Pharmacy errors can occur due to poor attention to detail, misreading prescriptions, doctor/nurse errors, and mixing errors. Intentional errors are rare and can be caused by drug addiction or greed. Patients can check their prescriptions and use online drug ID checkers to avoid errors.
Pharmacy error is usually the inadvertent error in filling a drug prescription made by the pharmacist or other pharmacy employees. Such errors can occur for a number of reasons. In most cases, the pharmacy error is not intentional and could result from poor attention to detail, misreading the details of a prescription, and receiving a prescription that includes a doctor/nurse error, which it is then compiled. Because these errors can occasionally be of significant harm or even fatal, people should be aware that there are ways to check for errors in prescriptions.
It is very rare for the pharmacy error to originate intentionally. The two factors that seem most likely to cause it are drug addiction or money worries/greed. Pharmacists have stolen prescriptions or diluted the strength of drugs. These are more than errors; they are crimes against customers. Pharmacists who perpetuate these crimes are often jailed, lose their licenses and are subject to civil suits.
A pharmacy error is usually not expected. One dude is getting the wrong drug, especially one that looks quite similar to the regular prescribed drug. It may be the same color and size, but may have different serial numbers. Serial numbers are usually printed directly on prescriptions and what a drug looks like is usually described in detail. If a pharmacist sticks to description and doesn’t check the serial number, the wrong medicine could go into the bottle.
Another type of error in the pharmacy is the filling of an inaccurate prescription, where the error is the doctor’s own. The medication may be wrong or the directions on how to take it or the time to take it may be wrong. Since many prescriptions are now sent to pharmacies by e-mail, it is not difficult to understand how an error of this type arises. A simple typo can cause problems with directions, although most pharmacists double-check doctor’s prescriptions or know exactly how much should be prescribed.
There may also be mixing errors in the pharmacy, especially with liquid medications. These are the hardest to catch because they can’t be broken down instantly like pills. Fortunately, many people can order their prescription in pill form for greater verification.
Many people spot mistakes at the pharmacy by checking their prescriptions. There are a number of places online to get specific descriptions of most generics. Most pills have identifying information that can be verified with handy online drug ID checkers.
Some people don’t initially think they’re the victim of a pharmacy mistake, but notice that several days of taking a medication isn’t having the expected effect. Jumping to the conclusion that the drug isn’t working isn’t always smart. Instead, checking the drug ID at this juncture might be important, or patients might talk to their doctors or pharmacists about the medicine. If a sudden illness occurs as a result of taking a drug, especially one that is not new, patients should definitely contact their doctor.
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