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Recently, an undercover pharmacy investigation conducted by 20/20 and reported on by Chief Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross evaluated prescription dispensing at some of the best known U.S. chain drug stores.

The results are surprising and the suggestions at the end of this article really could save your life or that of someone you love.

Prescription error

With the exception of a few states, pharmacies in the U.S. are not required to report errors that involve serious injury or death. There are no federal requirements, so no one knows just how many errors occur [1]. The industry says that errors represent only a small percentage of the billions of prescriptions filled every year.

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