[Magdalen] Ravages of Time.

[Jay Weigel]

IIRC, the one from the doctor had been written *before* the hospitalization
and may have been refilled, I don't recall that part. But they were from
the same pharmacy. Might have been different pharmacists, but
still........BIG oopsy!

On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 10:53 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Might she have gotten them at two unrelated pharmacies? We have several to
> choose from here, and they don't share records.
>
> > On Jul 6, 2015, at 10:35 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > ​I once admi​tted a patient with a massive lower GI bleed. As part of the
> > admission process, I was attempting to get a list of the patient's
> > medications, and the patient's daughter handed me a discharge sheet from
> > the patient's previous hospitalization and a collection of pill bottles.
> > While trying to make sense of this, I found two bottles of blood thinner,
> > one labeled "Coumadin 4 mg" and the other labeled "Warfarin 4 mg". I
> asked
> > the daughter which one she was taking, and the daughter looked at me
> like I
> > was stupid. "Well, both of them, of course," she said. I pointed to the
> > discharge summary and said, "This is the one she's supposed to take," and
> > the daughter said, "But this is the one the doctor wrote the prescription
> > for on her last visit." I asked her if the pharmacist had said anything
> to
> > her about the medication and she said, "No, I didn't ask him." Complete
> > communications breakdown had resulted in the patient taking a double dose
> > of medication and a near fatal occurrence. Who was at fault? I blame the
> > pharmacist, but they are so overworked it's hard to fault them. Still,
> the
> > buck has to stop somewhere.
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 8:47 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 7/6/2015 5:06:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> >> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
> >>
> >> I did  know this. I hate the stuff and hope never to go on it....EVER.
> Rat
> >> poison  *shudder*>>>>
> >>
> >> It is a drug that has gone generic, but according to several large
> >> users, is not dependable in any but it's brand name, "Coumadin."
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> David Strang.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>