Medication Errors

Morphine is one of the most common medications used to address serious pain management needs for New Mexico patients. However, this strong narcotic medication can be dangerous in excessive quantities. Unfortunately, the need for the initial administration of morphine...

If someone is taking a prescribed medication, it is important to understand how, when and how much to take of it. To ensure that someone understands what their medication does and how to make sure that it is effective, it is a good idea for people to ask their...

While residents of New Mexico incorporate technology into their everyday lives, multiple studies show that the medical field tends to overlook common technology that could make communication with patients and collaboration with colleagues easier. Furthermore,...

Some New Mexico residents may have heard about a 2011 recall of birth control pills as a result of a problem in packaging. The orientation of the pills was reversed in a way that led to women beginning the month with sugar pills rather than taking them at the end of...

New Mexico residents may be surprised to learn that medication errors occurred in almost half of the surgeries studied by a group of Harvard researchers. The results are even more concerning because the errors were made during surgical procedures performed at...

New Mexico residents may be interested in learning more about some of the factors that typically cause the rate of pharmacists' errors to increase. Generally speaking, between providing counsel for patients, working alongside insurers and filling prescriptions, most...

People in New Mexico who get prescriptions filled at a busy pharmacy should take care to confirm that they have received the proper medication. Physicians are not the sole source of medication errors, which also arise at pharmacies. A study published by researchers in...

In August 2015, the Federal Drug Administration approved extended-release Oxycontin as an appropriate pain medication for children between the ages of 11 and 17 in New Mexico and across the nation. The agency specified that the medication should only be used in...

Many New Mexico infants are treated with aminoglycoside antibiotics after they are admitted to the neonatal intensive care units of hospitals. In fact, 80 percent of the 600,000 infants treated in NICUs across the United States every year receive aminoglycosides...

On July 31, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a safety alert to consumers in New Mexico and nationwide regarding the brand name drugs Brintellix and Brilinta. Apparently, the similarity of the drugs' names has led to dozens of reported cases of medication...