Episode 387: 'Is it normal to receive two 20mg tablets of prescription medicine as four 10mg tablets❓'
Have you ever received a different number of pills than what was specified on your prescription? In this episode, Ucchy, a practicing pharmacist, talks in a fun way about the behind-the-scenes rules of dispensing prescription drugs based on a question from a listener.
Sometimes pills are dispensed in a different quantity than prescribed.
Regarding a prescription for the vitamin pyridoxal 20mg, two tablets twice a day (a total of 40mg per day), it is explained that pharmacies sometimes actually dispense it as 10mg, two tablets at a time, for a total of four tablets a day. It can be a little surprising to receive medicine in a different form from the prescription, but such changes are reportedly common in actual practice.
Adjustments are made according to distribution circumstances and the patient's condition.
Due to medicine distribution circumstances or to make it easier for patients to take their medication, pharmacists sometimes make adjustments in consultation with doctors. Behind the change in numbers and tablet counts lies careful judgment and reasons unique to the front lines. The conversation goes even deeper, so please be sure to listen to the full episode.
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