Philadelphia mother won $1.5 million for the wrongful death of her son on Wednesday, August 17, a civil action against the doctor and a psychiatrist for overprescribing a deadly mixture of narcotic drugs.

PA personal injury lawyers console & Hollawell represented the plaintiff in this case. While we wish we could return to delete time, avoiding that this incident and other events like this occur each, we can not. While nothing will ever bring our client son back, we hope that the settlement got sends a clear message to physicians and health professionals, who are authorised to require that they responsibly and not have to do this.

Displayed pattern of medical malpractice

One of the defendants, a family doctor, started in June 2005 for back pain after a motor vehicle accident treatment of the son of our customers. The doctor, who claimed that he was "Pain Management", was certified in pain management, nor had he been specifically trained in this discipline. The treatment of "Pain Management" let by the testimony of doctor's prescribing very large amounts of narcotics. In 2006 the care of a psychiatrist for depression sought by his pain our son client. Despite the fact that the client of our son both doctors said he suffered from asthma, she prescribed excessive amounts of drugs Oxycontin Percocet and xanax, which it is known that to suppress the respiratory tract.

The amount of drugs prescribed in dosage, quantity, thickness and frequency, increases until the son of our customers, died October 7, 2007.

The doctor not he run all diagnostic tests to determine the cause of the patient, and repeatedly required completely new batches of pills just a few days original recipes were filled according to the. This, he ignored the signs that the patient to the medications was hooked, or abuse was.

Despite the fact that, that he was told the patient in treatment with several other medical professionals, the psychiatrist ordered not medical records of patients, and knew therefore diagnosis or medication required by the other by other doctors.

Neither doctor tried to manage other interventions apart from drugs of the patient pain and both ignored the signs of serious side effects and health problems, by the drugs, such as the weight gain and fluid retention, the organ failure, which eventually killed their patients. The doctors prescribed instead more narcotic drugs.

Our client son autopsy showed that he died a death of a negative response to narcotic prescription medication. Specialist general practitioner and pharmacist, which reviewed the case testified that the care that was careless, frivolous and outrageous of the both doctors.

If you love someone or you, the one doctor has been damaged, that was careless, you may by compensation for medical bills, lost income, pain and suffering or unlawful death must. Consult a misbehaviour lawyer Philadelphia for a free consultation. Lawyer will review your case, provide advice on your rights and opportunities, and develop a plan best for you and your family.

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