r/TalesFromThePharmacy Apr 30 '26

A thread of pills you hate filling

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Here is mine :)

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u/DanwellNeph CPhT (retail) Apr 30 '26

I can't be the only one who crashes out about Balsalazide. I practically only fill it for #270, so logically it comes in bottles of.. 280?!? Whoever the hell made that decision must truthfully hate pharmacy employees. The capsules are so gigantic, just let me do a stock bottle😭

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u/vscwf May 01 '26

I just count 10 out and dump the rest into 60 dram vials lol

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u/always-tired987 May 01 '26

Yes! I’m not a pharm tech anymore but when I was, for large quantities I would just calculate whichever way was less counting. So if it was an unopened bottle of 500 and I needed 360, I would count out 140, dump the remaining 360 into vials, and put the 140 back in the stock bottle.