Similarly-named drugs often confused with one another - with fatal consequences

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Similarly-named drugs often confused with one another - with fatal consequences

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Drug name mix-ups kill or maim thousands each year in the U.S. About 1,500 drugs have names that sound so similar that they're confused with other medicines, says a 2008 report by U.S. Pharmacopeia.

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