Lost my tablets!!

@Wizzywig (7847)
April 6, 2010 7:35pm CST
Last week I collected 3 different medications from the pharmacist and topped up my little 7-day pill-box. This morning, I went to top it up again and one type had disappeared The only thing I can think of, is that, when I threw away the empty packs last week, I threw the new supply of that tablet out with them Have you ever lost or accidentally thrown away your medication? ((You haven't got mine have you ??????))
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@SViswan (12051)
• India
7 Apr 10
I haven't thrown away any medication yet...but I can help you look for yours:P My husband is a pharmacologist and he's in charge of the medication and everything related to medicines. So, when I need something, I ask him....he needs to be sure HE isn't throwing anything away.
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@Wizzywig (7847)
7 Apr 10
Thanks That's handy for you...and a big responsibility for your husband!
@coffeegurl (1467)
• United States
7 Apr 10
Never had that happen to me. Must be frightening.I wonder if the doc can give you a refill.
@Wizzywig (7847)
7 Apr 10
I had one left for yesterday and have picked up a prescription from the surgery and got it dispensed at the pharmacist this morning so I'm fine for another 28days I'll have to be a bit more careful in future.
@Wizzywig (7847)
7 Apr 10
Thanks, yes, I went back to work for a week or so but had a couple of weeks holiday owing which i had to take by 9th April or lose... no contest really i do have to have some follow-up treatment so will probably have to have a bit more time off but, for now I feel fine. No happy pills unfortunately
• United States
7 Apr 10
Hope U are recovering well from the surgery and they gave you many happy pills:0 :)
@GardenGerty (157671)
• United States
7 Apr 10
I am fortunate not to be on any prescription medications, so I have not done that. I have some other things that have mysteriously gone missing, and I am upset about that. I wonder if they accidentally went in the trash can. I see that you are going to be able to replace your medicine, and that is a very good thing. My dil had some strong meds taken out of her car, parked right up next to her house once time, and was able to get them replaced.
@Wizzywig (7847)
7 Apr 10
I know I had them in my bedroom along with the others and I know I threw away the box and that it was empty so I must've just picked up the full strips along with the empty ones. I suppose any tablets can be a source of income in the wrong hands.
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
7 Apr 10
Yes, I have your medication. Leave a photograph of Chuck Norris with his authenticated signature on it beneath the second largest oak tree in Hyde Park and be sure to have it there by noon tomorrow. If you are late, or if the photograph or signature is NOT the real deal, you will never see your tablets again.
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
7 Apr 10
Be careful Wizzy, Chuck Norris might hear you!
@Wizzywig (7847)
7 Apr 10
Do you seriously think I would give in to your ransome demands?? Please, I am made of stronger stuff. Besides which, it would cost me far more to get to Hyde park than the tablets would cost if I had to buy them without prescription!! and, really.... Chuck Norris??????????
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
7 Apr 10
I haven't done that, but I did once let my daughter carry my medication, which was in a glass bottle. She dropped it right outside the pharmacy and it broke. They were nice enough to replace it at no charge!
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
7 Apr 10
She did NOT carry the 2nd bottle. lol
@Wizzywig (7847)
7 Apr 10
Ooooops! I suppose it was better that it happened there than once you got home. Good that they replaced it. I take it she didnt get to carry the second bottle - or did they put that lot in a plastic container for you
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@celticeagle (159474)
• Boise, Idaho
7 Apr 10
I would be wondering about that one. Hope you find them or can replace them. I have never lost any. Always am very careful. They tend to cost money, hehe. I had a neighbor lady leave her meds at my house once and I didn't realize they were hers. I didn't know her name so when I looked and followed the breadcrumbs as it were I had to laugh.
@Wizzywig (7847)
7 Apr 10
I am getting them replaced today (now I am worrying that I may have ordered the wrong ones but, hopefully I didnt. I currently have medical exemption on prescription charges so it wont cost me anything but, of course, it will cost "the system" & I feel a bit bad about that.
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@celticeagle (159474)
• Boise, Idaho
7 Apr 10
That is good to hear. I get help on my medicare from medicaid so that is nice.
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
7 Apr 10
I do hope you were able to get more tablets..I think we all have done that at one time or another lost out pills.. I have had them fall behind the fridge or microwave and turn my house upside down looking for them..lol..
@Wizzywig (7847)
7 Apr 10
I had some fall out the back of the cupboard but these ones are definitely gone. My husband assures me that I HAVEN'T thrown them away but he hasn't come up with any suggestion as to where they may be
• United States
7 Apr 10
Did you throw it away or is there someone around that would take it? I guess it depends on what it was. I think we have all accidently throwing something away! Hope you can get some more because where I live they wont refill it unless you only have seven days left.
@Wizzywig (7847)
7 Apr 10
No, there is no-one here who would have taken it - no small children around or anything.I rang the surgery this morning and the receptionist said they would do me a new prescription. I thought I would probably have to make an appointment to see the doctor but, it seems not. They wont normally issue a prescription before you get down to 7 days but I explained what had happened and they know who I am (I've been registered at the same surgery for the past 23years).
@zoey7879 (3092)
• United States
7 Apr 10
Yes, I did this with my asthma inhaler. I still had about 10 uses left on one and it got mixed up with the new one. The new one was thrown away. It stinks because I can only get it refilled once every 30 days and was SOL for an entire month.
@Wizzywig (7847)
7 Apr 10
Oh, thats not good. I wouldn't want to be without mine for that long.