dilated_pupils
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Pill bottle reads:
Take 1 tablet by mouth every 6 hours
as needed.
12 APAP #3 W/COD TAB (TEVA )
Gen. Tylenol #3
How much APAP do you think is in such pills? (answer is at the bottom Because I want to stress how life is not a guessing game -- and also, where do I report such a mistake so as they can take care of this? I don't want anyone dying on me here!)
How the heck does on decipher a message like this?
I'm in the US, my first question was to check how much APAP was in the pills.
As I went to the doc. at night, got the script filled after, and I have work tomorrow -- It's a new job and they are allowing overtime, and obviously I'm in pain or I wouldn't have had asked for these -- but seriously this is bad labeling!
I then questioned about food or not - to take with it (beforehand) or to just swollow them (I probably would have before looking at the label but I didn't have any water).
I eventually looked them up - using voice recognizition which funny enough brought up what I needed to see --> and read before I asked more specifically typing in the pill color, size, and the one side of the labeling.
T3's are available over the counter in most countries in Europe I believe so how the heck does this sound when I'm looking at how (hashtag error maybe overall thoughts on what may have occurred here) - a t3 here is a narcotic, and a t #4 is what I'd think naturally as being an over the counter medication in other places since we have 'extra strength tylenol' where-as a t4 would be the logical thinking of what a codein apap tab is to a Euriopean pharamacy/pharmacist-tech?
Anyway - where is the info on APAP and how would this have turned out if I went ahead and took more than it 'said' (seriously nothing about how much other than he wording APAP)? I couldn't do the math like I normally would on a med. with APAP which was worriesome since I am a fairly skilled researcher).
ANSWER: 300MGS/30MGS --apap is 300mgs per tablet. they are 30mg codein's (lowest amount here).
Insight appreciated. I hope this helps people find researching is very important - but knowing when to do so after the fact is good to know.
-dp
Take 1 tablet by mouth every 6 hours
as needed.
12 APAP #3 W/COD TAB (TEVA )
Gen. Tylenol #3
How much APAP do you think is in such pills? (answer is at the bottom Because I want to stress how life is not a guessing game -- and also, where do I report such a mistake so as they can take care of this? I don't want anyone dying on me here!)
How the heck does on decipher a message like this?
I'm in the US, my first question was to check how much APAP was in the pills.
As I went to the doc. at night, got the script filled after, and I have work tomorrow -- It's a new job and they are allowing overtime, and obviously I'm in pain or I wouldn't have had asked for these -- but seriously this is bad labeling!
I then questioned about food or not - to take with it (beforehand) or to just swollow them (I probably would have before looking at the label but I didn't have any water).
I eventually looked them up - using voice recognizition which funny enough brought up what I needed to see --> and read before I asked more specifically typing in the pill color, size, and the one side of the labeling.
T3's are available over the counter in most countries in Europe I believe so how the heck does this sound when I'm looking at how (hashtag error maybe overall thoughts on what may have occurred here) - a t3 here is a narcotic, and a t #4 is what I'd think naturally as being an over the counter medication in other places since we have 'extra strength tylenol' where-as a t4 would be the logical thinking of what a codein apap tab is to a Euriopean pharamacy/pharmacist-tech?
Anyway - where is the info on APAP and how would this have turned out if I went ahead and took more than it 'said' (seriously nothing about how much other than he wording APAP)? I couldn't do the math like I normally would on a med. with APAP which was worriesome since I am a fairly skilled researcher).
ANSWER: 300MGS/30MGS --apap is 300mgs per tablet. they are 30mg codein's (lowest amount here).
Insight appreciated. I hope this helps people find researching is very important - but knowing when to do so after the fact is good to know.
-dp
