Evzio, Oxycodone and an Honest Mistake

Описание: In this video, you will see a pharmacy intern Jeff B taking prescriptions from pharmacy patron Annette. The prescriptions are for OxyContin 80mg, one tablet by mouth every 8 hours, plus a new prescription for Evzio auto injector, prescribed because there could be an inherent risk of having high dose opioids in a household with teens. In a twist of fate, although the Evzio was initially prescribed to prevent a teen overdose, Dad ended up close to death because of an honest mistake. Combined Evzio-Oxy

Pharmacist, Thien cautiously checks the state monitoring system because both husband and wife from out-of-state have prescriptions for controlled substances as noted above within a very short time span. The pharmacist responsibly asks the correct questions of the patient, teaches the student pharmacist that high dose opioids are acceptable but only in patients that are opioid-tolerant and have been escalated over time with the proper precautions in place. He also counsels the patient.

Annette leaves the pharmacy and responsibly teaches her children about the auto-injector after she leaves with her son “Devin”. In an odd “chain” of events, Annette’s husband Jeff F inadvertently ends up taking 160mg of oxycodone extended release (2 x 80mg tablets) instead of his prescribed oxycodone immediate release 10mg (2 x 5mg tablets). An honest, but almost certainly fatal mistake of taking SIXTEEN times the prescribed dose almost ended as another statistic!