Pharmacy medication error

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PrincessHoneysuckle · 30/07/2026 17:41

Would you formally complain? Or accept mistakes happen?

Got a new prescription for HRT tablets as doctor increased my dose from 1mg to 2mg.
Ive been taking them for a few weeks feeling like crap but just thought it was my body adjusting.
Ive been given the wrong hrt with a similar name by the pharmacy.Similar box so I didnt think anything of it.
Am I partly at fault or is this on the pharmacy?

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JulietteHasAGun · 30/07/2026 18:53

PrincessHoneysuckle · 30/07/2026 18:20

Ive been given a continous oestrogen and progesterone tablet.my usual tablets are oestrogen for most of the pack then combined with progesterone for the last 12 days.
Im going to the pharmacy tomorrow.

That’s bad. At the very least if for example they’d run out of the normal ones they should have discussed options with you such as going to another chemist

JulietteHasAGun · 30/07/2026 18:54

Or they’ve accidentally picked the wrong box.

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PrincessHoneysuckle · 30/07/2026 19:12

JulietteHasAGun · 30/07/2026 18:54

Or they’ve accidentally picked the wrong box.

No it's the wrong medication

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PrincessHoneysuckle · 30/07/2026 19:12

youalright · 30/07/2026 18:43

The pharmacy i use are terrible i have my meds delivered and have had wrong meds, wrong doses, other peoples meds, out of date meds. I email them to point it out and they apologise and send out new meds and collect the wrong meds but nothing changes so now I just check everything myself I do the same when im in hospital to as their even worse. I would say to anyone dont ever take anything without knowing yourself its correct. This is why the death rate for medical errors is so high

That's awful

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