Medical Negligence
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URL: https://www.pearsonlegal.co.uk/blog/case-study/compensation-for-dispensing-error/
PAGE: we Case Study Page 5
TITLE: Compensation for Dispensing Error
CONTENT: A high street pharmacy gave the wrong medication to our client on two separate occasions resulting in £5K settlement. Being dispensed a drug for lowering blood pressure instead of depression and medication for reducing excess stomach acid on the second occasion. Pharmacy dispensing error Our client suffers with depression and borderline personality disorder (BPD). She is prescribed a specific regime of medications which are carefully managed in order to maintain her mental health. On 19 April 2018, Asda Pharmacy, located in the Wembley store, incorrectly dispensed Enalopril (a drug for lowering blood pressure) instead of the prescribed Escitalopram, which is used for treating depression. Our client, unaware that the error had taken place, began taking the tablets handed to her by the pharmacist at Asda Pharmacy. Within one day of taking the tablets our client became ill with the following symptoms: chest pain dizziness drowsiness headache hypotension nausea palpitations vertigo Pharmacy error spotted by GP The
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