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Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by Nobody: 7:21pm On Jul 10, 2016
DABMarkNig2019:

what's ciprofloxacin that the pharmacist cannot stock in her premises? she only gave him better alternative.
Oga why are you supporting the pharmacist, do you know both drugs? How do you know the other one is better, are you a medical personnel?
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by Nobody: 7:28pm On Jul 10, 2016
DABMarkNig2019:

did you read what was posted at all?
oh. had to read it again. the doctors prescribed the wrong drug and probably didnt go through a pharmacy dispensing. Maybe it's an emergeny ward. who knows.
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by CioAngels(f): 7:29pm On Jul 10, 2016
I did not read the first post, but thank God you are okay. There are so many brands of cipros that you buy from pharmacy only to find out later it is fake. The pharmacy themselves would not know the medicines are fake. My sister was given cipro tabs last month and took it for two days and that would have been a disaster becos she survived by the whiskers. We should query cipros whenever is given to us.
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by Nobody: 7:35pm On Jul 10, 2016
princey83:

oh. had to read it again. the doctors prescribed the wrong drug and probably didnt go through a pharmacy dispensing. Maybe it's an emergeny ward. who knows.
again i insist do you read the article at all?
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by Toluwani111: 7:43pm On Jul 10, 2016
okooloyun1:
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Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by doe: 7:44pm On Jul 10, 2016
DABMarkNig2019:

but do you know there's something call responsible self medication? not everything about self mediation is bad especially when one has a chronic condition.

The more reason he should have refused the pharmacist recommendation.

This whole episode shows the federal govt needs to put laws in place so only doctors can prescribe and chemist cannot dispense without a valid one. Except for mild painkillers and other mild drugs
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by Davvymavvy(f): 7:44pm On Jul 10, 2016
jammy12:

Oga why are you supporting the pharmacist, do you know both drugs? How do you know the other one is better, are you a medical personnel?

Actually, for that condition, the alternative the Pharmacist gave is better. The guy only developed hypersensitivity reaction to the drug. And get it, that type of reaction is not limited to the alternative given, any other drug could have triggered such reaction. The delicate thing is, you won't know the drug you are sensitive to if you have not taken it or its equivalent

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Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by Davvymavvy(f): 7:47pm On Jul 10, 2016
doe:


The more reason he should have refused the pharmacist recommendation.

This whole episode shows the federal govt needs to put laws in place so only doctors can prescribe and chemist cannot dispense without a valid one. Except for mild painkillers and other mild drugs

This logic is skewed, so, because some Doctors make mistakes viz a viz prescription errors and wrong diagnosis, they should not be allowed to diagnose and prescribe again?
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by prinsam30: 7:50pm On Jul 10, 2016
TheSPEAKER:



Uhhhhh... no! Ok just re-type the comment more common sensibly. Maybe I'll be clear.



ur point is well noted and pls pass me the next topic, will ya
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by Nobody: 7:50pm On Jul 10, 2016
DABMarkNig2019:

again i insist do you read the article at all?
That post was a response to the man that lost his dad due to wrong administration of drugs by intern docs and not the article.
off to watch France vs Portugal.
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by Nobody: 7:52pm On Jul 10, 2016
doe:


The more reason he should have refused the pharmacist recommendation.

This whole episode shows the federal govt needs to put laws in place so only doctors can prescribe and chemist cannot dispense without a valid one. Except for mild painkillers and other mild drugs
If that would save lives, then that should be done. Nigeria is not ripe enough for pharmacy practise as it is being done in advanced countries. A result of the decay in our academic training instituition; probably why a lot of Nigerian trained pharmacist find it difficult to obtain the licence to practice in developed countries.
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by Nobody: 8:06pm On Jul 10, 2016
Ode!! its ciprofloxacin not ciproflocaxin...
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by Nobody: 8:12pm On Jul 10, 2016
princey83:

If that would save lives, then that should be done. Nigeria is not ripe enough for pharmacy practise as it is being done in advanced countries. A result of the decay in our academic training instituition; probably why a lot of Nigerian trained pharmacist find it difficult to obtain the licence to practice in developed countries.
That's exactly the same shirty argument given to the NUC by the MDCN when the issues of pharm.D came up. Nigeria is not suitable for advanced pharmacy practice but medicine is. You are now the one to determine the quality and standard of education to be attained before one is licensed as a pharmacist? you also write the same qualifying exam pxcists write when they go abroad so what's the heck about px education? are medical schools better than px schools in Nigeria?
There are thousands of nigerian pharmacists who are licensed and are working abroad. stop saying trash!
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by NaMe4: 8:13pm On Jul 10, 2016
DABMarkNig2019:

you can tell that to the moon. you mean someone can not prescribe what they produced? Of course pharmacist prescribe and treat patients within their scope of competence.
That's what the medical doctors hate and why they are fighting very hard to scuttle the Pharm.D initiative but it's already late. The nod is being given by the NUC already.

