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scabbardgirl wrote:
> I've never had any pharmacist put the prescription label on the inhaler
> itself in the 35+ years I've had one. The inhaler is 2 part - one small
> container of the med with a plastic outer shell that does the delivery.
> I don't think the inner would fit if it had to have a label, plus I
> don't think a label would fit, anyway. The outer may be used with
> multiple inners, so labeling it wouldn't help. It's always gone on the
> box and I cut the label off of the box and carry it in my purse.
That is probably because the pharmcist doesn't want to give you
something open and have to debate whether or not it was tampered with.
The hospital I work always puts the label on the cannister for the
in-patient unit with no problem. |