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SwankyPants10 t1_jclco0z wrote

Reply to comment by RigelOrionBeta in Study finds patient-friendly prescription labels improve medication adherence: More than 100,000 people die each year from not taking medications as prescribed by universityofga

This makes no sense, the directions on your prescription label would be exactly what the doctor prescribed on the prescription. If they aren’t, then what the doctor is telling you to do and what they are writing on the script are not lining up.

There are often multiple dosages, frequences, etc in which a medication can be taken. This is why the prescribed dose often does not match what you may see on manfacturer monographs or online.

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artemisodin t1_jclgrmc wrote

Absolutely this. The label will have what your doctor prescribed. Sometimes doctors may request a different frequency than normal, in which case a pharmacist will call and clarify. The doctor may agree and change the prescription, but what is on the label is what the doctor wrote or adjusted to verbally.

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RigelOrionBeta t1_jclke5j wrote

I'm just saying what my experience is. It's never been the same. I have been on four different medications, never has the label matched the doctors spoken recommendation. This is across two different states in the US. Makes no sense.

I understand that dosages vary for a lot of reasons for medications, but it makes no sense why the label would ever differ from what the doctor prescribed, and yet for me it always does.

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MoobyTheGoldenSock t1_jcmp55u wrote

Let the pharmacist know when you pick it up. They will call the doctor and clarify.

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