When I heard that, my heart just dropped to my stomach, and I panicked for a little while.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, you told me to take half a tablet but the doctor said one tablet."
I read the doctor's snide writing.
Patient is on 25 mg ABC not 12.5mg ABC. Told by pharmacist to take 12.5.
Then I got incredibly irritated.
I took out both strength of drugs and asked the patient to identify it for me. Surprise surprise. We gave him the 50 mg strength of ABC. Well duh! 1/2 tablet of ABC is 25 mg, No?
Then I wrote back on his case notes and gave the patient a hard time about not even knowing his medication. Gave him an earful before I finally let him go back to the doctor.
Patients are idiots. That's why doctors shouldn't listen to them.
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