My local pharmacy filled a prescription for me for my blood pressure medication.
I took a few before i noticed that there were two different capsules in the bottle - same size but one was white/dark blue with a letter/number and the other was white/dark green with a letter and different number.
The bottle actually said it should be a white/green pill and gave the number.
It took me while but I found via the internet the other number was slightly different strength (stronger).
So probably it wasn't serious.
But it seems to me that supplying the wrong medication is potentially very dangerous. I mean, if they gave you totally the wrong thing you would not get the treatment for what ailed you that you thought you were getting and if that didn't kill you then the wrong medication could totally wreck you with possible reactions to other stuff you are taking and kill you.
It happened to me once before (actually to my wife) when they gave totally the wrong thing and she was pregnant and I let it slide then (different pharmacy many years ago). I caught it before she took any and they replaced it without any comment or apology.
Do pharmacy medicine mixups occur often and should I make a federal case of it? I really don't think no comment and no apology is enough.
I took a few before i noticed that there were two different capsules in the bottle - same size but one was white/dark blue with a letter/number and the other was white/dark green with a letter and different number.
The bottle actually said it should be a white/green pill and gave the number.
It took me while but I found via the internet the other number was slightly different strength (stronger).
So probably it wasn't serious.
But it seems to me that supplying the wrong medication is potentially very dangerous. I mean, if they gave you totally the wrong thing you would not get the treatment for what ailed you that you thought you were getting and if that didn't kill you then the wrong medication could totally wreck you with possible reactions to other stuff you are taking and kill you.
It happened to me once before (actually to my wife) when they gave totally the wrong thing and she was pregnant and I let it slide then (different pharmacy many years ago). I caught it before she took any and they replaced it without any comment or apology.
Do pharmacy medicine mixups occur often and should I make a federal case of it? I really don't think no comment and no apology is enough.
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