Posted by Ame Sans Vie on October 3, 2003, at 22:08:48
In reply to Re: Thank you too » Ame Sans Vie, posted by jane d on October 3, 2003, at 20:34:36
That's always a very good idea. :-) I remember the first time I ever had to use a pill identifier was for that exact purpose -- I filled a prescription for a bunch of Halcion 0.25mg, and they didn't look like the description on the bottle said they should, nor did they look like brand name Halcion or one other generic that I've taken. I was a bit scared to take it, but then found out about rxlist.com and felt reassured to know that the pills were what they said they were. How moronic of the pharmacy to put the wrong description on there (which I also looked up, btw, and found it to also be triazolam 0.25mg). I have quite harsh feelings toward pharmacists, as *every single prescription* I've had filled over the past few months has ended up either taking three or for times longer than necessary, they make mistakes when calling Medicaid to receive authorization to fill it (and only once I b*tch and moan for 30 minutes do they actually try to rectify the situation... then of course I have to go home and wait another two hours for my meds), they misread my prescription history and decide not to fill my prescriptions because it's "too soon" (hmm... 60 2mg clonazepam, four daily... so why has this happened three times now when I go in exactly two weeks after the first fill??), or I get shorted on the quantity (this only seems to happen with clonazepam, alprazolam and dextroamphetamine... odd, huh? Heh.)
Of course, always keep in mind that if you're unable to find your pill(s) on rxlist.com, drugs.com, or idthispill.com, calling a pharmacist or poison control center pretty much guarantees a proper identification.
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