The Hy-Vee Pharmacy located at 1501 First Ave. East in Newton was recently sanctioned by the Iowa Board of Pharmacy. (Photo via Google Earth) Several Iowa pharmacies have been cited by the state ...

The two most common reasons licensed pharmacy staff face legal action is dispensing the wrong dose and the wrong medication, and the average paid out claim is nearly $125,000. However, researchers are ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - A Sioux City pharmacy is accused of mismanaging prescriptions and not keeping proper records, according to state officials. Documents filed by the Iowa Board of Pharmacy say ...

Q. I was at the receiving end of a pharmacy mistake. My sleeping pills were replaced with Adderall. When I asked why they looked different, the pharmacist said they had a new manufacturer. Days later, ...

The Hy-Vee Pharmacy at 410 N. Ankeny Blvd. in Ankeny, Iowa. (Photo via Google Earth) An Ankeny pharmacy has been fined $1,000 for dispensing the wrong medication to a customer and then failing to ...

Pharmacists are trained to safely dispense medications and avoid mistakes. But in recent years, a chorus of pharmacists have spoken out about how heavy workloads, especially at the big chain ...

COMOX, British Columbia (WKRC) - A pharmacy error nearly resulted in a dangerous mix-up for a 9-year-old boy when he was mistakenly given a potent opioid instead of ...

It’s every pharmacist’s worst fear: To come home from a busy day at work and realize that they failed to consult with a patient about a potentially dangerous interaction, or filled a prescription ...