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Connecticut Drug Injury Lawyer

Drug Injury Attorney

Carter Mario Connecticut Injury Lawyer Accident Attorneys

Patients throughout the country rely on prescription medicine, over-the-counter drugs, or dietary supplements to help them feel better, manage illnesses, or keep pain at bay every single day. In fact, a study from the Institute of Medicine showed that nearly one-third of adults will take five or more medications in one week.

 

 

Every week in the United States, four out of five adults will use prescription medicine, over-the-counter drugs, or dietary supplements of some kind, according to the Institute of Medicine’s 2006 report, Preventing Medication Errors.

Unfortunately, there are several steps in the process where mistakes can happen. From drug procurement and making prescriptions to picking up medications at the pharmacist and the follow-up process, several people are involved and oversights can happen. Connecticut drug injuries can be severe and have long-lasting repercussions, as well as steep costs.

Medical mistakes and drug injuries have ramifications well beyond the expenses of prescriptions and hospital visits—families devastated, lives destroyed, loved ones lost. The Connecticut drug injury lawyers at Carter Mario are committed to protecting the rights of those who have suffered because of prescription or over-the-counter drugs.

How Mistakes Happen

On top of mistakes like prescribing the wrong drug or administering the wrong dosage because of misread directions, doctors can also cause Connecticut drug injuries by failing to make a correct diagnosis or to ensure a patient gets the medications they need to get better. Many prescriptions also have similar names or packaging, which contributes to confusion that causes drug injuries.

When mistakes happen, patients can have severe reactions, organ failure, severe heart attacks or strokes, become unnecessarily dependent, or suffer because their conditions worsen. While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is trying to make changes to battle against drug injuries, they must still issue new warnings for drugs that are currently on shelves.

If a Connecticut drug injury has left you hurt, out of work, and unable to support your family, call the personal injury lawyers at Carter Mario and get help today. We have successfully defended Connecticut drug injury victims just like you throughout the state, including Milford, Hartford, Waterbury, and Bridgeport. Call today or fill out a Free Online Consultation Form.

Drug Injuries

Fosamax®

Fosamax® (alendronate), a drug that has been on the market for almost 10 years, has been linked to osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) (1). Otherwise known as “dead jaw,” osteonecrosis is a severe condition in which the jaw dies and is unable to regenerate, eventually leading to extreme pain and exposed bone in the mouth. [read more]

HRT

HRT's estrogen-progestin drug therapy has now been shown to significantly increase the risk for many alarming medical conditions. [read more]

MRI Dye (NSF)

A dye used in MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and MRA (magnetic resonance angiography) scans has been linked to a rare and potentially fatal skin disease in some users. [read more]

Ortho Evra®

Ortho Evra is the number one prescribed birth control brand in the United States (1) and is known as a "transdermal contraceptive system." Ortho Evra is a birth control patch that is applied to the arms, torso, abdomen, or buttocks once a week and offers "the same efficacy as the Pill with even greater simplicity (1)." It turns out, however, that women using the Ortho Evra patch are at an increased risk for fatal blood clots compared to women taking birth control pills. [read more]

Seroquel®

Seroquel (quetiapine) is pharmaceutical drug in the class of atypical antipsychotics approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1997. Antipsychotic drugs are used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia which include hearing voices, seeing things, sensing things that are not there, mistaken beliefs, and paranoia (1). Seroquel is also used in the treatment of mania associated with bipolar disorder. [read more]

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If you have been injured as a result of drug injuries, the Connecticut dug injury lawyers at Carter Mario Injury Lawyers are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We guarantee your phone calls will be returned that day, or lunch is on us! Clients come first for all of our Connecticut drug injury lawyers, and we strive to provide excellent representation to injury victims throughout the state, including Milford, Hartford, Waterbury, and Bridgeport. Call us at (800) 900-6700 or fill out a Free Online Consultation Form.

The Connecticut injury lawyers at Carter Mario represent clients with injuries stemming from auto accidents, dog bites, fire and burn injuries, medical malpractice, motorcycle accidents, Social Security Disability denials, slip and fall accidents, truck accidents, workers’ compensation denials, as well as the families of wrongful death victims.

Our Locations
Milford Office
158 Cherry Street
Milford, CT 06460
(203) 876-2711
Hartford Office
176 Wethersfield Ave.
Hartford, CT 06114
(860) 525-2222
Waterbury Office
2247 East Main Street
Waterbury, CT 06705
(203) 574-5338
Bridgeport Office
3543 Main Street
Bridgeport, CT 06606
(203) 372-3456
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