When you are picking up your drugs from the pharmacy these are the things you should check before you take them home. This could be a life or death drug mistake.
Make sure your name is spelled correctly. There are many people with the same name or others with similar names.
Check the date of birth on the bottle. Is it yours?
Check the name of the drug. Is this what you take?
Check the amount of the pills in the bottle. Is it correct?
Check to see if the refills have been applied to your drug.
Yes, the label is computer generated but humans put the information into the computer and humans make mistakes.
In most cases, your prescription is emailed to your pharmacy without anyone having to read the doctor’s handwriting. But there are still handwritten prescriptions and the person reading it could read it wrong.
BE AWARE.
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Copyright Linda Meckler 2021