The two most common reasons licensed pharmacy staff face legal action is dispensing the wrong dose and the wrong medication, and the average paid out claim is nearly $125,000. However, researchers are ...

Pharmacists are trained to safely dispense medications and avoid mistakes. But in recent years, a chorus of pharmacists have spoken out about how heavy workloads, especially at the big chain ...

Q. I was at the receiving end of a pharmacy mistake. My sleeping pills were replaced with Adderall. When I asked why they looked different, the pharmacist said they had a new manufacturer. Days later, ...

Insiders from the country's second largest pharmacy chain, CVS, said mistakes are happening as pharmacy staffs face increasing pressure to fill more prescriptions. "Rushing through them, you're going ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - A Sioux City pharmacy is accused of mismanaging prescriptions and not keeping proper records, according to state officials. Documents filed by the Iowa Board of Pharmacy say ...

Q: Ten years ago, I lived in a different city. I went to the pharmacy to pick up my prescription and did the "grab and go." When I got home, I started to pour the rest of the existing medication into ...

Parents of two-month-old who died from overdose speak of loss (5 min 25 sec) An intern pharmacist misread the prescribed dosage of medication for a two-month-old baby who later died from an overdose, ...

Former Rite Aid pharmacy technician Priscila Sotelo says she quit her job in Union City during the pandemic because she was burned out and felt the increased workload put patients in danger. “One time ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The death of a hospital patient who was given the wrong medication occurred because a pharmacy worker inadvertently filled an IV bag with the wrong drug, officials at an Oregon ...