Posted by Terry8 on June 18, 2011, at 9:09:53
In reply to Re: Does anyone know... » Terry8, posted by zonked on June 17, 2011, at 22:24:14
> This happens to me sometimes when the quantity of pills prescribed meets or exceeds the quantity in each manufacturer's bottle. (Seemingly at random). If there's a balance, in other words, the manufacturer's bottle has 90 tablets and I am prescribed 120, I get the remainder in the regular amber bottle. This has happened with both brand and generic drugs... it makes sense; the pharmacist doesn't have to count the tablets. (Or DO they? hrmmmm.)
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The pre-packaged ones that I got had a silver foil seal across the top that needed to be punctured (and then usually some cotton or those little desiccating vial things underneath) so there's no way the pharmacist was counting for those. It seems I've been lucky, though: I've never been given a wrongly filled prescription (or that I know of, at least). Having heard your experiences, I think I'll be more cautious about comparing the tablets against the description for new RXs in the future.
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