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Woman Hospitalized After Shoppers Drug Mart Dispenses Wrong Medication

A New Brunswick woman was hospitalized after a Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacy mistakenly gave her blood pressure medication instead of an allergy drug, which she took for months. The incident raises serious questions about pharmacy safety protocols.

13 Apr, 08:02 — 13 Apr, 08:02
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Shoppers Drug Mart gave her the wrong medication. Months later, she landed in the ER

<img src='https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1efc8181-d4f9-4611-ab22-0615c57eaae8,1775684699195/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C535%2C5712%2C3213%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29' alt='A woman sits at her table with her arms cross and two pill bottles in front of her.' width='620' height='349' title='Marissa Dawson sits at her kitchen table with her prescriptions after recovering from a medication mixup.'/><p></p>

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