Filling a script...less worry

While in Vegas I went to the ER. I've blogged on this so no biggee. What is amazing is the drugstore visit. I've gone to the same store for 20+ years. My store was not available in LV so I went to the Walgreen's across the street from the ER. I watched the Pharmacist fill the script. Interesting. First, he was not hidden behind a counter over which I could not see. He worked at a bench down the side of a wall. To his right was the counter and I could clearly see him filling scripts. What was interesting was after he filled the script (which included verifying the pills and the script) he then scanned the form he had printed for the label and compared the pills to the image on the screen! What a great idea and a good safety check. I don't think my pharmacy does this and since they hide behind a tall counter it is hard to even guess. But I like this extra safety since I've had the wrong pills for my script at least 3 times in the past. Never a good thing and scary.

I'm going to check out the local Walgreen's here. I want to see what they do, which I suspect is the same thing. Might be time for a change.

BTW...even though I knew he had checked them twice I went on line when I got back to the hotel and pulled up the Watson site and verified the script/pills myself. I am paranoid about these things. It took about 2 minutes and I could then take the pain pills with one less worry on a pain taxed mind.