She picked up her kid’s ADHD medication, but was given an opioid instead

She picked up her kid’s ADHD medication, but was given an opioid instead

A mother on Vancouver Island is warning people to double check their prescriptions after she was accidentally dispensed the powerful opioid hydromorphone instead of her son's regular ADHD medication. Comox, B.C., resident Sarah Paquin, 31, says she still shudders to think about

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