RE: Re: walgreens

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Hi Rod,

I don't understand what you try to say. Sorry, Do you life in the UK? In Germany, the pharmacist only has prepackaged pills / no counting involved

When you talk about "we" who is this.

To: Thyroiditis From: magpieinkcap@...Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 22:46:41 +0000Subject: Re: walgreens

,One of the surprises since my partner was diagnosed is the difference between the US and UK regarding thyroxine tablets.By far the majority in the UK are pre-packed in 28 tablet blister packs, each in their own carton. (I am aware that some people still get counted tablets here.)And (with just one exception) we only have generic levothyroxine - though each manufacturer has its own brand name. In general you can only keep to one 'brand' with the co-operation of your pharmacy. Needless to say, we get her prescriptions fulfilled at such a pharmacy.When we get the tablets handed over, we see the cartons and it is very obvious if there is a mistake. So the only thing left really is to check the expiry date - which we always do. If that were too short we would not accept the tablets.Rod>> I went to walgreens today to get my Levoxyl filled. I told them twice that I do NOT want the generic. > When my husband picked it up and I opened the package, I had yellow round pills and it did not say Levoxyl.> I looked up pill images online and found out they where Synthroyd and the generic form. So, I called Walgreens and they promised to fix the problem.> I just went there myself, demanded to talk to the pharmacist since I got the wrong medication. Suddenly 3 people where scrambling around to find the "refill" and the pharmacist was with me in 2 min top.> I got a flushed face. I made him look up the original prescription and it was written out for levoxyl and in handwriting "no generic". So, 2 mistakes with one prescription. I made him count my pills in front of me because last time there where 5 pills missing.> What else can get wrong???> I also checked the pills, it they have the right # written on it.> I only can advice everyone to check the meds when they pick it up / in the store.> I was wondering if any of you had some kind of trouble in this regard and how you handle the pick up of meds. Do you count the pills, check the form and color to make sure you got the right meds?> > My TSH is 0. 128 after taking the "whatever stuff" from the compounding pharma, which was supposetly equal to armour(which was not armour of course)>

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