I don't think medical doctors hate or oppose pharmacists making inputs regarding the best for patient management.
But making certain diagnosis and planning course of management are areas in which medical doctors are specially trained in.

Based on assumption, the fellow involved had just an upper respiratory tract infection and approached the pharmacy to purchase ciprofloxacin, it could have been on self-prescription and the medication recommended by the pharmacist was more appropriate.
But 'spot-prescription' for patients based on symptoms is not the best and may be tragic.

If the patient came in on self-prescription, it would have been the best to advise him to seek proper medical evaluation with evidence-based management - the cough or chronic cough he had could have many other causes other than an 'acute infection' and which antibiotics would not have managed.

The occurrence was obviously an adverse drug reaction which may have been revealed during a proper medical evaluation and avoided; even if the patient had not experienced such in the past, no one would have been held accountable, unlike what's happening now as he is being compensated by the pharmacy. In saner climes, that could have led to a law-suit with grievous consequences.
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by drered(m): 8:26pm On Jul 10, 2016
jammy12:

You say perceived mistake, you obviously don't know what Status Asthmaticus mean. Its like euphysema for the young. I have a sister that had Asthma and I can relate. 29hrs man... He has every right to be angry.

Ive been diagnosed (misdiagnosed) of asthma and I'm a pharmacist so yes I do know what status asthmaticus is. A whole lot more than you even. The issue is the pharmacist is not culpable for his severe reaction to an otherwise choice drug in his condition.
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by doe: 8:30pm On Jul 10, 2016
Davvymavvy:


This logic is skewed, so, because some Doctors make mistakes viz a viz prescription errors and wrong diagnosis, they should not be allowed to diagnose and prescribe again?

Pharmacist are not doctors. They are suppose to dispense drugs prescribed by a doctor. Not become doctors themselves.
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by drered(m): 8:35pm On Jul 10, 2016
doe:


Pharmacist are not doctors. They are suppose to dispense drugs prescribed by a doctor. Not become doctors themselves.

Don't be silly by insinuating that all pharmacists do is to dispense drugs doctors prescribe.
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by Nobody: 8:45pm On Jul 10, 2016
DABMarkNig2019:

That's exactly the same shirty argument given to the NUC by the MDCN when the issues of pharm.D came up. Nigeria is not suitable for advanced pharmacy practice but medicine is. You are now the one to determine the quality and standard of education to be attained before one is licensed as a pharmacist? you also write the same qualifying exam pxcists write when they go abroad so what's the heck about px education? are medical schools better than px schools in Nigeria?
There are thousands of nigerian pharmacists who are licensed and are working abroad. stop saying trash!
Of course there are lots of Nigerian pharmacist working in advanced countries. My wife is one and so are some of her colleagues in the US and UK, but the failure rates of nigerian trained pharmacist taking qualifying exams in developed countries is just too high. Circa 1 out of 10 suceed in the qualifying exams. What does that tell you? Why is there a high failure rate. These are same exams where Egyptian trained pharmacists excel and have high success rates.

Same cannot be said for Nigerian doctors. They habe an high success rate in qualifyinh exams. The small city where I work has 20 doctors out of which 13 are Nigerians!

Maybe PCN/PSN/Pharmacy Schools needs to review the pharmacy curriculum in Nigeria to better match what is obtainable outside the shores of the country. Thank you.
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by Davvymavvy(f): 9:08pm On Jul 10, 2016
doe:


Pharmacist are not doctors. They are suppose to dispense drugs prescribed by a doctor. Not become doctors themselves.


Rational dispensing is a Pharmacist's job. But do you know what rational dispensing entails? Just like Pharmacists, Doctors are limited in knowledge too
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by Nobody: 9:27pm On Jul 10, 2016
princey83:

Of course there are lots of Nigerian pharmacist working in advanced countries. My wife is one and so are some of her colleagues in the US and UK, but the failure rates of nigerian trained pharmacist taking qualifying exams in developed countries is just too high. Circa 1 out of 10 suceed in the qualifying exams. What does that tell you? Why is there a high failure rate. These are same exams where Egyptian trained pharmacists excel and have high success rates.

Same cannot be said for Nigerian doctors. They habe an high success rate in qualifyinh exams. The small city where I work has 20 doctors out of which 13 are Nigerians!

