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Look-Alike Drugs Lead to Prescription Errors

PHOTOS: Look-Alike Drugs Lead to Prescription Errors

Look-Alike Drugs
Look-Alike Drugs
Look-Alike Drugs
Look-Alike Drugs
Look-Alike Drugs
Look-Alike Drugs
Look-Alike Drugs
Look-Alike Drugs
After reports of dispensing errors involving these two drugs with similar-sounding names, the Food and Drug Administration worked with pharmaceutical manufacturers to change the name of Kapidex.
Look-Alike Drugs
Gabapentin, also known by the brand name Neurontin, is used for seizures and nerve pain. Gemfibrozil, also known by the brand name Lopil, is used to control cholesterol. A patient who needs to control seizures and takes cholesterol medicine instead runs the risk of seizure and bodily harm. (Institute for Safe Medication Practices)
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