My pharmacy gave me the wrong medicine

Oh my!! I'm thinking of lots of terrible things that could have happened. (1) You could have had an allergic reaction to the wrong med, as it was different than what was prescribed. (your physician prescribes based on your allergies and illness) (2) The wrong medicine could have intereacted with other medicines that you are taking. (again, the physician prescribed a certain med based on your history and what you are already taking and your allergies) (3) The wrong medicine probably did not effectively treat your polycystic ovarian syndrome as well as what was prescribed. (4)The wrong medicine might have actually caused harm to you in some way, as the side effects of it were not considered by your physician since he/she didn't prescribe it! Geeze. I know that humans make errors. But pharmacists, like doctors and nurses have to be soooooo very careful. Our little slip ups can have devastating mistakes. We are supposed to double and triple check!!!

i think it is VERY negligent of them.they could have caused you to become very ill or worse, die! i think you should definately go seek help to see what can be done about it. I mean you are fine this time, but what about the little old lady who goes in tomorrow and needs her blood pressure medication and gets given something that could kill her?

I used to work for Rite Aid. This does not surprise me. He probably did not know that he gave you the wrong meds until you brought it up and he looked in the computer. You should fight this. There is too much of this going on and not enough people doing something about it. Remember, this is your life. You are important!

That is just awful! I would definitely go after them. I won't go over the list of what could have happened cause it has been covered pretty much. LOL I would like to say though that I had a similar experience with my pharmacy, instead of the wrong meds it was the wrong amount. Not as bad as the wrong meds but I still had to deive an hour(one way) back to the pharmacy to get the rest. They had charged me for the full amount and they had on the bottle that I got the proper amount. They do make mistakes and mine was excusable, yours on the other hand was not. Nail them to a wall!

Sorry to hear that you got the wrong medicine, and worse yet, they didn't bother to notify you. I can't say that I have ever had that problem. But it does sound like you have a case. Just glad it didn't make you sick or kill you.

From my understanding...you could get them in heaps of trouble~ They are definatley SUPPOSE to check up on theese things and SHOULD have caught it before you.

They should certainly reimburse you for the wrong medicine. You should talk to the doctor and make sure that use of the wrong medicine has not been harmful to you. There are plenty of lawyers that would want to make a big law suit out of it. I don't recommend that. Fortunately the outcome of their mistake was not worse than it was. Think clearly, don't let anger drive you. Have a wonderful day.

That's a bad event. The pharmacist wasn't careful enough when working.

I think you do have a case here. That is just so wrong! I can't believe it happened to you! I would go find myself a good lawyer and sue that Rite Aid Pharmacist. I see you posted this discussion a month ago I hope you have come to a resolutin by now.

That's horrible! I would sue if I were you--would that be under malpractice though?--I know that would be the type of lawsuit for a doctor but I'm not sure about a pharmacist...Did the pharmacist at least tell you just WHAT you were taking for a whole month---Count your lucky stars that you didn't have any seemingly interactions I have to admit though this is the first time I've heard of a pharmacist goofing and screwing up though---usually it's the doctor...I had an incident myself...I had bronchitis and the doc prescribed an antibiotic and an asthma type med---I went to the pharmacist gave him the prescriptions --he took one look and turned pale white! He told me if I had taken this combination it would have been lethal!!

Which set of meds was wrong? The first or the second? That is a very serious mistake they made, and you should look into how they're going to rectify it especially if it's the one you already took! Did they know what they gave you or give you any information on it?

I would be pissed! Go to your doctor and find out about the medicine they gave you...any side effects? long term effects? I believe that you should fight it. It isn't like they goofed by giving you the wrong amount of change back, they were messing with your life! Fight it!

How come it took you a month to notice the pills were different?

i would like to know what happened with your case. im having about the same problem, just not as bad. i've had a couple back surgeries and have to get injections into my spine. so the doctor gives me medicine for the pain. its supposed to be a quick release to help with the pain right now. because the injections feel like having another surgery. well my pharmacy (rite aid) that i always go to. told me they dont carry that kind, and sent me to the other rite aid in the next town. where they said they did have it. i have had these injections three times, and this past time they told me they didn't carry that kind. i told them i have had it filled there two times before. so after looking on the computer she called the head pharmacist over and while i was still standing there he told the lady they messed up and not to say anything. they had been giving me an extended release version. never told me i had been getting the wrong meds. well after taking the right pills, i found out it didn't have to feel like i had another surgery. after taking the correct pills, i've found they help like they are supposed to! so you see, its not as bad as yours. but i didn't have to just deal with all of that pain. so did anything come of your case?

Its a good thing you looked at the bottles. I agree with your husband and would be fighting it also. They could have killed you. The other thing to watch for is a reaction to the right meds and the other meds that will still be in your system. It takes a little while for meds to work through the body so there is going to be wrong medication in your system for at least a few days.

I think you have a strong case. You must fight out for your rights. They have done some illegal malpractised and they could be penalized because of that. I think you should really file a cased since you have been taken the wrong medicine for months and it could harmed your health for now.

i also have PCOS...pretty badly, in fact. DO you knwo what pills they put you on? Oddly, the best thing for PCOS is birth control. It gives you the hormones you need and regulatres your cycles. That aside, your pharmacy definitely should have called you. There is no excuse for them NOT alling to tell you that you had the wrong pill. i woud wondr if you had the right pill even NOW! If it makes you feel any better, i DO believe if they gave you anythign life-threatening they would have called you. It was probably just another form of the same TYPE of pill you were supposed be be taking.

Oooh that's a lawsuit! I am so serious--My mother used to be a paralegal for an attorney and she dealt with cases like this. I hope that the wrong meds don't make you too sick. Get better soon. Johnna www.blogcharm.com/Colorsofink

wrong meds?? oh man, that could've worsen your health.. if i was in your place i would probly do the same thing... that's juz terrible..

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