Maybe PCN/PSN/Pharmacy Schools needs to review the pharmacy curriculum in Nigeria to better match what is obtainable outside the shores of the country. Thank you.
I do understand that most nations have switched over to the pharm.D degree but over here in Nigeria we are still running B.pharm. Thank God it's already being given approval by the NUC. If not for opposition from the medical doctors and the ministry of health pharm.D would have become a reality by now.
We hurt the patients because of our selfishness. Nigeria and her people have lot to gain from the implementation of the pharm.D degree but no one care since we sacrifice productivity on the alter of sentiment in our country.
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by 9jaRonin(m): 9:47pm On Jul 10, 2016
frenchwine:
I read the first thread but refused to comment in order not to appear biased. Now that he has shed more light on the matter I think I should say something :
> What the boy went through was a hypersensitivity reaction to Azithromycin which prompted the severe form of asthma attack called Status Asthmaticus. Note that even Ciprofloxacin can trigger such an attack.
>The pharmacist is wrong by switching his meds without the consent of his doctor who should know him better however, even a doctor could prescribe Azithromycin (what the pharmacist gave him) because that drug is better for the condition he complained of. Reason being that he has not had a previous episode of hypersensitivity to Azithromycin, he wouldn't be able to offer such history, so even a doctor can make such 'mistake'.
> The only error of the pharmacist is taking up the responsibility of prescription which shouldn't have been done, otherwise, the boy should hold his chill and thank his stars that this happened in a place like Lagos where there are facilities to manage status asthmaticus.
>Lastly, his parents should call him to order, he is constituting a nuisance on social media.
Though I'm a doctor, buh I'm showing some love to the pharmacists cos any doctor could make same 'mistake '.

You've said it all
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by DonaTee(f): 10:05pm On Jul 10, 2016
The pharmacist is very wrong and that is that. He had no rationale changing the prescription. For crying out loud dats a different class of drug.
y would u change a drug without taking cognisance of d sputum culture n sensitivity pattern? And Hello he's got allergies.
He came with a prescription sheet NOT for advice.

Lesson learnt. Sell ya market not changing prescriptions.
This can happen to any1.
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by okooloyun1(m): 10:07pm On Jul 10, 2016
Toluwani111:

How much ?
N20,500 depends on where u are buying from.
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by Toluwani111: 10:16pm On Jul 10, 2016
okooloyun1:
N20,500 depends on where u are buying from.
Thanks
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by okooloyun1(m): 10:23pm On Jul 10, 2016
Toluwani111:

Thanks
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Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by Toluwani111: 10:31pm On Jul 10, 2016
okooloyun1:
it battery is 5000mah it last like mad and it doesn't get hot u will not regret buy it.
E no dey hang ?
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by sainty2k3(m): 10:45pm On Jul 10, 2016
to all the pharmacist here, who in defense of there colleague claiming that Azithromycin is better than ciprofloxacin ; do u guys know anything about antibiotics stewardship at all.
the drug reaction is certainly an idiosyncratic reaction that would have occurred with any drug,even cipro . But no pharmacist have the right to change a doctors prescription without informing the physician

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Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by okooloyun1(m): 10:47pm On Jul 10, 2016
Toluwani111:

E no dey hang ?
E no dey hang

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Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by TCD: 10:50pm On Jul 10, 2016
DABMarkNig2019:
The dude wanted a publicity stunt and he got it. l guess he has a deep seated hatred for pharmacists.
Dr's who also known so well are also there bashing pxicsts because they believe pxicsts are high jacking their patients. I for one will never give a quinolone for a respiratory tract infection. what for?
The problem is Dr's don't trust pxcists enough. The hate seeing patients talking to the pharmacists about their health and medications and also why they are fighting very hard to scuttle the Pharm.D initiative but it's already late. The nod is being given by the NUC already.
If you have nothing good to say please don't quote me and spew trash.

Just look at what this one is saying. So if a doctor requests a throat swab or sputum MCS and the culture and sensitivity comes out with sensitive to ciprofloxacin and resistant to others and it is prescribed, the patient comes to you and with your quackery you will refuse to dispense the drug? you see how ridiculous you sound?

A pharmacist has no right to change any medication for a patient without recourse to the the prescribing physician. you are not privy to the patients history, physical examination findings, laboratory and radiological results as well patients socio economic situation all of which influences drug choice.

And for your information Mr Pharm Doctor, Ciprofloxacin can be used to treat both upper respiratory tract infections like sinusitis and lower respiratory tract infections including nosocomial pneumonia.
Re: UPDATE :There s no ERROR on the man who almost Died From A 'prescription Error' by Toluwani111: 10:54pm On Jul 10, 2016
okooloyun1:
E no dey hang
Can you snap anything with the camera please or upload a photo you snapped with the phone ?

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