Although a human story i'd like to share this as its similar.
My son (6 years) had an ear infection and the doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics.
When i got to the chemist i remembered the doc hadn't asked if he was allergic to penicillin (he is) so i asked the pharmicist if the prescription was for penicillin.
He told me it wasn't penicillin so we took the medicine and went home.
But i had an uneasy feeling about it so phoned docs and they told me YES it was penicilliin and to come back and get an alternative prescription.
If i had given this to my son he could have died as he has a swelling reaction to penicillin.
I collected new prescription from doc and went back to chemist who at 1st denied it was penicillin.
When i told him docs said it was he backed down and finally admitted it was penicillin.
He sort of apologised but was still annoyed i'd queried him but good job i had.
Sorry for long story but yes do go with your gut instinct as i'm glad i did even professionals get it wrong sometimes |