Stop Cough Medicine Abuse
February 7, 2008
Recent studies among middle and high school aged kids across the country demonstrate a trend in substance abuse among teens: the intentional abuse of otherwise beneficial medications, both prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) to get high. Now, it’s time to alert communities and educate parents about a growing problem: the intentional abuse of cough medicines among teens. To learn more about this problem and to find out what you can do to help stop cough medicine abuse, take a moment to check out these materials.
Pharmacy “Error” covered by local News
August 3, 2007
A CVS in Oklahoma City sent a man home with someone else’s medication. The man noticed the name on the vial before taking the pills, and immeidatley called the Pharmacy to notify them of the mix-up.
This has happened before. He went one step further and contacted the local media. I assume, that on the coat tails of the infamous 20/20 report, the local NBC affiliate KFOR covered the story. While any error of any magnitude is unacceptable, some thing happen. Seeing as how he did not take the medicine, this becomes more of a Privacy (HIPPA) issue. Once agian, the media fails to inform us with more viatal informationt to judege if this is an error that should cost this sore our business.
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20/20 Pharmacy Errors Video
April 18, 2007
If you missed the highly debated report that ABC’s 20/20 did on the Pharmacy Industry,
CPhTLink.com is now offering the full video for download.
The video is in Windows Media format to keep the file size under 20 Megabytes.
Click Here to download the video.
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