Comments on: Keep taking the tablets… http://iangrey.org/2008/01/19/keep-taking-the-tablets/ Variety is the spice of life Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:06:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Colin Campbell http://iangrey.org/2008/01/19/keep-taking-the-tablets/#comment-3169 Colin Campbell Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:24:41 +0000 http://iangrey.org/2008/01/19/keep-taking-the-tablets/#comment-3169 Yuck. I have none, although my wife is a bit of pill and tablet/homeopathy/energy/tonic... junky. When her dad was on his last legs he was on 8 different medications for all of his maladies. I have a sneaking suspicion that that may have been what killed him. That and a lifetime of sedentary pursuits, cigarettes and alcohol. Yuck. I have none, although my wife is a bit of pill and tablet/homeopathy/energy/tonic… junky.

When her dad was on his last legs he was on 8 different medications for all of his maladies. I have a sneaking suspicion that that may have been what killed him. That and a lifetime of sedentary pursuits, cigarettes and alcohol.

]]> By: Shades http://iangrey.org/2008/01/19/keep-taking-the-tablets/#comment-3161 Shades Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:40:04 +0000 http://iangrey.org/2008/01/19/keep-taking-the-tablets/#comment-3161 JMB, Britain is getting its head around prescribing generic medicine rather than brand names. The consequence of this though is that the packaging and pill shape can vary. I was rather annoyed to find recently that my statins were no longer a distinctive orange but identical in shape and size to my amlodipine. (They have different stampings, of course.) Now, I had to remember which of my pill boxes was which. The hospital went to great lengths to work out what medicines I was on- then forgot to give me them! Fortunately Karen brought them in, although she got a bollocking for not telling them. JMB, Britain is getting its head around prescribing generic medicine rather than brand names. The consequence of this though is that the packaging and pill shape can vary. I was rather annoyed to find recently that my statins were no longer a distinctive orange but identical in shape and size to my amlodipine. (They have different stampings, of course.) Now, I had to remember which of my pill boxes was which.

The hospital went to great lengths to work out what medicines I was on- then forgot to give me them! Fortunately Karen brought them in, although she got a bollocking for not telling them.

]]> By: jmb http://iangrey.org/2008/01/19/keep-taking-the-tablets/#comment-3158 jmb Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:59:04 +0000 http://iangrey.org/2008/01/19/keep-taking-the-tablets/#comment-3158 Lord save Ireland. Can you imagine if you were really ill? We used to have patients admitted to hospital who would bring these things with them. These containers would be sent down to pharmacy for us to identify the drugs so that they could be ordered for the patient's hospital stay. I must say we were pretty good at it, for although you may not think it, drug manufacturers are vary aware of making their products distinctive. We did have a handy reference book which included photos of actual tablets and capsules with their distinctive markings so we could verify them but as I said we were <i><b>good!</i></b> Lord save Ireland. Can you imagine if you were really ill?
We used to have patients admitted to hospital who would bring these things with them. These containers would be sent down to pharmacy for us to identify the drugs so that they could be ordered for the patient’s hospital stay. I must say we were pretty good at it, for although you may not think it, drug manufacturers are vary aware of making their products distinctive. We did have a handy reference book which included photos of actual tablets and capsules with their distinctive markings so we could verify them but as I said we were good!

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