medication error

McMaster study warns against antidepressant use

Medical malpractice lawyers ensure that Canadians are protected from the negligence of medical service providers, including pharmaceutical manufacturers. When a medication or consumer medical product causes harm, a medical malpractice lawyer may be asked to seek compensation for the injured individual. Canadian doctors prescribe a lot of antidepressants. According to a 2013 study by the …

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Should dementia patients be prescribed antipsychotic medications?

As the Canadian and global populations grow older, healthcare workers are eagerly seeking solutions to prevalent age-related health problems. Chief among those is dementia, a disease which affects millions of people around the world, and which today remains incurable. Scientists do not fully understand what causes dementia, which makes it a frustrating and complicated ailment …

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