So, speaking of giving out medical information to the wrong person

ludicrous

I just got home from CVS and looked at my prescriptions and they sent me home with someone elses meds mixed in with mine. Awesome. ETA: as an added bonus I looked it up. It's to prevent transplant rejection and pregnancy category D. Not to mention I also have this womans address, phone number etc. I'm trying to figure out exactly what I am going to tell CVS.

bensbabe

Holy crap. Wow.

Excitedtostart

I would start with "for 15K I won't hang up and call the news".

skyfarm15

Those transplant meds are hugely expensive too.

HappyAardvark

Thank God you caught it before you accidentally took a pill! Jesus what is it with incompetent people?! 

That reminds me of the time I went to pick up an Rx and the idiot girl at the pharmacy checkout asked me to confirm my name and address - but I could clearly see on the outer label of the bag w/the pills that it was NOT my information and she had grabbed the wrong bag.  I told her my name & address anyway... and she proceeded to act like she was going to ring me up! I said, "excuse me, were you even listening to me?  Because you were about to give me someone else's medication."  Idiot.

 

staycee

Excitedtostart:

I would start with "for 15K I won't hang up and call the news".

ludicrous

Yeah, I didn't notice right away because I had to get insulin syringes so it was in a bigger bag with my name on it.

weelass24

Dude, they'd better fix that before that woman has some sort of problem with her transplant.  I'd also call the state to report it.

DrBeepersWife

I've had Walgreens give me Adderall 20mg TWICE!  I mean, I'm suprised the pharmacist didn't get fired the first time.  Since then, I always quadruple check my meds.

Excitedtostart

weelass24:

Dude, they'd better fix that before that woman has some sort of problem with her transplant.  I'd also call the state to report it.

Ditto. (but ask for $ anyways)

ohashlet

Walgreens once gave me the wrong medication instead of a steroid for asthma. Oh the panic in the voice of the rep on the phone...

Jessiree

 When you call them, they'll tell you to bring the meds right in. If it makes you feel better, CVS does have an internal reporting system for incidents like these. Meds actually getting out of the pharmacy and going home with the wrong person are one of the most serious incidents.

They'll also have to salvage the medicine they gave you - meaning they'll take a pretty big loss, since transplant rejection meds are super expensive.

They will also have to notify the other patient of the HIPAA violation.

magdalina.h

When I worked a pharmacy, my pharmacist accidentally did that. She caught it before he left the store. She was sobbing and just kept apologizing.