sval

Half the bottle was the wrong thing!!!!

Of course the pharmacist said that it never happens. So I must be totally unlucky. I never dreamed I couldn't trust them to get it right. My biggest concern was if they counted correctly. Fortunately I noticed. It was just a slight size difference that caught my eye. Then I looked at those little letters and numbers imprinted on the pills.

It could've been a very dangerous situation.

SVAL

lfstamper

Omg! Glad u caught it. Scary!

juneayerza

That is really scary for sure; makes me want to pay more attention.

tessagin

Every time I turned around this past year I was getting a different script for some reason or another. Believe me I was checking closely. They gave me a script for some one with same last name, they thought. My last name only has 4 letters and first name spelled wrong but birthdate was the same. Script was for Tylenol 3 with Codeine. The pharmacist asked if I had taken it before with out seeing the bottle itself. I told the pharmacist what I called in. Not the same. That was close call. I have sensitivity to it. Script numbers weren't even the same. So now I let them know what I called in, spell my name out in full and repeat my script number. When I get my meds, I take a photo of it, in case I'm out and about but need to call in my script. Love my phone Note 3 with the different notes and files. Too many times and the older one gets some times too many scripts. be particularly with the kiddos and pets.

Jazzmyn

WOW ...that could be Scary for sure. I wonder "if" they were the same pill just from a different supplier? I have had that happen before (never in the same bottle) where the pharmacy had used a different supplier and the pills were the same but different. If the pharmacy doesn't say anything when I pick up the order then when I get home I call them and ask. Also I have searched on the web and I find the pill and what it is to look like.

Pharmacy's DO make mistakes.

Tartan

Good thing you caught it! My mother's pill packages were missing one pill in a whole weeks worth. I brought it to the pharmacist attention and although it was just her gout medication, it could easily have been her blood pressure medication. Always check your perscription!

Onebyone

My pharmacy always tells me if the pills are different looking. They say it is from a different manufacture but are the same pills. I can't imagine having two different meds in one bottle. Someone messed up bad enough to be fired.

joyce blint

A afew yrs ago, after knee replacem't, I had a script "filled" for pain pills. Got home and happened to count them. I was only given 15 out of 20. I called the Pharmacy to report it. They did an inventory count that and said I had gotten the full Script. They made me feel like dirt for suggesting otherwise. I went to the store manager w no results and finally ended up writing corporate about it. I don't know if my letter did any good, But within the next yr there were big changes in the Pharmacy staffing and several long-time employees were no longer there.

Tothill

CBC reported just last week that a 16 year old boy had his script for Acne medication filled. When he opened the bottle he told his mum the pills looked funny.

He had been given high blood pressure medication. Could have been terrible consequences if he had taken it.

juneayerza

From Tessagin "When I get my meds, I take a photo of it, in case I'm out and about but need to call in my script."

This is a great idea for a number of reasons. I have some meds that I only take as needed and I noticed the script number has partially rubbed from moving the bottle around. I'm known at the pharmacy I go to, but what happens if they get new people: as they say a picture is worth a thousand words.