I just read this disturbing story on msnbc about a pregnant woman who was accidentally given a drug that is used to terminate early pregnancies. The pharmacy gave her some other woman's prescription and she took it (thinking it was her antibiotics), got sick, and was rushed to the hospital. She is 6 weeks along and now may either have a miscarriage or her baby could end up with birth defects.
Here's the article:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41481554/ns/health-womens_health/
I have all sorts of thoughts rolling around in my head from, "WHY would a pregnant woman take pills without reading anything on the warning label?" to "HOW could a pharmacy screw up in such a major way and they damn well better figure out a way to compensate this woman." And by "compensate" I don't mean dump a lot of money on her to make things better. But I mean own up to what happened and cover any and all of her expenses to get her special pre-natal treatment.
Lots of pills are unsafe for pregnant women. But this is one mother of a reminder to never ever put anything in your body without going over the label with a fine tooth comb.
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