A drug store dispensed Diazepam (Valium) instead of Ditropan to a 5-year old girl
“Kayla had two doses of liquid Valium.
‘She got very hyper, she kept laughing and laughing,’ Ferranti said.
After another dose, Kayla started to complain that she felt dizzy and her stomach hurt.
‘I couldn’t stop being silly,’ she said.
CVS attributed the confusion to the similar spelling of the drug names. The child was given Diazepam, the wrong drug, a liquid Valium. The doctor prescribed Ditropan.
By all accounts, the doctor’s prescription was clearly written. When he leaned of the error, the Ferranti’s doctor called CVS.”
