A few days ago I posted on here regarding BP shooting up,and staying up . Around 190 to 200 systolic and 105 to 125 systolic.Thank you all for your fabulous support and information, where would I be without you all?! So many took the time to reply.
Right.
As I was told to revert to original dose of Losartan and to take at night,I did a sort our of my meds ready.
My Losartan came in a plain white box last month,along with rest of meds. Label on,but without glasses on fairly blind. I read Losartan OK .
However, as I was sorting out ,I noticed that the dose was HALF what I should have been taking !
So for a month nearly I was on that regime!
Thank god I decided to replace the monitor.
Rang surgery asked me to pop down with box( I took a photo as I'm a suspicious old bat!) And they are taking it very seriously.
We have had massive problems with chemist recently,new ' improved ' computer system etc.
I now have had correct dose since Thursday and BP today is 143/75/56
So the moral of the story is read your boxes!!!!!
Phew.
Have a lovely weekend all of you lovely people!!@
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Glad you got to the bottom of it. I’ve got to pick a prescription up next week guess I’m going to look at the boxes instead of just shoving them in the cupboard
My surgery decided to change one of my eyedrops brand (text message), but on my on line repeat order, I noted that I did not want them to do that as my eyes are sensitive to brand changes.I had eye surgery a week ago and had to take a letter to GP from hospital, so I also handed in a letter from myself referring to the drops again and not to change, especially after the surgery.
Rang my pharmacy a few days later and asked them to check the drops........low and behold, the GP had sent the prescription with the changed drops!!!
Luckily, my pharmacist was on the ball and had already substituted them for me.
Rang the GP to see why they'd ignored 2 requests not to change and was given some codswallop excuse.
Then, to make matters worse, when I went to collect my prescription the next day, they'd sent yet another double prescription through so I now have 4 months supply!!!
You couldn't make it up sometimes.
I check all the boxes before I leave the pharmacy, even though I trust those guys implicitly.
Sent you a dm a few days ago ref fluffy coffee. 😁.
you are so right. I just went over my meds with the mail order pharmacy for my insurance call Riverside. I have doubles and triples of prescriptions non-by my doctor but by former doctors. I know my new EP has sent in prescriptions, so where the heck are they? I had another sent to the local pharmacy instead of mail order the difference is $75. I had a long talk with the office manager. She straightened it out, but this should not happen when I called the office the first time the girl at the desk gave me a hard time told me because it’s controlled. There’s nothing they can do she’s been mouthy before and has no clue about her job anyway. The office manager has told me to speak directly to her from now on, especially when I told her my cousin went into the doctor to let him know that he will not be back when we sat there three hours for our double appointment. I was taken but he still sat there and that seem fresh girl at the desk told me he wasn’t sitting down to get checked off what the hell? Then she told me oh well I don’t clean the rooms and bring people in. that was it for me. I like my doctor he really needs to get on her. I think I know why he won’t and it’s just plain wrong in this day and age. No one should be protected for any reason. You have to check check and double check your meds. Thank heavens you caught the mistake. What if they thought you were taking your proper one and doubled it again and gave it to you thinking you weren’t getting enough with you or not. Shame shame
I thought all tablets were double checked after being dispensed these days, it's not good enough is it!
I notice some pills of mine come in a plain white box lately. I can't take pills with colouring at night (make me a little hyperactive and unable to sleep) so always ask for certain brands which I know are ok.
I was fuming earlier this year when sat looking at a list of my referral's, my GP had given me to take to hospital when I had pneumonia late last year. I forgot to hand it to them and didn't really look at it then. There were two events on there that didn't apply to me. I was furious and wrote to the practise where my doctor who'd known me for years confirmed they weren't mine. I asked for them to be removed and did ask for another copy showing that they had, but haven't received one yet. I think they may need another letter or phone call from me.
After your recent episode I'll be double checking the dosage strength from my pharmacy now. Do you know if the fault was with your GP or the pharmacist?
As far as I can see,it's the pharmacist,as my repeat prescription correct.The pharmacy has been chaotic recently, sometimes shutting unexpectedly while they obviously try to catch up.
I don't want a witch hint but not good enough is it?
Its not good enough, you could have had a serious response to that lower dose. I think all medicines need to be re-checked by a different person to the one that dispensed them. So easy to make a mistake when they are so busy.
I wonder why they're suddenly so busy? Mine used to have my prescription ready the day after I asked my GP for it, but now it takes a few days. I ordered very early morning from doc on Tuesday. Went to collect them yesterday Friday afternoon and they hadn't been done. I got a bit stroppy last week because I was told they did them in order of receipt. I asked what would happen if I walked in with a prescription and the woman didn't know what to say and hurried off to get mine ready. Yep, they'd do it straight away. Mine (Boots) have started shutting for lunch for an hour too, apparently due to staff shortages.
Jean no matter where you are. I have a feeling many do not care about us anymore. I had a very aggressive triple procedure a year ago April. It was done by the pioneer of the procedure, very well, respected, etc. it was a major major mess. I was not the same ever again after that, and went downhill so fast you and I spoke about it once. He abandoned me because I had a problem with his medical secretary, who was another screwup to put it nicely. I finally got to the point. I informed her I did not want to deal with her again, and I would not, yeah I got overly dramatic said I would rather die than deal with you. Evidently she took me seriously and it almost happened. That was the beginning of me living with a heart rate 24 seven in the 150s I ended up with heart failure, I could not walk I could give a list of all the things that happened to me physically and he would not call me back nor would his nurse. Whatever story was told on the other end caused all of this. This is at a world famous hospital. In fact, it may be ranked number one I don’t blame the hospital. I blame the doctor. He never picked up the phone to find out what was going on. I believe they take an oath to no harm well he certainly did a lot of it. I am now finally feeling better going for the first time in over a year. That is because of my new doctors and my new pacemaker. Why do people take jobs that are so serious for life and not care what they do in that job? You are literally holding old life in your hand, whether it’s dispensing meds or holding a scalpel
I do sometimes wonder whether they see us older people as material to practice on.
