Prescription Mistake Potentially Dangerous

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  1. Frank Sanoica

    Frank Sanoica Supreme Member
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    While still in Phoenix, I took my prescription for Combipres, which is a two-drug combined medication containing Catapres (Clonidine, a blood-pressure reducer), and HCTZ (Hydrochlorothiazide, a diuretic), to K-Mart Pharmacy. When I picked up the filled scrip I went home with it, and only then checked it: Catapress! Wrong!

    The guy filled it wrong! OK, not a death-presenting mistake, but what if.......others' had more serious mistakes made? I took it back, and the guy who had filled it smiled, saying, "Oh, you wanted Combipres?" Very nonchalently, "I'll change it for you." I was ticked! I WANTED the scrip filled correctly!

    Should I have demanded he be at least reprimanded, or even fired? Should I have considered a lawsuit?

    Maybe it's just me.
    Frank
     
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