A prescription for trouble

An elderly arthritis patient repeatedly asks her doctor to prescribe a weight-loss drug for her, and repeatedly, he refuses. But during one visit the harried doctor, intending to write a prescription for Feldene, an arthritis agent, wrote one for Fastin. The script caught the attention of the dispensing pharmacist, who called the physician to confirm the order, and with that telephone call, a medication error was caught before any damage was done.