what is calcium gluconate made from
Spider Bites | Pharmacy Accused Of Sickening Nine Patients
A pharmacist whose name surfaced in the Michael Jackson death investigation is once again under scrutiny.
This time, after nine people became dangerously ill.
Contact 13 Chief Investigator Darcy Spears has the exclusive story.
"It just seems like the standard of practice was not followed in this case," says Dr. Paul Oesterman, Associate Professor of Pharmacy at Roseman University of Health Sciences.
Dr. Oesterman was appalled when he learned what happened at Pathway Pharmacy on Sunset and Eastern.
"It was an inappropriate product to use, they recognized this and labeled it themselves but then they still went ahead and used it."
Darcy: "Is that unconscionable in your mind?"
Dr. Oesterman: "In my mind, it is, yes. They should have never used it."
In a Complaint recently filed by the State Board of Pharmacy, Pathway is accused of multiple violations of state laws involving a substance called calcium gluconate.
It's a specially prepared compound used to treat calcium deficiencies due to hormone imbalance, some skin conditions, even to relieve muscle cramps from black widow spider bites.
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