wrong medication
Incorrect prescribed treatment
Wrong medication refers to a drug given in error—the incorrect substance, dosage, or formulation for a particular patient.
Medical and pharmacy contexts use the term for dispensing mistakes, prescribing errors, or mix-ups: The lawsuit alleged wrong medication caused the patient's kidney failure.
It encompasses both receiving someone else's prescription and getting the right drug at a harmful dose.
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- errorFault in communication
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
- side effectsUnintended treatment consequences
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- malpracticemalpractice, legal malpractice, malpractice insurance, professional negligence, malpractice suit
- Medical Harmssurgical error, surgical errors, misdiagnosis, prescription error, prescription errors
- medical errorssurgical errors, surgical error, misdiagnosis, prescription error, lab error
- medical harmsurgical errors, misdiagnosis, malpractice, MRSA infection, bedsores
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