When Janice was being discharged from the hospital after having a massive heart attack she was given a prescription to take home. The nurse explained that the prescription was for one milligram, but when she looked at it she said, "That looks like a seven to me." The nurse repeated that it was a one. Janice said, "Why don’t we find out for sure. Could you phone the prescribing doctor and ask?" and she agreed. When she came back, she said that it was for seven milligrams. Janice asked for a pen to put a line through the seven so that when she got to the pharmacist, they would know what it was. She said I couldn’t do that and assured me that the pharmacists were familiar with this; they’d know what it was.
Janice’s husband picked her up, and they went to the pharmacy to hand in the prescription. On the way home, Janice explained the situation to her husband and said they would need to double check when picking the medication up. When she got back to the pharmacy, sure enough, it was one milligram that they put in the prescription. Janice asked if we could we pull up the prescription, which they did and she asked if it looked like a seven to the pharmacist. The pharmacist agreed, and so Janice asked, "Why don't we phone the doctor and find out for sure?” The pharmacist called the doctor to confirm and then they changed the prescription dosage.
It is your right to ask questions and to speak up for your safety. Say something as soon as it seems wrong. It’s your health – be part of the conversation.
* 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘢 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘢 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺.
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