CBC: The 35-year-old Moncton, N.B., mother of two was prescribed a new allergy medication in October 2024 to manage the itching from chronic eczema. She was supposed to receive hydroxyzine, an antihistamine. But what she picked up from a Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacy was hydralazine, which is used to lower blood pressure.
Instead of her allergies improving, she noticed she was often flushed, felt dizzy and struggled to breathe…