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I just picked up my prescription for Gabapentin that I take for Epilepsy. I was supposed to see the dr on this past Monday but they cancelled due to snow. I never heard from them so I called back and rescheduled and let them know I needed one of my prescriptions called in.
I take the Gabapentin 800mg 2 tabs am/2 tabs pm and they called in take one in the morning one at night.
Of course I know what I am supposed to take and hopefully the insurance will fill it correctly when I get a new rx. The way this one is written, it should last for a month. I see he gave me 5 refills on it.
After weeks there is nothing I can do. That is a huge mistake on my prescription. What if I was one of these people that were like, "Oh, I guess he wants me to change it."
You have to watch them like a hawk! You have to understand that they see so many patients and sometimes everything gets confused. Hubby's doctor did something similar to him recently and because he doesn't pay attention, that prescription cost twice what it should have. I should add too, that he also doesn't care how he spends his money so he doesn't see it as a problem. I know what you're thinking and believe me SO AM I!
Why do you feel like there is nothing you can do? Mistakes happen; yes it is scary, and who knows if the nurse (or whoever) at the doctor's office made a mistake in what they sent to the pharmacy, or if the pharmacy made the mistake. The important thing is that you noticed it. Call the doctor's office, and then the pharmacy, right away and let them know.
There is plenty I can do, and I will but it is the weekend. This medication is for Epilepsy. I know that a mistake is a mistake, and yes I caught it, just like I catch all my labs, etc, but what I was getting at was if I was someone who read the bottle and thought maybe he changed it and took only half of my dosage.
I could nit just leave it there because I am out by now.
Be sure to double check that the new prescription is the same strength as your old! (800mg?)
And might as a general rule also double check that it is the same exact drug (with the pharmacist). Some drugs have time release versions and so forth. Anyway best to double check everything.
And yes some people are "blind sheep" and would do as told on the label without questioning it. There are also others who do not read instructions at all!
Be sure to double check that the new prescription is the same strength as your old! (800mg?)
And might as a general rule also double check that it is the same exact drug (with the pharmacist). Some drugs have time release versions and so forth. Anyway best to double check everything.
And yes some people are "blind sheep" and would do as told on the label without questioning it. There are also others who do not read instructions at all!
Yes, I take 2 800 mg tablets twice a day. That is what they are.
I saw him yesterday and it was not his staff, but he who messed up my rx. He was sending some prescriptions electronically and calling them out as he was doing it and he almost messed up on another one!
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