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If your meds are giving you an adverse effect, you should really see your Doctor before you refill.
And if you get dispensed Teva after your prescription said Concerta, don’t be shy about going back to the Pharmacy to get what you wanted. The first time I filled my Concerta Prescription, my Doctor (who just graduated in July) was unaware that Pharmacists would substitute without speaking to the patient, so he didn’t write No Sub, and it was only after I got home, that I realized that they hadn’t given me Concerta.
I took my prescription back and spoke to the Pharmacist owner, who took back the Teva, and gave me Concerta. Despite the fact he was going to have to throw out the Teva, he only charged me the difference between Teva and Concerta.
The Pharmacist told me that it is the position of the College of Pharmacists in Ontario to dispense the generic whenever there is one available, in order to save the public money. That’s all well and good, but it seems to me that if that is the motivation, they should talk to patients before making substitutions.
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