Medication Mix Up

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I recd 90 day supply of omeprezol. I noticed that they were pills not capsules. I looked up pill number. The medication in the bottle was OXYCODONE 5 mg/ acetomeniphen 325! This is seriously dangerous! Someone could have died! Pills were in sealed bottle marked.Sandoz. what to do?

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Contact the pharmacy and your local board of pharmacy.

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Wow, what a massive mix up that was! Omeprazole (used for excess acidity) being replaced with Oxycodone. That really could be life threatening for someone without a tolerance to opiates! Events like this just go to show that even "medical professionals" can and sometimes do make even the most serious of mistakes. As a word of advice to other readers, always double check the pill imprints at your earliest opportunity (and familiarize yourself with how they should look) because even the label may be misprinted leading you to believe that it's one thing and not the other. This is something that we shouldn't have to worry about as legitimate patients and I believe making the effort to contact your local board of pharmacy as well as the dispensing pharmacy to report it is a crucial component to increasing awareness of the likelihood of this happening.

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