Tag: medical mistakes

AARP offices some sound advice on avoiding harmful medical mistakes. Medical mistakes are more common than most of us realize, and the medication you are on, or the procedure you are going to undergo can had disastrous consequences if errors are made. Many medications require doctors to constantly monitor you, especially with the cholesterol lowering statins, whose usage is questionable.   Other medications designed to regulate the heart, blood pressure and other symptoms can cause serious complication when your body changes its own chemistry in response to a long term usage of the medication. Many people because of the new Medicare Read More »