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You need to check your meds carefully when you pick them up. It’s particularly important they don’t substitute a generic for Concerta because the release mechanism is less effective.
I take fast release Ritalin. My pharmacist was fussing around last time I took a script in because my psych had writtten methylphenidate and Ritalin and highlighted that I was to be dispensed Ritalin. When I went back in to collect the meds the pharmacist was concerned because she could only find my Ritalin but not the methylphenidate – she thought the prescription meant two items and didn’t even look embarassed when I told her one was the brand name and the other the chemical name. Oh well…. It made a change from dealing with the usual one who clearly thinks I’m some old fruit loop. (She’s right…but that’s not the point!)
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