I appreciate the problem you have experienced. I think you should go and complain at the ministry of health.
Based on my personal experience as a drug allergy sufferer (I am allergic to Codeine, Morphine and Papaverine), I recommend that you ALWAYS double check what the doctor prescribed with the pharmacist, because the pharmacist is a chemist, and he/she should ultimately know the composition and risk of the drug.
You should always insist on talking to an actual licensed pharmacist (not a sales person working at the pharmacy) and tell him/her about all your drug allergies AND all the drugs that you are currently taking.
Last year, a doctor from a Apollo clinic prescribed an antibiotic to my wife that could make her birth control pill ineffective. You probably know that getting pregnant while on the pill almost always results in serious problems to both mother and child. The doctor did NOT ask her whether she was on the pill or not. However, the (luckily) alert pharmacist actually asked her whether she was taking a birth control pill or not and gave her an alternative antibiotic.
However, you cannot always count on the pharmacist to be alert. It is a very good thing that you double checked your child's prescription online.
I appreciate the problem you have experienced. I think you should go and complain at the ministry of health.
Based on my personal experience as a drug allergy sufferer (I am allergic to Codeine, Morphine and Papaverine), I recommend that you ALWAYS double check what the doctor prescribed with the pharmacist, because the pharmacist is a chemist, and he/she should ultimately know the composition and risk of the drug.
You should always insist on talking to an actual licensed pharmacist (not a sales person working at the pharmacy) and tell him/her about all your drug allergies AND all the drugs that you are currently taking.
Last year, a doctor from a Apollo clinic prescribed an antibiotic to my wife that could make her birth control pill ineffective. You probably know that getting pregnant while on the pill almost always results in serious problems to both mother and child. The doctor did NOT ask her whether she was on the pill or not. However, the (luckily) alert pharmacist actually asked her whether she was taking a birth control pill or not and gave her an alternative antibiotic.
However, you cannot always count on the pharmacist to be alert. It is a very good thing that you double checked your child's prescription online.