ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- A Central Florida family says a local pharmacy made a dangerous mistake and then tried to hide it. They say, instead of getting antibiotics for their toddler, they were given narcotics

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The parents say they're upset about the mix-up with their son's prescription, but they are even angrier about how the store handled it once it was reported. They say Walgreens tried to buy their silence.

Two-year-old Conner Perez had a little cold. His mom was expecting the liquid antibiotic Zithromax, but that is not the medicine dad brought home from the Walgreens at John Young and Central Florida Parkway.

"They just heard 'Perez' and gave him the first Perez they came to, which, unfortunately, happened to be pain pills," explained Kayce Mayo, Conner's mother.

Conner's father received Darvocet, a narcotic that can knock out a full grown adult. Mayo doesn't even want to think about what could have happened to Conner.

"He could have died from this," Mayo said.

The pills were supposed to go to someone named Anna Perez. It was on the bottle. The Walgreens technician who rang it up should have checked that. Conner's father thinks narcotics should have even tougher rules.

"If I go there, ask me for my driver's license. I shouldn't pick up somebody else's medication," said Nelson Mendez, Conner's father.

The company usually uses a four-step safety process and says it's sorry about what happened. The family says a representative offered $500 if they didn't tell anyone what happened.

"She says, 'Ma'am, I have so many cases I'm dealing with, I'm just trying to get this case closed, taken care of. Do you accept the offer?'" explained Mayo.

The company said the offer was a gesture for the parents' time and trouble. The family refused and are grateful mom checked the bottle when she saw the pills.

"I probably would have crushed them up and gave it to him in his milk and God knows what would have happened," said Mendez.

Walgreens says it does not comment on disciplinary action involving its employees and would not confirm whether anything was done in this case. The company says all of its pharmacy technicians receive adequate training.