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Therapeutic Errors
A therapeutic error occurs when a person is accidentally given/ or takes the wrong medication , the
wrong dose of medication, or the dose was given too soon following another dose.
The most common
therapeutic errors in
infants involve anti-gas,
anti-colic, and anti-reflux
medications. In school
age children, medications
for Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder
(ADHD) result in the
majority of errors.
Therapeutic errors in people
older than 60 years of age are
likely higher than reported to
the WVPC. Many people over
60 do not realize that poison
centers can assist people who
need assistance following a
therapeutic error.
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