look-alike, sound-alike med errors
October 2009
You can add Kapidex and Casodex to the list of drugs involved in look-alike, sound-alike med errors.
This isn't surprising. Over 3000 pairs of drug names look or sound enough alike to cause confusion...and these errors are thought to make up about a third of pharmacy mix-ups.
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