Colorado
Pregnant Colorado Woman mistakenly gets abortion drug
Posted: Feb 9, 2011 5:26 AM by Bea Karnes
Updated: Feb 9, 2011 5:28 AM
FORT LUPTON, Colo. (AP) - A Colorado woman who is six weeks pregnant says a pharmacist at a grocery store mistakenly gave her an abortion drug instead of an antibiotic and now she fears she will lose her unborn child.
Mareena Silva tells Denver's KMGH-TV that the pharmacist at the Safeway in Fort Lupton gave her methotrexate last week.
The drug, intended for another woman, is used in chemotherapy and to terminate early-stage pregnancies. Silva says she took a pill and checked the bottle after becoming sick. She was rushed to the hospital.
Doctors say Silva could miscarry or have a baby with birth defects.
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