Drugs with similar names creating problems for patients

MELVILLE, N.Y. — Medication mix-ups have more than doubled since 2004 driven largely by a troubling proliferation of prescription drugs with confusingly similar names, according to a new report. Examining records submitted by 870 hospitals to ...

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