The Prescription Was Correct. The Pharmacy Was Wrong.

Thousands of documented medication errors, exhausted pharmacists, and a reporting system that leaves us with a troubling question: How safe is the prescription we take home?

By VJ Mercer | A Mind Less Wasted

You go to the doctor. You get a prescription. You stop at the pharmacy, pick up a little plastic bottle, and head home.

Most of us don’t give it another thought. We assume the medication is correct, the dosage has been checked, and the person behind the counter has made sure everything is as it should be.

And most of the t…