What would the bottle tell a patient? What if is the correct label, wrong drug?
I suppose they would know the exact drug prescribed by the doctor, but many people are trusting.
From what I’ve seen, labels have a description of the pill that’s supposed to be inside the bottle.
I’m not sure if that’s a legal requirement or what, but it’s there.
See post #11.
But if the patient doesn’t know what the doctor will order, they wouldn’t even know if the drug is the correct drug even if the label and contents match.
Best thing, make your doc explain the meds, name, dose and use. Take notes. Don’t worry about looking “untrusting”. Verify that the RX dispense the correct one as ordered. Plus the pharmacist is supposed know if the order seems a bit off.
Believe me, lots of b.s. gets caught. Few slip through, but they easily can. Mistakes happen in a case when 2 or 3 people fail checking and verifying the exactitude of the meds. Too many people trust computers to verify
Any drug I’ve had prescribed usually warns to not take it if one is pregnant. The medication she received had the correct label, but it wasn’t the correct medication, and she didn’t know because it was new to her. Sadly, she put too much trust in human beings and didn’t read the label in time. I like to look up what I’m about to take on the internet since I can barely read the tiny print on the bottles/boxes.
Prescription labels have a description of the pill. "It's a blue pentagon shape tablet with L2 on one side."