Another incident of a nationwide pharmacy chain drugstore, Walgreens, dispensing the wrong medication to a customer. This time, the medication error involved a baby’s prescription for hydrocortisone, but turned out to be the opiate painkiller, Oxycodone! The baby’s father picked up what he thought was…
When a huge corporation with pharmacy retail stores nationwide mistakenly provided a cancer patient customer with stronger medication than prescribed by her doctor, the customer had no way of knowing of the pharmacy technician’s fatal medication error. The customer was carelessly given a blood thinner…
MEDICATION ERRORS ARE OFTEN KEPT SECRET- Recently, an undercover pharmacy investigation conducted by 20/20 and reported on by Chief Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross evaluated prescription dispensing at some of the best known U.S. chain drug stores. Prescription error With the exception of a few states,…