Had a prescription filled. Dosage was in milliliters. Called pharmacy and asked that a note be made on my file and those of my family members to always instruct dosage in fluid ounces or teaspoons. They said didnt know if they could. I said that I was an American, that I spoke English, and I measured in teaspoons and fluid ounces that I wasnt familiar with that other mili stuff and may make dosage mistakes. Was put on hold an the licensed pharmacist picked up. I asked if she could speak English, they put the other girl back on. She said that all medicines were going to be switched to metric measurements because it was more accurate. I said that was hogwash! Accuracy is not affected by the unit. Then asked her not to blow smoke up my drawers. Then I had to explain that accuracy can be affected by the tool used to measure or by the individual doing the measuring, but not by the unit. I dont think she ever grasped that idea. I dont think she knew what hogwash is either. Then a male employee got on the line. I guess to intimidate me or something. I had to interrupt him four times to ask him to stop interrupting me. He finally admitted that accuracy was not dependent on the unit. And he came up with a good one, The Drs. write a prescription in metric and they have to include metric dispersal instructions. I told him that they can write anything on the lables that they want to, but if they didnt write the dose in a language that I was familiar with that I have the chance of overdosing, that I know this phone call was being recorded and if that happens they may be facing liability issues- yes I had to pull that one, dang it all. I explained that someone has to take a stand, that I was going to start complaining to all companies that have a recording telling me to do something for English, and that I would not patronize a restaurant where I have to ask for an English menu- yes that includes French, and that I will not pay in Rubels, Yen or Denaros. And Furthermore, the measurement system in place has been good enough for generations of Americans before me and its good enough for me. He agreed to mark on my file to include dosage in fluid ounces and teaspoons when prescribed in metric. Then he gave me the conversion that 6-1/2 milliliters was equal to 1-1/2 teaspoons. I told him to tell everyone that if they would have just wrote that on the bottle to start with all of this could have been avoided. He thanked me, and said no, he didnt know what hogwash was. Tomorrow I call the Dr. office. I wonder if they know what hogwash is? Is anyone willing to take this stance with me? Comment below.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 01:00:56 +0000
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