Wrong medicine in prescription bottle

[Anonymous]

Should we report this or not? I don't want to get anyone in trouble, but my daughter is on a thyroid medicine and this time when she got her refill she said "This is weird mom, these pills look different than they usually do".

So we checked the description on the side of the bottle, and it was a totally different description than what was in the bottle. We looked up what it was and it is a platelet inhibitor used for blood clots and embolisms.

Of course she didn't take it, but I don't know if it's something that she should report because if someone didn't check and took it for a month maybe something bad could have happened?

Opinions?

[Anonymous]

Good for her for noticing and tell DD to ALWAYS check both the label AND the pills themselves.

Yes, absolutely call the pharmacy and tell them - assure them you didn't take any and ask if you can bring them back to exchange for the correct thing.

The person who filled the prescription NEEDS to have this pointed out to them. This could kill someone.

[Anonymous]

That happened to me but it it was just an extended release version of the medicine I took. I reported it (kindly). It's absolutely not okay. That's nice that you don't want to get anyone in trouble but you also don't want anyone to get hurt.

[Anonymous]

REPORT IS ASAP,

CVS did this to us TWICE over the years!!!

[Anonymous]

Of course you report this to the pharmacy. That's why the description of the pill exists in the first place, so hopefully something like this is caught.

Don't feel badly about getting someone in trouble. Being a pharmacist is not a job with room for error on a regular basis. If the person who made this mistake is otherwise good at their job, they will probably keep their job. If this mistake is one of many, than they have no business being a pharmacist and your report will be valuable in determining that.

[Anonymous]

This is OP. Just to clarify, she of course brought the bottle back and they just apologized and gave her the correct medicine . I don’t know if it should to any farther than that .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Just to clarify, she of course brought the bottle back and they just apologized and gave her the correct medicine . I don’t know if it should to any farther than that .

Whoever she gave it to will tell someone and it will get discussed. Is it more important someone not die or someone not get fired? Don't give it another thought.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Just to clarify, she of course brought the bottle back and they just apologized and gave her the correct medicine . I don’t know if it should to any farther than that .

Whoever she gave it to will tell someone and it will get discussed. Is it more important someone not die or someone not get fired? Don't give it another thought.

You are giving the clerk she handed it to WAY too much credit. At best a 50/50 that she told someone who matters what happened. Are you always this passive in life? Of course this should be reported.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Just to clarify, she of course brought the bottle back and they just apologized and gave her the correct medicine . I don’t know if it should to any farther than that .

Whoever she gave it to will tell someone and it will get discussed. Is it more important someone not die or someone not get fired? Don't give it another thought.

You are giving the clerk she handed it to WAY too much credit. At best a 50/50 that she told someone who matters what happened. Are you always this passive in life? Of course this should be reported.

DP here. I know the person in charge of my pharmacy and told her when this happened. OP doesn't have to go all Karen but if I was managing a pharmacy I'd certainly one to know if someone screwed up this badly. I would just give the highest-up person at the pharmacy the information and let them handle it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good for her for noticing and tell DD to ALWAYS check both the label AND the pills themselves.

Yes, absolutely call the pharmacy and tell them - assure them you didn't take any and ask if you can bring them back to exchange for the correct thing.

The person who filled the prescription NEEDS to have this pointed out to them. This could kill someone.

It could kill the other person who might be thinking they are preventing blood clots and are instead taking thyroid meds.

Call now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good for her for noticing and tell DD to ALWAYS check both the label AND the pills themselves.

Yes, absolutely call the pharmacy and tell them - assure them you didn't take any and ask if you can bring them back to exchange for the correct thing.

The person who filled the prescription NEEDS to have this pointed out to them. This could kill someone.

It needs to be pointed out to this person's boss and employer.

[Anonymous]

Yes, please report this.

This could kill someone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course you report this to the pharmacy. That's why the description of the pill exists in the first place, so hopefully something like this is caught.

Don't feel badly about getting someone in trouble. Being a pharmacist is not a job with room for error on a regular basis. If the person who made this mistake is otherwise good at their job, they will probably keep their job. If this mistake is one of many, than they have no business being a pharmacist and your report will be valuable in determining that.

This. One mistake is not going to get them fired but several will. You don't want someone who makes this type of mistake frequently to get away with it! It could have devastating results for someone who does not catch it.

[Anonymous]

I never, I mean NEVER, leave the parking lot before checking the pills, and sometimes that means going on websites to check the pills from various manufacturers, because generics are all different.

Taking the wrong pill is deadly, and this has happened so many times, especially lately as pharmacists are overtaxed.
This teen has noticed that her pill was different, but what if it was the first prescription for her? She would have taken it.

Yes, it absolutely needs to be reported.

[Anonymous]

I understand that this is a job I could never have. The risk of my mistake would devastate me, but there are people who do take on this risk, so yes, it has to be reported.