Posted by fi on December 6, 2001, at 6:33:37
In reply to Input Requested, posted by Cam W. on December 6, 2001, at 1:26:43
I think it would help if they realise how difficult it is to do ordinary things- including interacting with a community pharmacist!
I once got given too few ADS, and went back to the pharmacy when I realised. They were very formal and acted on the basis I would be in the wrong. I could hear them discussing if they could possibly have made a mistake (obviously thinking not), until one of them realised that the bottle was too small to have ever held the prescribed number of tablets....
It was a huge torment to go back to the pharmacist at all, when I was feeling absolutely dreadful, but I had to do it as I knew the ADs were crucial. Sitting through their discussion was grim.
I'm not saying that they shouldnt have checked carefully if there was a mistake, but that they need to be gentler with people even tho we may seem reasonably OK.
Fi
poster:fi
thread:15042
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20011130/msgs/15055.html