TAKING A STRANGER’S MEDICATION?!? (Pharmacist Reacts)
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Patient reveals she took the wrong medication that she received from the pharmacy. Pharmacist, Dr. Ethan Melillo reviews what to do when this happens.
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Another point, even if you feel fine call ASAP as the mix up might involve 2 patients. If another patient has your meds and takes them they might not be fine or be able to get help.
I want to add that Poison Control is not just for emergencies. They are staffed with highly trained pharmacists, hazardous material specialist and others that are experts in thier feilds. If they feel like you need additional help they can call the pharmacy, the Physician or even EMS and provide them with advanced additional information.
Yep! I know experienced techs and seasoned pharmacists that have called poison control when they (or a family member) took the wrong med
Go ahead, call them. Pay 100.00 before they will even consider giving you information you can easily find online. Probably the biggest lie/scam. Most things have a antidote or its throw up or charcoal down.
Yes! This is so important! Always check all your medication labels and that the pills inside are correct for what is on the label. Do this for every bottle, not just each batch. My pharmacy’s system prints a description of what the pill should look like on the label so if the label is correct and you check that the description matches you should be good. If your pharmacy doesn’t have something similar you can use a pill identifier database that is available on a couple big name health information sites to check that the pills in the bottle are actually what’s on the label. So check your label, check the pills, and if it isn’t yours call your pharmacy immediately. If you took the wrong medication already and it’s after hours, as someone mentioned, call poison control, they can help you decide if it’s probably no big deal or if you need to go to the ER.
I saw this happen with 2 patients with the same common first and last name and the same date of birth but 2 years apart. We caught it at pickup because we asked the patient to verify if the medications he was picking up were what he was expecting. He did not recognize the names of the meds. So we had to put a forced note on both profiles to verify year of birth and, if necessary, telephone number. We also told both patients to please state year of birth every time. Did they get mixed up again when asking for medications to be filled or receiving prescriptions? Unfortunately, it happened a few times and each time we made sure to educate the employee who made the mistake to read the notes and take the appropriate steps to avoid it happening again. But the prompt on the register stopped mistakes from going out the door and they were easy to fix each time. FYI this can also happen with parents and children who have the same name and I have even seen them with the same DOB but different years.
I use a pill identifier to check the med if it’s been changed from what I’m used to. I will also call the pharmacy. Sometimes the bottle will list the name of the med and the markings on the actual pill so you can check that too.
One time my mom picked up my stepdad’s prescription (Xanax, he was on home health) and the pharmacy had just hired a new tech. Well half his pills were missing. They went back and checked the video and sure enough they caught the new girl stealing them and she got fired and arrested and the pharmacy made it right and gave my stepdad the rest of his meds. That was so crazy!
This happened to me! The patient had the same 1st and last name as me, the only difference was the middle initial.
I've seen patients with the same first&last name and live on the same street! Thankfully, both patients were aware of the other person (due to previous mixups at many places, not just pharmacies) and would carefully check their Rx vials at the counter
I worked in a small town pharmacy where there were two men in the same neighborhood with the same name. Prescription’s were filled correctly but clerk gave the meds to the wrong guy.
Hello sir i completed bachelors in pharmacy in India, i want do my masters in France can you please tell me about the courses available in France