South Carolina residents who are getting treatment in a hospital, medical center or are diagnosed with an issue on an outpatient basis are reliant on their medical professionals to give them the proper care. That often means the doctor and the nursing staff, but there...
Medication Errors
Did your doctor administer a drug without proper follow-up care?
Medications developed to impact the human body can sometimes have unintended physical consequences. Physicians refer to these consequences as side effects. These side effects could include anything from headaches or nausea to weight gain, impotence or even psychosis....
Were you injured by a prescribed medication?
When you take medication prescribed by a medical care professional, you want to believe that the every person who is a part of that action is properly doing their jobs. Unfortunately, many injuries result every year from individuals consuming improper medication or...
To ensure safety, doctors must monitor medication use of patients
It seems that we are inundated with commercials and other forms of marketing touting the curative properties of medications that are currently available. The problem with these paid messages is that they don't ever explain how the medications actually interact with...
Study raises questions about effects of blood pressure medication
It is estimated that one-third of Americans take medication to treat high blood pressure. If not properly controlled, high blood pressure can cause very serious health issues, including kidney failure, stroke, heart attack, and heart failure. So of course, it is vital...
Allergic reaction to medication could cause multiple symptoms
Doctors should only prescribe medications for their patients after performing a thorough screening. Part of that screening is asking a patient if he or she is allergic to any specific medicines. This is a critical question because a patient could suffer serious or...
Medication safety starts in the doctor’s office
From a very young age, most people have at some point been treated with prescriptions to battle an illness or condition. And typically, if the instructions are followed, most drugs will do as intended to help us feel better. But this high rate of success can easily...
Common prescriptions may be deadly medications
It is amazing to think that the most commonly prescribed medications are not necessarily the ones that Americans spend the most money on. In many cases, medications in the top 10 most commonly prescribed list, are inexpensive. However, no matter how cheap these...
What are the two most common medication errors?
Medication errors are among the most common causes of patient injury in South Carolina and across the country. Even though medical professionals know that this type of error can cause serious harms to patients, medication errors continue to happen in hospitals,...
Medication errors among problems found at rehab facility
Multiple deficiencies in its health care practices have caused a Limestone rehabilitation facility to lose its Medicare and Medicaid qualification with the federal government.The facility, the John M. Reed Health & Rehabilitation facility, was subject to a South...
