Pharmacy gave my prescription to a relative in error. How seriously should I take it?
Posted by EngineEar1000@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 107 comments
Hi. I asked my daughter to collect my prescription from the local pharmacist (just a small independent). She messaged me to say that they told her I'd already collected it. I hadn't. She told them. They insisted that I had, and she left.
I visited the following day. They told me that I had collected the previous day. I clarified that they were mistaken. It transpired that they gave it to my cousin, who shares my family name, but not my first name, or even initial, and lives on a different street, at a different house number, and postcode.
They did give me the medication (statins), but seemed very nonchalant about the situation. I am not euphoric about a cousin I rarely see knowing about my medication.
Is this a big deal? It feels to me like it probably is. Statins aren't likely to do anyone any harm, but that's just luck. I don't know what he was expecting to receive though. I've had no comms with him about it.
I don't want to cause the pharmacy, or the staff member, any drama, but I am annoyed about this.
Thank you for reading.
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