https://silverthorneattorneys.com/tags/pharmaceutical-errors/Recent content in Pharmaceutical-Errors on Silverthorne AttorneysHugo -- 0.162.1en-USFri, 26 Jun 2026 13:27:46 -0700https://silverthorneattorneys.com/pharmaceutical-error-legal-rights/Wed, 25 Sep 2019 04:32:03 +0000https://www.silverthorneattorneys.com/?p=1743<p>Almost <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519065/">7,000 different types of prescription medications</a> are available in the United States. A medication or pharmaceutical error is defined as “any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the healthcare professional, patient, or consumer,” according to the <a href="https://www.nccmerp.org/about-medication-errors">National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention</a>.</p> <p>Pharmaceutical errors related to medication are responsible for hundreds of thousands of injuries and fatalities each year. When there is a pharmaceutical error, patients can suffer ill effects, their condition can worsen by not receiving the correct medication, or they may even die.</p>