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Posted by alohashirt on May 28, 2005, at 14:05:00
I asked my wife to pick up my Strattera from the local drug store, which is a specialist drug stoire that stocks every medication you could imagine but employs a pretty scruffy bunch. I open it last night and notice that the capsules are a different color. "That's weird I think, Strattera is too new for a generic."
It turns out that they are a tricyclic called Doxepin Hydrochloride.
I was astounded. If I were less familar I would have just taken them!
Posted by ed_uk on May 28, 2005, at 14:27:57
In reply to Wrong drug!, posted by alohashirt on May 28, 2005, at 14:05:00
>Doxepin Hydrochloride
Sinequan vs Strattera. They don't sound that similar!
Names that do sounds similar.....
Trimipramine vs trimeprazine- can be confusing!
Chlorpromazine vs clomipramine vs chlorpropamide vs chlormethiazole vs chlordiazepoxide
Ed.
Posted by linkadge on May 28, 2005, at 14:53:23
In reply to Re: Wrong drug! » alohashirt, posted by ed_uk on May 28, 2005, at 14:27:57
Yeah, sinequan would not have made you very alert.
Linkadge
Posted by iforgotmypassword on May 28, 2005, at 16:37:10
In reply to Re: Wrong drug!, posted by linkadge on May 28, 2005, at 14:53:23
Posted by Phillipa on May 28, 2005, at 19:31:38
In reply to Re: Wrong drug!, posted by linkadge on May 28, 2005, at 14:53:23
Find a new drug store. Also take back the med and ask to see the original Rx. Then bring the mistake to the managers attention. This is dangerous. Fondly, Phillipa
Posted by Maxime on May 28, 2005, at 20:26:11
In reply to Wrong drug!, posted by alohashirt on May 28, 2005, at 14:05:00
I was given Surmontil a TCA instead of Lamictal and I didn't know. I had not been on Lamictal to know what it look like and I thought there was a generic form. I was on a MAOI at the time. I kept slowly titrating up and once I reach 100 mg for a few weeks I became so ill I had to go to the ER. This was in 2002 and it's still being investigated by the Order of Pharmacists.
Maxime
> I asked my wife to pick up my Strattera from the local drug store, which is a specialist drug stoire that stocks every medication you could imagine but employs a pretty scruffy bunch. I open it last night and notice that the capsules are a different color. "That's weird I think, Strattera is too new for a generic."
>
> It turns out that they are a tricyclic called Doxepin Hydrochloride.
> I was astounded. If I were less familar I would have just taken them!
Posted by alohashirt on May 29, 2005, at 0:14:33
In reply to Re: Wrong drug! » alohashirt, posted by Maxime on May 28, 2005, at 20:26:11
I googled and saw some reports suggesting 3% of drugs were mis-supplied. Imagine ephidrine/epinepherine ?
Posted by Maxime on May 31, 2005, at 9:42:15
In reply to Re: Wrong drug!, posted by alohashirt on May 29, 2005, at 0:14:33
> I googled and saw some reports suggesting 3% of drugs were mis-supplied. Imagine ephidrine/epinepherine ?
I bet it's more than 3 percent, especially in the elderly.
Maxime
Posted by alohashirt on June 2, 2005, at 22:36:03
In reply to Re: Wrong drug! » alohashirt, posted by Maxime on May 31, 2005, at 9:42:15
> > I googled and saw some reports suggesting 3% of drugs were mis-supplied. Imagine ephidrine/epinepherine ?
>
> I bet it's more than 3 percent, especially in the elderly.
>
> MaximeI think you are correct. When I returned to the pharmacy to replace
the medication I picked up two more prescriptions. One of them was a prescription for brand Dexedrine (DAW) and was filled as Barr Generic Dexedrine.Agh!
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