That's shameful the way your were treated and to have to put up with a 150 heart rate, well that must have been dreadful for you. My heart once stayed at that rate for a few days and I know how ill it makes you feel. So glad to hear you are now feeling so much better.
A neighbour of mine went in to hospital for a hernia repair and died, now how on earth could that happen! I do wonder who was actually performing the procedure a consultant or a trainee.
Jean, I think you hit the nail on the head there because the hospital I was in and even the one now that I go to are all teaching hospitals. I may have to go in for a few stitches to keep my pacemaker in place somehow I doubt I was sewn by my EP. I have recently had my pacemaker slide noticeably to the side when I lay on either side. I am a side sleeper always have been. I know when it comes to my new pacemaker. I am a bit of an experiment, but I was aware of that because it is a brand new type of pacemaker. There was no pacemaker for my issues until this was recently released by the FDA. I’m OK with that. I understand students must learn but I also think they should be watched.
😱 that’s shocking. Really really bad. Thank goodness you are ok - but how stressful and worrying. I’m sorry I missed it all, as haven’t checked in for a few days, but so glad it’s sorted. Xx
I’ll def be checking my dosage from now on. My own tip is to check the dates of meds that are printed on the inner blister packs, not just on the outer box, ever since my pharmacy gave me meds that were already badly out of date, but they were in a box with a long expiry date, nearly 2 years ahead. Shocking …
I asked for my prescription of Apixaban to be doubled because I was only getting enough for 4 wks whereas my other meds (taken once a day) were prescribed for eight weeks. Usual number arrived. I put up with it for a couple of months then got muddled with ordering and ran out of Apixaban because delivery was slow. So I asked again last week, explaining in words of one syllable that eight weeks supply of Apixaban is 2x56 not 56 as needed for daily one dose meds. Result!
I just received my prescription. I am supposed to take every six hours as far as I know that is for a day. Well, I only got 30 for a month when I called I was told the person that called it in said I would be on it short term. I have been on it for five years and I’m not supposed to end up going through withdrawal as it is a controlled substance and I was just told by my ET that I need to take it on a regular basis. I have been taking it as needed. He said you need it more than you realize.
Cant believe the mess things are in. Beyond dangerous. Pleased you found the issue, we now have to be detectives too as well as our own health advocate times two.
I was discharged from hospital once and went to my holiday home in Devon to recuperate only to find my anticoagulant the hospital had given me was a higher dose than I was on due to my decreased kidney function and low weight. Fortunately I spotted the mistake and rang 111 who sorted replacement meds in Devon.
Lesson learnt then, trust no one, check everything. So pleased you know the culprit and are returning to controlled BP. Interested to hear what if anything comes of your experience.
A while ago I was given the wrong dosage of an expensive medication, it was a lower dose so I could have doubled up but when I informed the pharmacy it had to be returned and a report made. Now when I collect my prescriptions I always check before I leave the premises, although if you get them delivered it's a bit difficult.
Our wonderful GP surgery has a new computer system... I can no longer access my blood tests is the NHS app and prescriptions now take 5 days instead of 2. And it's the frontline staff who cop it from patients....
Utter mayhem here last month. I take a strong painkiller for chronic pain and have done for over 20 years. I've had awful reactions to the cheaper versions so it has to be branded. It was out of stock. Obviously I can't suddenly stop it so I rang round various chemists and found enough between 3 of them to cover almost all my prescription and rang the GPs to explain and ask them to cancel my original and do 3 separate scripts from the 3 chemists. Heaven knows what they did but I ended up with double what I should have had and then when it came back in stock I got my last month's full prescription from my regular chemist too. Not wanting to have so much in the house I had to ask for all the excess to be taken away; a complete waste as it had to be destroyed. There are now running an inquiry. GP's fault not pharmacist. So then when I ordered this month's repeat they refused it saying I'd already had it. It is now sorted out but it took several phone calls and I eventually had to use a face to face appointment to explain it all to a GP
ALWAYS be aware of what exactly you're taking! A friend (new to afib) asked me to look over his updated list of meds that he had recently been prescribed. (I have a background in pharmaceutics). Two of his meds, different brand names, were in fact the same drug-one was instant release metoprolol, and the other was time release metoprolol! He had been taking one for BP, and the cardiologist then added the other for afib! He immediately contacted both pharmacy and cardiologist and got it straightened out, but it never should have happened in the first place. Fortunately, metoprolol has a fairly broad dose range (unlike some of our other meds), so no harm came to my friend.
I know I sound paranoid, but don't put blind faith in either the doctor or the pharmacist. Check everything yourself, it's easy enough with Google!
Yes, please check all medications when dispensed. I was given 190mg per day tabs of metoprolol when I was on 95 mg per day. I always check my meds but a lot of people aren’t even aware of what their medication is called or does, let alone the size of the pills.
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