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Wrong dosage medication dispensed

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Auntieflo Thu 07-Mar-19 19:19:13

Thanks sodapop, I could take two, but then I would run out in two weeks!
I have emailed B...ts, and wait to hear their comments.

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sodapop Thu 07-Mar-19 19:00:52

That's not good Auntieflo but better than the other way round. At least you can take two and not have to cut one in half.

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Auntieflo Thu 07-Mar-19 18:38:30

I am on a monthly repeating prescription, for 7 different pills. I picked them up this morning, but did not unpack and put away my pills till just now.
Now I know that sometimes pills can be from an alternative supplier, and so look different. The ones I take are normally pink and oval in shape. These are orange and round.

When I checked them closely, I had been given tablets of 2.5 mg, instead of 5 mg. they were in a box, clearly marked 5 mg. The box had been checked and initialled as checked! and I wasn’t given double the number to compensate.

As we have a long hospital appointment for DH tomorrow, it will be mid afternoon before I can visit the pharmacy, but at the moment I am very cross with the chemist who dispensed my meds.
(No doubt I will have calmed down by tomorrow)

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