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February 9th, 2011
06:57 PM ET
Empowered Patient: How to avoid errors at the pharmacyWhen you pick up your prescriptions, how closely do you look at the label? What happened to a Colorado woman may make you take a second look. Mareena Silva of Fort Lupton is six weeks pregnant, and last week went to a local grocery store to pick up an antibiotic her doctor prescribed.
According to a story by CNN affiliate KMGH in Denver, Silva says instead of giving her antibiotics, the pharmacist accidentally gave her methotrexate, a cancer drug that's also used to induce early abortions. Now Silva says she's worried she'll lose her baby.
About 3 billion prescriptions are filled at neighborhood pharmacies each year and according to the National Patient Safety Foundation, some 30 million of those prescriptions will be dispensed improperly. So what can an Empowered Patient do to protect themselves? Here are my top three tips.
For more advice, read my Empowered Patient column on how to avoid pharmacy errors. |
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