Ohio jail looking at how inmate got wrong medicine for weeks

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A sheriff in Ohio is confirming that an inmate for two weeks got medication meant for another man with the same name.

An investigation is underway into how the mix-up happened at the Lucas County jail in Toledo.

A relative of the man who got the wrong medication tells The Blade newspaper in Toledo that her brother was given medications to treat psychological disorders in November.

She says he got six or seven medications for three times a day instead of just his usual dose of extra-strength aspirin for headaches.

The woman says her brother began feeling suicidal and was hospitalized for two days. She says he’s better now.

Officials with the sheriff’s department say they can’t release many details. The medications are handed out by a jail nursing staff.