A woman in Las Vegas was mistakenly given an abortion pill instead of IVF hormones by a CVS pharmacy, terminating her pregnancy.
According to a report by 8 News Now, Timika Thomas was instructed by her doctor after undergoing invitro fertilization (IVF) to take prescriptions, one of which would trick her body into producing enough hormones to kickstart her pregnancy.
“You have to make yourself think it’s pregnant,” Thomas said. “We’re taking a lot of supplements to make our bodies think it’s pregnant.”
Her doctor prescribed a vaginal suppository in place of the injections and Thomas picked up the medicine at her local CVS branch pharmacy.
The woman recalled knowing something was “wrong” shortly after taking the medication.
“I started cramping really bad,” she said. “My cramping went beyond that. It was extreme. It was painful.”
Thomas claimed to look up the name of the drug on the bottle and realized she had actually been prescribed an abortion medication.
“They just killed my baby,” she said to herself at the time. “Both my babies, because I transferred two embryos.”
From Fox News:
According to the report, one technician – incorrectly believing she knew the generic name for the brand prescribed by the doctor – entered the wrong name into the prescription. One pharmacist did not catch the error, and another pharmacist failed to counsel Thomas when she came to pick up her medication.
