A woman in Las Vegas revealed that, in 2019, in the middle of her in vitro fertilization process, she lost her two babies after a CVS pharmacy branch gave her two abortion pills instead of the medications she needed to take.
According to a report by 8 News Now, Timika Thomas, who wanted to have a large family after the age of thirty, wanted to have one more child with her husband after having her fallopian tubes removed after two ectopic pregnancies.
For this reason, they decided to start an in vitro fertilization process. The doctors inserted two embryos and prescribed Thomas several supplements to “trick” her body and thus be able to continue with the pregnancy.
"You have to make yourself think it’s pregnant," Thomas told 8 News Now. "We’re taking a lot of supplements to make our bodies think it’s pregnant."
One of those prescribed medications was a vaginal suppository. So Thomas went to the local CVS branch on W Craig Road and Camino Al Norte, located in North Las Vegas, and received two doses of the medication that they gave her.
However, Thomas began suffering severe cramps and pain almost immediately.
When she looked at the medication label, it turns out that CVS didn't give her a vaginal suppository, but rather abortion pills.
“They just killed my baby,” Thomas said at the time. “Both my babies, because I transferred two embryos.”
CVS was fined $10,000, the maximum amount allowed in the state by the pharmacy board for vicarious liability of its pharmacists.
The company issued an apology to Thomas.
“We’ve apologized to our patient for the prescription incident that occurred in 2019 and have cooperated with the Nevada Board of Pharmacy in this matter. The health and well-being of our patients is our number one priority and we have comprehensive policies and procedures in place to support prescription safety. Prescription errors are very rare, but if one does occur, we take steps to learn from it in order to continuously improve quality and patient safety.”
But the company's apologies were not enough for Thomas, who years later decided to reveal her story.
“All I got was a sorry,” she stated. "It will never be good enough.".
