Mistakes happen. It especially can happen with a human pharmacy which
is not accustomed to tiny animal doses. That's why it's incumbent on
YOU, the owner, to ask your vet what the dose is and then check it
when you pick up the prescription. I've seen mistakes made in my vets'
office once or twice over the years, from a vet tech misreading the
vets' instructions. I've called the pharmacist or my vet a few times
after I got home just to confirm that it was accurate, usually with
drugs I'm not familiar with. An example is when a vet wrote a Rx for
amoxi for a grey squirrel (wildlife rehab) who underwent surgery. He
wrote the Rx as d.1 BID (dose = 0.1 twice a day). He MEANT the dose
to be 0.1. The tech thought the "." went with the "d", not the number.
I actually didn't know any better with squirrels, and quickly ran out.
My vet didn't understand why I needed a refill until we figured it out.
Luckily, amoxi is very forgiving so no harm was done. I never once
thought about filing a lawsuit against the vet. Mistakes happen.

You caught it. No harm was done. Everything isn't cause for a lawsuit.

Katharine

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