Medication Reminder/Warning

[smokeyoshi]

I read with horror a thread on another board about misdosing a fuzzy with amoxycillin that was labeled incorrectly. The ferret ended up dying because she got 6 times the intended dose. It just struck me that about 2 weeks ago I called our vet for a refill for Boodles' Metacam. Originally, it was in a bottle and we measured/syringed each dose. This time, it was in 3 syringes. It was supposed to be a 21 day supply. The vet tech not only mixed the wrong concentration, but put a week's worth into each syringe. When I saw it, I asked why the H it was $22 for 3 doses. The vet said the tech who mixed it read the scrip wrong. Metacam is an NSAID and that high a dose would have destroyed Boo's liver for sure. This is at the office of a vet that I trusted with my ferrets in the past, when I first got them.

BE VERY DILIGENT WITH MEDS!

Read more: holisticferret60.proboards.com/thread/12145/help?page=5#ixzz2VvPSYIpV

[dee517]

Wow! Thanks for the warning!

[huronna]

Don't know if I ever mentioned it, but I' m a medical technologist, and have worked in various places since 1966 .
The highest cause of extended patient problems is medical transcription errors. Decimal points in the wrong spot, dosages misread,
With the advent of so much computer technology, these errors have lessened but believe me, they are still there.
Ve clinics are no different from human clinics .....you Aways ave to be diligent and chek nd recheck
Gad you avoided what could have been a catastrophic event