Posted by Quintal on May 6, 2007, at 17:42:02
In reply to Re: Prescription: I-II poghs -what is its, posted by kaleidoscope on May 6, 2007, at 15:30:02
Hi Ed,
>it would be unusual for unnecessary details such as 'fumarate' to be included on handwritten scripts.
That's why it stuck in my mind - it was a student that wrote that particular script if I remember rightly. Maybe he was just trying to careful in front of the pdoc? It was a teaching hospital and we had them sitting in every few sessions, in fact they used to ask all the questions and write the scripts with the pdoc acting as supervisor. I found it a little annoying and distracting, and I couldn't practice my usual 'persuasion' tactics with two against one - not fair!!!
>Quetiapine 100mg o.n x 28
I've never had any of my scripts written like that, but it's obviously a common practice.
>PS. There is no 50mg quetiapine tablet in the UK.
Right you are, I was quoting my full dose which was 50mg - two 25mg tablets. I think he did actually write the script for 50mg because that's the dose I asked for and he obliged. I used to keep copies of my old scripts as records of what I've been prescribed. I'll see if I can find it. Are you allowed to dispense a script that lists a dose for which there's no tablet strength? I've certainly had my prescriptions filled with all sorts of odds and ends to make up the full dose when stock was running low, but I suppose they would need the doctor's permission to do that? I once got a month's supply of lamotrigine as a mixed bag of GSK's Lamictal, some Spanish strawberry-flavoured orodispersible tabs and English APS 100mg tabs. Our American cousins would no doubt have had a hissy fit!
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