Posted by Kathii on June 1, 2003, at 0:41:33
In reply to Re: My pharmacy gave me the wrong drug!, posted by Tony P on May 30, 2003, at 9:28:02
Years ago my pharmacy gave me the wrong med. It was labeled correctly - just not what my doc had called in. I asked the guy (no name tag) if it was the same med and he (annoyingly) said 'yes'. I went and looked it up - if I had taken it I would have been in the emergency room because the dosage was for the other med I was supposed to get. I called my insurance company (I'm in the US) and told them what happened. They were VERY interested to hear about the incident. They called me back and said that everyone in the pharmacy would have to go to a training class and they were going to basically be on probation because of it.
The pharmacy that I go to now always puts a sticker on the bottle if it's a different manufacturer and they always have on name tags.www.rxlist.com has a lookup for the number that is written on the pill - so even if the med is mislabeled you can identify it.
poster:Kathii
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