed by a prescription error, he would like to hear your story.