Pharmacy Lawsuit- Walgreens-

Somebody made the mistake of dispensing methadone instead of methylphenidate (generic Ritalin)? Then Wags attorney allegedly conspired to cover-up the discrepancy in the pharmacy's methadone inventory by forging a fake script...

A kid who was just "hyperactive" is now brain damaged. I wonder how the mistake occured in the first place? Even the allegation of a conspiracy to cover this up is very troubling. How far up the Wags corporate ladder (assuming there was a conspiracy) did this go?

Wow, what a sobering news article, especially when you learn what happened to the kid and the kind of money the family is asking for as compensation.

Thanks, TCB, for bringing this article to our attention. Reading these kinds of horror stories and keeping them in the back of my mind are the kinds of motivations I need to remind myself what can happen when mistakes are made in the health care setting.

Here's another article about this with more info, including a photo of the forged script...darn interesting (and tragic) stuff:

http://www.krqe.com/expanded1.asp?RECORD_KEY[BigLocal]=ID&ID[BigLocal]=1299

Thanks for telling us about this, TCB.