Category: Defective Drugs

The kidneys are vital in the blood filtering and cleaning process. For the 0.2% of the U.S. population that do not have fully functional kidneys, the process of hemodialysis is necessary. Hemodialysis uses machines that take out the patient’s blood, cleans it, and returns it to the body. Dialysates are the chemicals used during dialysis […]

A report by the Journal of Patient Safety reveals that errors made in hospitals lead to the premature deaths of 210,000 to 440,000 people every year. These mistakes are misdiagnosis, prescribing incorrect drugs or incorrect doses, and, in general, not following the strict standard of care that doctors, nurses, surgeons, and paramedics are held to. […]