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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Moms on Alert- Beware of Pharmacy Errors

Moms are probably the most careful/paranoid creatures on the planet. Our diaper bags are full of hand sanitizer, thermometers, band aids...everything we need for when life throws us a curveball. We think we can anticipate all dangers, right? Wrong.

The last place I ever thought that my daughter could be in danger was the pharmacy. Last week I filled her prescription for thrush at my local CVS Pharmacy and on Saturday found out that we had been given improper instructions and tools for dosage. My eight month old baby was getting a teaspoon of medicine three times a day instead of 1/5 of a teaspoon. Five times too much medicine.

She was throwing up, having painful abdominal cramps, crying endlessly, jerking around in the scariest way, and there was little I could do to comfort her. In the past six days, we've been in the hospital three times. Last night, a terrifying evening at home with her clinging to me in pain resulted in me taking her to the emergency room.

I'm up at 3AM trying to distract myself from worrying and catch up with some work. When I spoke to the pharmacy manager, she apologized and stated that, "the store has been having lots of problems."

I couldn't believe my ears. If a store that dispenses potentially dangerous medication is having lots of problems, shouldn't they cease distribution until the problem is resolved?

Moms, now more than ever we need to be on alert and extra vigilant when it comes to protecting our children. Errors happen, balls get dropped. I'm furious right now that my daughter is experiencing pain and is probably just a nameless statistic to a corporation who will probably weigh the pros and cons of attending to the manner in some overpriced boardroom.

I am thankful that I can be home and take care of her and watch her for any more symptoms of pain and that my husband can take off work to help me. But I'll never again just smile, take the bag, and accept whatever a pharmacist says again.

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