the court ruled that by
advertising its drug interaction software, the
defendant pharmacy voluntarily assumed a duty
to use its computer technology with due care. The
pharmacy technician had overridden the drug
interaction between tranylcypromine (Parnate ®)
and clemastine fumarate/phenylpropanolamine
hydrochloride (Tavist D ®) that the system detected
from the patient’s medication profile. The patient
committed suicide after suffering a stroke from the
combination.
Baker v. Arbor Drugs, Inc