Posted by Snoozy on May 28, 2003, at 11:42:16
In reply to My pharmacy gave me the wrong drug!, posted by ST on May 27, 2003, at 19:30:21
I remember several years ago, there was a lot of confusion with Celexa and Celebrex and I think also a third drug with a similar name. Back then, I had a prescription from my pdoc, and I noticed it had a little graphic on the side of different systems. ie, Central Nervous, Cardio, etc. There were checkboxes for each. I assume this design is to help prevent such mixups. It seemed to make a lot of sense, but I only saw it a few times. My GP could sure use this - he has unbelievably bad writing, even for a dr!
Fortunately, I've never had a mixup. I think the pharmacists take classes in deciphering bad penmanship :)
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