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In the UK don't pharamcies do this sort of thing for you. My mother's pills wer organised by day and time of day 15 years ago. ALso comments about how it save
by pasc1878 3y ago
In the UK don't pharamcies do this sort of thing for you.
My mother's pills wer organised by day and time of day 15 years ago.
ALso comments about how it saves wasted pills don't make sense for me. The doctor prescribes x pills for the course of treatment. So the pharmasist gives you x pills.
Yes for ibuprofen and other drugs you take as needed then you will have some left over as typically you have a headache and take one dose.
- maccard 3y ago> In the UK don't pharamcies do this sort of thing for you. Yep, they do > Also comments about how it saves wasted pills don't make sense for me People don't follow instructions sometimes, and doctors overprescribe for the instructions they give you. My doctor wrote me a prescription for something a long time ago and warned me about the risk of addiction. They said I should stick to a dose, but prescribed me a larger amount because I could take more _if I needed it_ for a day or two. The pharmacist filled the prescription for about 3x what I should have been given without blinking an eye.
- pasc1878 3y agoThat is not my experience the pharmasist does exactly what the GP says.
- badcppdev 3y agoIt sounds like the doctor trusted you but I don't think you sound happy about it. There are costs involved in appointments and filling prescriptions and you being trusted with an excess gives the system some flexibility that might avoid an extra appointment or visit to pharmacy. Did it turn out ok?
- maccard 3y agoIt did, but I was speaking to the point of there being wastage.
- mikecsh 3y agoUK pharmacists are able to to do blister packs but this is a hugely labour intensive endeavour. Specific quantities of each medication need to be dispensed, placed in the correct pocket, checked and double checked. Compared to dispensing a factory sealed box of $X units. As a manual process it does not scale to providing this service for more than a small percentage of patients where the benefit is greatest (memory impairment, etc). Also in my experience pharmacists dislike having to do this laborious process.