US Drug Watchdog Urges Pharmacy Clients Who Were Given the Wrong Drug or a Prescription for Someone Else by a Pharmacist to Call Them About Compensation – Were You Injured?
WASHINGTON, July 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The US Drug Watchdog says, “We are now urging persons to call us anytime at 866-714-6466 if their local pharmacy provided them with someone else’s prescription or a prescription with the wrong drugs or incorrect dosage. For some people, the outcome of receiving the wrong prescription or a drug prescription with incorrect dosage could be fatal. We would like to help you get compensated. The only catch we have is did you keep the medication and or keep the sales receipt that indicates the error?” http://USDrugWatchdog.Com
The US Drug Watchdog is now warning consumers using a pharmacy drive through in any state nationwide to confirm the drug they are picking up has the correct name on it, the drug is the correct medication prescribed by their doctor-dentist, and do the pills or medication look to be the same as what the consumer has taken before. If not-the group is urging the consumer to park their car and go into the pharmacy and ask the pharmacist about the issue.
The US Drug Watchdog Is Urging Consumers Nationwide To Be on The Look Out for The Following Types of Pharmacy Errors:
- The pharmacy provided the consumer with the wrong drug medication
- The pharmacy failed to provide the consumer with the proper dosage and usage directions on the label
- The pharmacy filled a prescription for a child with the wrong drug medication.
- The pharmacy provided the consumer with someone else’s prescription
- Giving the young child an unintended drug
- The pharmacy failed to check for any potential medication interaction issues
The US Drug Watchdog says, “We are certain pharmacy prescription errors kill or seriously injure tens of thousands of US consumers every year. If you possess proof a pharmacy gave you the wrong prescription, a prescription with the wrong dosage or someone else’s prescription, please call us anytime at 866-714-6466-especially if you were injured by the mistake.
“However, as mentioned we will need proof of the mistake either being you still are in possession of the incorrect prescription, or your sales receipt indicates the error. If you possess this type of proof-we will get you to qualified lawyers who have a track record of assisting consumers nationwide with these types of very serious pharmacy error issues. We also want to emphasize this is a national initiative for consumers in every state from Maine to California, Florida, Illinois, Oregon, Texas, Ohio, New York, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Washington, etc.” http://USDrugWatchdog.Com
Two pts take new prescriptions into a pharmacy… one walks away with the wrong medication – a mis-fill – and the second walks away with NO MEDICATION because the pharmacist on duty states that “they are not comfortable” or some other “excuse” … not a valid reason/fact…
Did both pts fail to get the medications that their prescriber intended for them to have… the first is technically considered a MIS-FILL – wrong medication
The second… should it also being considered a MIS-FILL ?
Both pts walked away from the pharmacy without the medication that their prescriber wanted them to have for their medical/health issues.
If not… is there a DOUBLE STANDARD ? The primary charge of the 51 Boards of Pharmacy is to protect the public’s health and safety… if these boards only take action against the former issue and not the latter… are they failing to meet their primary charge ?
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I have witness myself a friend being put in a copma from the wrong medicine given out by a pharmacist,,,,So the mistake of the wrong meds can be deadly,,can be emotionally scarring to any person taking the wrong medicines,.That patient,thinking,,,why the hell isn’t it working like it use..I saw my own father be prescribed a blood thinner for many clots in his liver veins and artieries,,nearly bleed to death,,I ve seen my deceased brother doctors blame him because they filled 5 mg of oxy verses 10,,,it was mistake,,,but it lead to blood testing to see if he was an addict,,3 days before his death,,,because the medicine dosage wasn’t working,,in reality they filled his script w/5 mg,,when the written script said 10 mg,,,He died 72 hours latter when his heart quit,,Soo I strongly disagree w/your lessening the severity of the pharmacist making a mistake w/the medicine they fill…it has had deadly consequence,,,,,,,Furthermore any pharmacist making a medical decision like,,I am denying you access to your medicine today,,,is practicing medicine w/out a liscence,,,it is altering the medical treatment of that human being,,,THATS PRACTICING MEDICINE,, not to mention committing thee act of torture by legal definition,,,,The pharmacist is after all is a 3rd party,,thus torture fully applies,,maryw
Under Federal Law a,pharmacist has,the right to refuse,to fill prescriptions they are not comfortable with. That is totally different than giving a,patient the,wrong prescription, dosage, etc.
Merely being given the wrong prescription, dosage, etc is not worth suing over. It will depend on the damage done, medical expenses due to those damages, loss of income etc. Attorneys are not going to take cases they cannot make money from.
The only valid reason for a pharmacist to decline to fill a pt’s prescription is because there is a level one drug interaction, allergy or high/lethal dose. Of course, if the prescription is fake/forged, altered or the pharmacist has facts (PMP) report that the pt is a doctor/pharmacy shopper. Until the last decade or so.. Pharmacist typically attempts to contact the prescriber to get the medication altered so that whatever conflict that exists is eliminated. The EXCUSE of “I’m not comfortable” is not a factual reason for declining to fill a prescription, typically such a excuse is based on a personal bias or phobia. If the pharmacist believes that the prescription is fake/bogus then they have a professional responsibility to attempt to have the person arrested by the local police. The prescription is either legal/legit or it is illegal/bogus… and a pharmacist that just returns a bogus prescription to the person.. he/she is just passing the problem off to one or more other pharmacists to deal with… In most incidents… they know that the prescription is legit but doesn’t want to admit that they are just not interested in taking care of the pt’s medical needs…. because some believe that such behavior is unprofessional conduct and has no respect for other pharmacists in the profession. A few years back the use of the excuse “I’m not comfortable” became so common in Florida that pts were having to go to 1-2 dozen pharmacy to find one that would fill their prescription… it cause the phrase “pharmacy crawl” to be coined… a reporter at WESH in Orlando did a couple of dozen reports on the “I’m not comfortable ” epidemic… here is one on a pt that had stage 4 lung cancer that couldn’t get a Rx filled http://www.wesh.com/article/terminally-ill-cancer-patients-denied-prescription-drugs-at-the-pharmacy/4440015?utm_campaign=wesh+2+news&utm_medium=FBPAGE&utm_source=Social Having been a pharmacist for nearly FIFTY YEARS… I think that I am fairly familiar with the Fed and State laws that pharmacists have to observe. You are correct no law firm is going to take such a case, but the 51 boards of pharmacy primary charge is to protect the public’s health and safety .. but .. none seem to be interested in making sure that legit pts get the medications that their prescriber believes that they need for their health issues. In the controlled substance act there is a phrase of “corresponding responsibility” and the DEA has determined that Pharmacists have the duty to provide a “second opinion” on the doc’s diagnosis and medication.. without doing a in person exam – which pharmacist have neither the training nor legal authority to do and/or without access to the pt’s medical records… most would agree that it forces pharmacist to provide services outside of their scope of practice… but the BOP’s seem to have no interest in telling the DEA to stick it.. The DEA only has the legal authority to be concerned about a dose getting into the wrong hand and it would seem that if a pharmacist has the possibility of making a mistake… they would rather deny the legit pt their medication than the risk of getting a controlled med dose into the wrong hand.
http://www.wesh.com/article/terminally-ill-cancer-patients-denied-prescription-drugs-at-the-pharmacy/4440015
Let me put it another way. This group is not going to find attorneys to take these cases. If a prescription states on it the patient has cancer or it has,the code. That may or,may not be different.
These cases are expensive. Far more is,required than a,pharmacist refusing to fill a prescription.