Well, That's "Handy" to Know

[furrbear]

Spoke with Doc's nurse this morning.

According to his chart notes, he prescribed the glyburide as 5 mg, 1-2 bid (twice daily) (or 120 tablets/month).

Whichever pharmicist entered the Rx into their computer system entered 5mg, 1 tablet bid (or 60 tables/month).

I'll be very pleased if they ever pass a computer printed prescription requirement.

End result, she was to call the pharmacy and fix the Rx. We'll retest in June after being on the correct dosage for >90 days.

Comments

[envirobear.livejournal.com]

GRRRRR. There should be a record of who entered the script, John...if I were you, I would ask to speak with the pharmacy manager and simply tell him/her about this error with the objective of getting assurances that they will double-check for quality control. This wasn't any life-threatening issue for you, but similar errors have been known to be...they don't know unless someone raises the issue.

[grizzlyzone.livejournal.com]

My physicians have had the stuff for years. Yours doesn't?

[gullinbursti.livejournal.com]

My MD uses printouts for his scripts and I feel so much better for it. My psych doc still writes his by hand so I always make triply sure they're giving me the right pills when I fill it -- and I've caught mistakes that way too.