Prescriptions

[tiggerblue10]

https://twitter.com/NoContextBrits/status/1479911748694069255?t=HmYzhBTJmahJ-_fmmd_iKQ&s=19

Has anyone ever ended up with the wrong drugs due to illegible handwriting? Before it was all electronic or online I couldn't make out what was written on a prescription most of the time.

[Mamyalynne]

Once almost ended up with ear drops for an eye condition but the Pharmacist picked up on it.

[tiggerblue10]

Crikey!

[gness]

Not sure if it was because of the original handwriting but I was once, following minor ear surgery, instructed to insert one paracetamol into each eye...yes eye... three times daily.
Living in Canada in the early 80s my doctor stepson would write long letters to us. We considered taking them to the pharmacist to decipher them. So thankful for email and WhatsApp now. :-)

[Sqad]

Many, if not most eye/drops can be used for both organs, particularly antibiotic steroid drops.

Local pharmacists soon get familiar with GP.s prescribing.

[webbo3]

https://images.app.goo.gl/ERQJ3jf7Mh8uBfuF7

[gness]

Thank you, Webbo. I can now work out if the stepson really is wishing me a happy birthday. ;-)

[webbo3]

Lol ^

[Patsy33]

Im sure I've mentioned this before..
My late MiL, went to pick up her prescription for a tonic, as she had been very run down for weeks. When she got home, it turned out they had given her a hair tonic! :-))

[jno]

just add gin, Patsy

[Bazile]

I recall either been given the wrong drug or the wrong dosage .

I can't remember which one .

[Patsy33]

Cheers! Jno..:-)