Practice Areas: Criminal Law, Litigation, Personal Injury, Wills, Trusts & Estates
Original Production Date: 01/31/2024
Run Time: 1:00:00
GA Course Exp: 12/31/2024
Last year over 7 BILLION prescriptions were filled in the U.S. With this flood of dangerous prescription medications & people taking multiple prescriptions, adverse reactions occur every day and so does medical malpractice stemming from these dangerous drugs.
Presented by toxicologist Dr. Allison A. Muller, this CLE explores 10 different points when analyzing the details of a possible medication-related case. Dr. Muller will: identify “red flags” in a medical record that a patient may have suffered harmed from a medication, cite 2 reasons why safe dosages of a medication vary among patients, list 3 resources for reliable & user-friendly drug information and analyze 4 case examples from her own practice. Also covered: prescription stats, when medication misadventures occur, overdose & drug interactions, limitations of the medical chart, right medication… right patient?, right dose?, antidotes: why are they in the chart?, drug levels, older adults & medications: safety, checking the prescribing information, some drugs have rare toxicities, drug info resources and picking the right toxicologist.
Dr. Muller is a board-certified toxicologist, fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and registered pharmacist with over 20 years’ experience in the field of clinical toxicology.
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