http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2009/05/12/pharmacy-labeling-error/ Saiontz & Kirk personal injury and medical malpractice lawyers. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:29:28 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2009/05/12/pharmacy-labeling-error/comment-page-1/#comment-86746 Robin Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:49:56 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/?p=780#comment-86746 Walgreens has made 2 medication errors in less than 5 months in the case of my infant daughter. In the first error she was prescribed Bactrim for a urinary tract infection when she was 4 weeks old. I found out a month later that babies less than 2 months old should not receive Bactrim because it may cause brain damage in young infants. She now is on Bactrim daily to prevent urinary tract infections because she has urinary reflux. Last week I picked up her prescription and when I got home I noticed that it didn't look right - it was mostly clear with a few small flecks of white in the bottom. I took it back the next day and was told that who ever poured it didn't shake the bottle. Those little flecks that I saw in the bottle where the active ingedient, the rest was dilutant - which would have been useless in preventing infection. Had she gotten an infection because of the reflux it could damage her kidneys easily. The new bottle that I was given settles out to be half white and half clear, but I wonder if that is even the right dose because I am sure it came out of the same bottle that the first bottle came from (that was virtually all dilutant), if so this medication would be to strong. Walgreens has made 2 medication errors in less than 5 months in the case of my infant daughter. In the first error she was prescribed Bactrim for a urinary tract infection when she was 4 weeks old. I found out a month later that babies less than 2 months old should not receive Bactrim because it may cause brain damage in young infants. She now is on Bactrim daily to prevent urinary tract infections because she has urinary reflux. Last week I picked up her prescription and when I got home I noticed that it didn’t look right – it was mostly clear with a few small flecks of white in the bottom. I took it back the next day and was told that who ever poured it didn’t shake the bottle. Those little flecks that I saw in the bottle where the active ingedient, the rest was dilutant – which would have been useless in preventing infection. Had she gotten an infection because of the reflux it could damage her kidneys easily. The new bottle that I was given settles out to be half white and half clear, but I wonder if that is even the right dose because I am sure it came out of the same bottle that the first bottle came from (that was virtually all dilutant), if so this medication would be to strong.

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