To be shocked at errors in my medication dosette box?

[WiddlinDiddlin]

... Or have I been a dick for just chucking meds down my neck without looking?

I take two lots of meds, morning and night - morning is 8 pills from the box, 1 separate, evening is 4 + 1. The separate one was recently added (5 weeks back, no idea why it is not yet in the box with the others as it is permanent).

I've just gone to take tonights evening pills - I tend to open the section and just tip down my neck as I find the tipping into my open hand rather awkward (I can't twist my wrist sufficiently to hold my palm flat, so I drop pills which isn't ideal as I can't get on the floor to fetch them!).

Realised juuuuuuuuust before I did so, that there were 5 pills in there, the 4 usuals and the 1 additional... that I have also got a bottle of and was expecting to take separately.

I now have no idea if any of the doses i have had this week already were correct or contained an additional and so no idea if I've actually been taking a double dose.

The days i haven't yet had are all fine, so fingers x this is a one off.

The extra med is a blood thinner, so a double dose is not ideal!

I will ring on monday and mention it, part of me thinks I am a nob for not checking but then ... they send a dosette box out to ensure I don't miss meds or make mistakes, because I am liable to make mistakes! If I can't trust them, OR me... hmmm!

Mystery solved!

Its my Drs surgery that have asked that the apixaban is kept seperate - don't know why, will chase that up.

However the pharmacy had already packed a dosette box when told this, so picked out all the apixaban from the box... and missed one.

So now I know, they know, they've apologised and it won't happen again :)

Maybe they want it kept separate so that they can easily change the dose.

Yes, possibly! I suspect they are waiting to hear from my cardiologist however as the cardiology team cancelled my last appointment the morning of the appointment... they could be waiting a while!

By the way, many pharmacies are stopping taking on new dosette box patients - they are not paid to do it and its a lot of extra work (with sore thumbs too). That's because funding for pharmacies has been reduced by 30 percent in real terms and many are struggling to stay open/solvent.

Yeah, I was aware, and its one reason I'd never make any sort of official complaint about it as I realllllllly appreciate the dosette box - before having it, I was mucking up meds, missing them, etc ALL the time. They have made a significant difference to my management of my various ailments!