Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2020
How chaos at chain pharmacies is putting patients at risk
31 January 2020 - For Alyssa Watrous, the medication mix-up meant a pounding headache, nausea and dizziness.
In September, Ms. Watrous, a 17-year-old from Connecticut, was about to take another asthma pill when she realised CVS had mistakenly given her blood pressure medication intended for someone else.
Edward Walker, 38, landed in an emergency room, his eyes swollen and burning after he put drops in them for five days in November 2018 to treat a mild irritation. A Walgreens in Illinois had accidentally supplied him with ear drops — not eye drops.
