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Prednisolone tablets

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jancorb
jancorb

Good morning

Question for my fellow forum member, I'm now settled on a tapered dose of 14 mg, happily no problems so far, but I find the prednisolone tablets very hard to distinguish one from the other.

I'm concerned that mistakes could happen, my 5 mg are almost identical to the 1 mg tablet, a very slight difference in size that could easily be mistaken.

Would it not be possible for the manufacturer to add a different colour to each to help us control our daily doses?

I have bought a couple of tablet dispenser wallets which means I can sort everything weekly, this helps but I'm still worried.

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  • iellen32
    iellen32 jancorb

    Posted

    I take both sizes of those Pred tablets 5mg and 1mg. Never had problem to differentiate ones from the others!

    I always use my glasses!

    Hope you will make it easier from

    now on!

    🍀

    • dan38655
      dan38655 iellen32

      Posted

      I can tell the two sizes apart by their size, but it's a bit too close for comfort.

      Both 1mg and 5mg sizes that I have been prescribed have a cut line, and both are white.

      I once posted here about my having taken two 5mg tabs instead of two 1mg tabs, and what would be the consequences.  I delayed my subsequent daily dose and began to flare, leading me to believe that I had been mistaken, and had actually taken only 2mg as was intended.

      So I believe that the two pills looking so similar had me fooling myself after the fact by the slightly-distorted memory of what I had seen in my hand just a moment earlier!

      I am now down to what I hope is my very last bottle of just the 1mg tablets, so no more confusion unless I forget to take any, or if I forget what I have taken.

      Perhaps the size difference of the 1mg and 5mg tablets should more accurately (proportionally) reflect their dosage difference?

    • jancorb
      jancorb iellen32

      Posted

      As I've posted my new prescription is different, one is twice the size of the other, so no problem. How I can ensure that the pharmacy gives me this make I'm not sure?
  • fran2498
    fran2498 jancorb

    Posted

    I agree, I nearly made that mistake this morning and only noticed just in time.  i.e. nearly took two 1mg and one 5mg instead of vice versa.
    • jancorb
      jancorb fran2498

      Posted

      Thankyou Fran,

      There does appear to be a problem, I will post the question as a separate post.

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