How easy is it to make this RX mistake?

[BeachGirlFLA]

Generally, when I get 20 pills to cover something like a kidney stone, kidney infection (I'm prone to kidney problems), or something else I end up with pain pills still sitting around in a drawer a year later. I never finish the whole allotment when they're first subscribed. I may later end up taking one or two if I get a migraine, but I have a pretty high pain threshold (in fact, the first time I had a kidney stone it was originally diagnosed as a kidney infection because "you weren't acting like you were in enough pain for it to be a stone.") I can't imagine being prescribed 100 pills.

 

[pyrxtc]

So you gave your prescription meds to your brother?

yes, I did give them to him. I knew he could use them, it was the same dose he had gotten before for the pain and no insurance and the car insurace company was complaining about paying out.

 

[pyrxtc]

Two last thoughts since mentioned: electronics are the way of the future in all aspects of medical care (hence the HIPPA put into place a few years back). I haven't seen a handwritten prescription in a very long time in either the hospital or in my personal care.

You reall don't see hand written ones anymore ? Every med I have ever gotten is hand written.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

You reall don't see hand written ones anymore ? Every med I have ever gotten is hand written.

Nope.

 

[Piecey]

Well, it was handwritten.

The only computer-generated ones I have ever gotten were from the ER.