mix-ups between Lipitor and Strattera

May 2012

You'll hear about mix-ups between Lipitor and Strattera.

These are look-alike, sound-alike errors. This may seem surprising...since Lipitor and Strattera look and sound nothing alike.

But their generic names do. Atomoxetine (Strattera) can look like atorvastatin (Lipitor)...or vice versa on a poorly written Rx.

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Table of Contents

Communication Over 50,000 people DIE from medical errors every year in North America
Practice "alert fatigue" caused by the increasing number of warnings that constantly pop up on your computer
Cholesterol new cholesterol-lowering drug, Lodalis (low-DAL-is)
Medication Errors mix-ups between Lipitor and Strattera
Warnings serious adverse events with Gilenya
Warnings Health Canada is warning about serious heart problems with domperidone (Motilium, etc)
Menopause hormone therapy prescriptions used for menopausal symptoms
Vaccines Vitamin K will be used less often to reverse warfarin's (Coumadin, etc) blood thinning effects
Multiple Sclerosis Fampyra (fam-PEER-ah, fampridine), a new oral therapy for multiple sclerosis
Statins patients on statins (atorvastatin, simvastatin, etc) will get fewer liver function lab tests
Sedatives why triazolam (Halcion, etc) is often packaged in bottles of 7 tablets
Supplements raspberry ketone for weight loss
Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's medications (Aricept, Ebixa, etc) are usually not very beneficial
Hazardous Meds how meds should be handled by female pharmacy employees who are pregnant or trying to conceive