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I feel for you, but it really boggles the mind. Why would he prescribe capsules if they aren't a thing in the UK? How is it even possible for him to do that? Does he make the mistake frequently, I wonder?
I wouldn't be so harsh on him, and I'm actually quite sympathetic. Let the doctor who hasn't made a spelling mistake or mistaken a dose cast the first stone, and I'm not chucking any. Nothing glaring, or lethal, thank god, but all the steps we take to avoid this only seek to minimize the risk, and can't eliminate it.
He didn't get the name or dose of the medication wrong, and usually capsules versus tablets is an irrelevant detail. If he was doing it electronically, it would be constrained by the list of meds recognized in the system. With pen and paper? Much more scope to go wrong.
Dextroamphetamine isn't the first choice for ADHD here, probably somewhere around 2nd or 3rd line. I can understand why he might just look up dose, refer to something that wasn't the BNF, and then put that down.
In fact, when I called back today to get this sorted out, I learned he'd called in sick today, so it's possible that he wasn't feeling so well when I saw him.
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