Instruction on prescription drugs

[Ariel Badger]

I have a chest infection and am on antibiotics and painkillers as the coughing hurt my old rib fractures.
The instructions on the antibiotics are clearly on the label on the packet that the pharmacist printed out "One three times a day" but on the Co-codamol just say "WELL.". what does this mean please?
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[mentalboy]

It means you should call the quack (or just google 'how much co-codamol is too much')

[Rogerborg]

Aside, and apologies if you know this, but you should finish that course of antibiotics or else you'll end civilisation. No pressure.
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[Ariel Badger]

Thanks Roger i did know that.
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[hellkat]

I expect it just means that the pharmacist probably didn't check for typos before printing the label.
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[Minty]

It means take until well again.

Duh.
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[Ariel Badger]

That makes a bit of sense Minty, why only one word though?
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[Ste]

What dose are the tablets?

[Raffles]

[Off Topic] Whenever Lulu is feeling poorly, I like to send her a 'Get Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell Soon' card. [/Off Topic]

Sorry
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[defblade]

I am a community pharmacist.


The instructions on your co-cod are what we technically know as a "cock up".

The correct instructions would be "Take ONE or TWO tablets every 4 to 6 hours up to four times a day as required" assuming your liver is basically OK.

Don't take any more paracetamol with them as they already contain the full dose. They may make you drowsy, but in your case I guess no-one will ever tell



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[Ariel Badger]

They are 30/500 and one is enough to take away a lot of the pain/chill me out. Thanks Defblade.
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[Nexus Icon]

They will make you constipated.
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[Ariel Badger]

Taking Senokot!
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[Paddy Blake]

*attending paramedic sighs despairingly*[/quote]
But if the instructions were on the tablet bottle you don't
need to follow Doc instructions ?

Divid your day and amount you need to take.

4 a day split your day in 4 and it keeps it in your system.

I'm on 7 antibiotic tablets a day from when I get up in the morning.

It is really pissing me off.

[Paddy Blake]

One is 4 times a day but take 1 hour before eating or 2 hours after.

The other is 3 times a day and the same thing.

So when do I eat.?

[Pie-Roe]

[defblade]

BTW, worked out the actual answer to the original question today.

There's a whole bunch of stuff that has to be printed on every label for a medicine containing paracetamol, which ends with the phrase "Talk to a doctor if you take too much paracetamol, even if you feel well."

If the directions are too long on the first label, the warnings can get pushed onto a 2nd label... in this case, only by the very last word "well."

You should have had another label above that one, with all the individual directions and the rest of the warnings on... but it got missed. So now you know the exact breed of cock-up
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[Ariel Badger]