A Las Vegas woman named Timika Thomas is calling out CVS about an abortion medication mixup that ended her pregnancy dreams.
According to CBS, Thomas and her husband were having difficulties getting pregnant after previously having two ectopic pregnancies where Thomas had to have her fallopian tubes removed. Thomas and her husbands insurance didn’t cover the cost for IVF but they decided to pay out of pocket. Thomas’ doctor prescribed a vaginal suppository to replace the injections required to jumpstart her hormones. After taking two of her required doses, she immediately knew something wasn’t right.
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“I started cramping really bad. My cramping went beyond that,” she said. “It was extreme. It was painful.” After researching the prescription on the label, she realized that CVS ultimately made a huge mistake. Two technicians and two pharmacists are being blamed for giving her the wrong medication which basically terminated her burgeoning pregnancy immediately. “The first thing I read is it’s used for abortions,” Thomas said. “They just killed my baby. Both my babies, because I transferred two embryos.”
Thomas filed a complaint with the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy, which held a meeting in September. Ultimately, the two pharmacists were fined and had their licenses temporarily suspended. In addition, the pharmacists will have their licenses reinstated if they avert disciplinary action over the next year, pay fines and take continuing education credits.
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CVS released a statement about the devastating news: “We’ve apologized to our patient for the prescription incident that occurred in 2019 and have cooperated with the Nevada Board of Pharmacy in this matter. The health and well-being of our patients is our number one priority and we have comprehensive policies and procedures in place to support prescription safety. Prescription errors are very rare, but if one does occur, we take steps to learn from it in order to continuously improve quality and patient safety.”
