szpaceSZ t1_jcnw00i wrote on March 18, 2023 at 5:08 AM

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

> So now I need to note my dosage myself? It's ridiculous.

Don't the pharmacists write the doctor's prescribed dosage onto your card-boxes the medicine comes in?

That's what happenes here (Central and western Europe).

The printed obstruction have a section "recommended dosage, if not otherwise prescribed by your doctor".

Drakka t1_jcnzoxi wrote on March 18, 2023 at 5:51 AM

Yes, whatever the doctor sends over to the pharmacist is what is placed on the bottle. The only time this changes is when the dose is incorrect and the pharmacist calls to get it changed. OP either has a dr that is giving incorrect directions to them in person and it is getting corrected later (happened today for my wife’s ear-drops) or is giving verbal directions as to what they want them to take and putting directions on the prescription different so that OP can get a longer day supply for one copay. (Technically illegal).