Our Areas of Personal Injury Practice

Pharmaceutical Products Injuries

Prescription medications are on the market to help sick people get well or to control the effects of an illness. Unfortunately, many defective pharmaceutical products that are prescribed by health care professionals cause individuals people to become sicker, and can result in the death of the patient. Our laws dictate that medical professionals have responsibility for the medications they prescribe for their patients. This responsibility includes understanding the side effects of the medications health professionals prescribe that may cause injury or illness.

At the Law offices of Vincent J. Ciecka, we hold doctors and pharmaceutical companies accountable for the injuries and illness that often result from mis-prescribed medications or over-the-counter pharmaceutical products. Our lawyers have over 60 years of combined personal injury experience helping people recover the compensation they deserve when they have become ill after taking a pharmaceutical product.. Many times, the doctor may have responsibility for prescribing an unsafe product, and the pharmaceutical producer may share liability for an unsafe product. We can help you determine the exact nature of your claim.

If you have been injured or have become ill because of a medication error, click here to provide us with information about your particular situation so we can further evaluate a possible course of action. Below are some examples of situations where you can bring an action and obtain compensation for your damages and pain & suffering.

 

Prescription Errors and Medication Errors Claims

• Misdiagnosis of disease, resulting in wrong medication
• Wrong diagnosis
• Pharmacy errors, pharmacist negligence, wrong Rx
• Wrong prescription strength, wrong dosages
• Hospital malpractice, emergency room medication errors
• Failure to control side effects of medications

Examples of Recalled or Dangerous Medications Include:

• Vioxx recall
• Avandia
• Visicol illness
• Fleet Phospho-soda illness
• Midazolam
• Famotidine, anti-ulcer drug
• Versed
• Neurontin
• Bextra
• Xyprexa

Call us for other dangerous medications and recalled products.

At the Law Offices of Vincent J. Ciecka, P.C. we highly specialize and been very successful in obtaining high recoveries in pharmaceutical products injury related cases. If you have a situation where you or someone you know might be a victim of this type of injury due to the negligence of someone else, please contact us as soon as possible to discuss your specifics and help you determine if indeed you have a case so you can obtain due compensation for such injuries.

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