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I picked up blood pressure scripts for my mother at Walgreen’s. Among others, one was supposed to be hydalizine, a blood pressure med. When I got home, the label said hydroxozine, an antihistamine which can interact with some blood pressure meds. Apparently, they had been giving her the wrong medication for months.

When I took the script back to them, they became very anxious, and appropriately apologetic.

The lesson is, know your meds and read the labels always.

Does Apresoline and Vistaril sound the same? Those are the US brand names for the drugs you mentioned. The many names for a one in the same prescription drug is ridiculous and dangerous. Try this one as another example Diltiazem aka Cardizem a BP Med. Diazepam which is Valium. The drug stores get confused like you said. I tried to get a prescription filled for a medication with a similar brand name to Xanax I was on both meds for different unrelated issues. After the third try I found out they were running the wrong medication through the computer saying I could not get a refill yet.

Better yet go to the ER and let them in triage start reading off the names they have of the meds you are taking. There is no sense in the same drug having as many names as there are manufactures. There needs to be a precise name used by all. I know all about knowing your meds. I cared for my wife for 30 years plus kept up with my own and did her hospice and my parents. It can be simplified.

Read the labels *and* read what’s on the pills/capsules. Many capsules have the same color scheme.

There’s also many plain white tablets too many