Always double-check the label
Sep. 10th, 2008 08:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylLast week, I heard a great story about a drug mix up from a medical friend. The problem happened when the doctor concerned picked up a rash. He consulted with his colleagues and they suggested he try chlorphenamine, an antihistamine, so he went to collect some from the drugs cabinet and took himself off sick.
He got home, popped a pill and, after a short while, started to feel very odd indeed. Checking the label on the bottle, he discovered that what he thought was chlorphenamine was actually chlorpromazine, an anti-psychotic, which rather explained his inability to stand-up.
Needless to say, his colleagues found the whole thing hilarious.
He got home, popped a pill and, after a short while, started to feel very odd indeed. Checking the label on the bottle, he discovered that what he thought was chlorphenamine was actually chlorpromazine, an anti-psychotic, which rather explained his inability to stand-up.
Needless to say, his colleagues found the whole thing hilarious.
