Legal Consultation

Dr. Simonson has provided consultation on a variety of legal cases for more than 30 years. With his experience as an educator and clinician, his consultation focuses on the use and misuse of prescription and non-prescription medications, with an emphasis on clinical implications. Cases that he has been involved with include the following:

• Analysis of apparent adverse reactions to medications
   
• Interpretation of the clinical consequences of drug interactions
   
• Investigation of fatal events associated with drug therapy
   
• Investigation of fatal events caused by inappropriate prescribing
   
• Drug interactions between prescription and non-prescription medications
   
• Analysis of appropriateness of prescribed medications
   
• Interpretation of blood level data of medications or alcohol related to therapeutic or toxic effect
   
• Analysis of the relationship between blood alcohol levels and possible clinical effect and impairment
   
• Standards of medical practice relating to prescribing of medications
   
• Standards of pharmacy practice relating to pharmacist's obligations and responsibilities

  In his approach to legal consultation, Dr. Simonson conducts a thoughtful and thorough analysis of available data and provides clients with a clear summary and expert opinion. He gives special attention to making complex pharmaceutical and medical issues understandable by clients and juries.
  

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