A pharmacist has been found in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights for dispensing the wrong dose of medication to a patient. Photo: Getty ImagesA man in his 60s suffered an opioid overdose that could have killed him after a pharmacist mistakenly gave him another patient's medication. After the man took the pills that were seven times more than his usual dose, the pharmacist realised the error and told the man but still allowed him to drive himself home. "[The pharmacist's] actions in this case were potentially life-threatening," Health and Disability Commissioner Morag McDowell said in her report. As a result, the man was inadvertently given and consumed another patient's methadone dose of 75mg — almost seven times his usual dose.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 22, 2021 01:07 UTC