Woman Blames Prescription Error for Miscarriage

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October 19th, 2007

"Walgreens Sued For Prescription Mistake"

A Missouri woman and her husband have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Walgreens, claiming that a prescription error made at one of the company's pharmacies caused her to suffer a miscarriage.

Drug Confusion

Chanda Givens went to Walgreens to fill a prescription for the prenatal vitamin Materna on March 6, 2007. Instead she received the chemotherapy drug Matulane, which is used to treat Hodgkin's disease and interferes with cell growth and reproduction.

Miscarriage

Over the next month, Givens suffered “nausea, vomiting, neurologic symptoms, skin rashes, vision changes, dizziness, lightheadedness, chills and shortness of breath.” In early April, she had a miscarriage.

According to the lawsuit, the miscarriage was “a direct and proximate result of the misfill of the prescription for a prenatal vitamin with a potent and toxic chemotherapy drug.” The suit claims that the company failed to adequately train and supervise pharmacy personnel.

The couple is seeking compensatory and punitive damages in excess of $75,000.

(Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch online)

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