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Medical treatment can give you and your family hope in the event of illness or injury. Powerful medications and drugs can improve our lives. However, there are unfortunately many incidents where these drugs cause harm to those whom they were supposed to help.
Who is to blame for a drug injury? Our Toledo personal injury lawyers have investigated many of these cases and understand how to determine who owes you compensation in the event you suffered harm.
Do not hesitate to contact a skilled lawyer at Kisling, Nestico & Redick if you or a loved one have been badly injured by defective drugs. Our team has years of experienced helping victims through the complex legal process required for recovering damages.
Contact our office in Toledo today at (419) 324-8205.
Common Drugs Injuries in Toledo
There are many ways that powerful prescription or over the counter drugs can cause terrible harm. The Office of the Surgeon General of the United States estimates there are over 20,000,000 patients misusing prescription drugs every year. This problem seems is all too common in the Toledo area as well.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol reports that approximately 40% of fatal car accidents involves at least one driver under the influence of prescription medications.
Many drug injuries involve patients at pain clinics or children’s hospitals in Toledo area. Furthermore, many victims are hurt when their medications have a devastating reaction with other medications or substances consumed by the patient.
Our drug injury attorneys have seen victims affected by the following:
- Dangerous increase in blood pressure
- Damage to internal organs
- Diabetes
- Hemorrhages which can also cause stroke
- Heart attack or heart failure
- Depression which can cause an increase chance of suicide
Who Is Liable for Defective Drugs?
Almost every pharmaceutical injury comes as a complete surprise to the victim and their family. Perhaps the drug was not properly developed or not administered.
It can be very difficult to know what happened and who holds responsibility. To recover damages for the harm that you sustained, it’s essential that your legal counsel to prove fault.
As Toledo drug injury lawyers who have seen many of these cases, we find that one of the following parties is generally responsible for the harm in defective drug cases:
- The pharmacist – Pharmacies must have skilled professionals who understand how to properly handle drugs and fill prescriptions. You can be badly hurt or killed if you get the wrong drug or the wrong dosage.
- The doctor – A doctor must practice with great care when they prescribe powerful drugs for their patients. Errors can result in devastating side effects, and drugs mixed with other drugs or substances can result in harm or death.
- The drug manufacturer – Drugs must be properly researched and tested in their development. Rushing a drug through the testing process, or having an unsafe production facility, can cause a deadly product to reach patients who are totally oblivious to the danger that they face.
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