Gastro

[Peacewithin1]

Monday the gastroenterologist called for me to see her today. I went and they told me they gave me the wrong prescription which was xifaxan. This is why I'm always anxious about taking pills. I haven't been the same since I took those pills, just to find out I should not have taken any of them at all.

[HearYou]

Yes, you are wise to question if a prescription is correct.Doctors are not perfect and they can make mistakes. Sorry you had to go through this and glad you have it stopped.

Several days ago I went for part of my annual check up at my family doctor's office; the support staff advised me I had seen the doctor last April and began to read from her portable laptop what he did. I told the assistant that I have never even met the doctor, and the nurse practitioner is the medical professional who handles my exams. The assistant persisted to the point I was believing I had actually been treated by the doctor but had no recollection of it. I have some memory issues at times due to an accident, and this incident made me feel as though I was getting worse with my memory. Anxiety hit the roof. At the end of the nurse practitioner's exam she apologized for the assistant. I really had never even met the doctor much less had him examine me. I am not certain if I will change doctors yet.

[Peacewithin1 in reply to HearYou]

That is horrible! When Drs. Do things like that it is very hard to trust them. We already have anxiety and now we have to question the people we depend on to help.

[HearYou in reply to Peacewithin1]

I'm over it, but think I may be over the MD too......looking around for new one.

[hippieebbbz09]

So glad you can wean off of them now. I saw some posts from you and I’m aware the pills have been driving you nuts . Glad you can come off of them !that’s always a situation a patient wants to avoid. It sucks that the mishap occurred .

[Peacewithin1 in reply to hippieebbbz09]

Yes, I stopped the pills when I started to feel like I couldn't breathe.

[kama24]

The pharmacy filled the prescription incorrectly? I had that happen once years ago but it was a pill I'd taken for a long time and I noticed they did not look the same so I went back. You wouldn't know that if it's a new prescription. Was the dr. concerned about the error?

[Peacewithin1 in reply to kama24]

No the Dr. Prescribed me the wrong medication.

[kama24]

Oh my!!! and it took her a week to realize it?

[Peacewithin1 in reply to kama24]

It took her about 20 days to realize it! I already took the pills but I waited a week before taking them because I was looking for a natural cure. It's just a mess but I started the triple therapy today so we shall see.

[kama24]

I would be leery after an experience like that too! Did you ever ask her what could have happened if it had not been noticed????

[Peacewithin1 in reply to kama24]

I wouldn't get the right medication for the actual stomach infection that can lead to ulcers or stomach cancer. That would suck, thats how my grandmother passed. She had stomach cancer. I'm grateful I'm getting proper treatment now.

[johannasuar]

Hi Peacewithin1. I actually belong to another post for RLS but seeing the question about XIFAXIN caught my eye. I read what your problem is but rest assure XIFAXIN didn’t hurt you at all. I have been on XIFAXIN for 8 years, I have cirrhosis of the liver and XIFAXIN was the medication prescribed NOT for the cirrhosis but for another problem that goes along with liver deseas called Encephalopathy, which is memory loss. I call XIFAXIN the miracle drug because it helped incredibly to regain my memory. XIFAXIN is an antibiotic used primarily for infections in the stomach/ intestinal tract caused by the EBOLI bacteria, severe diarrhea or bacteria that is in your intestines from lack of daily bowel movements. It has NO side effects, if you had something you feel was caused by your meds and XIFAXIN was one of them, this is where you can rest assured it wasn’t from the XIFAXIN. I take two 550 mg pills, one in the morning and one at night, I can take both together, without food, basically any way I want and there are no complications. I’m sorry to hear you were prescribed incorrectly, I don’t think there’s an excuse for that, to me it means the doctor has other things on his mind and YOU weren’t in the picture, Sad but true. I’ve changed doctors when one prescribed a medication that could have killed me after I had just told him I had Cirrhosis, fortunately my pharmacist was the one that caught the SEVERE ERROR and basically saved my life, she said my liver would have stopped functioning within four days. Time for you to change doctors. Hope you’re feeling better and have received the correct medication by now. Sincerely, Johanna in the USA.