Always check your medications before taking them.

Pill on the left is Trental. Pill on the right is Lopid.

I just got my lopid filled. I was about to take two of them (Twice the normal dose, as per my doctor, since i hadnt taken my morning one yet.)
The pills seemed a little smaller then usual, so I checked the stamps on drugs.com. Needless to say i was just a little surprised at the results.
Instead of 60 pills of lopid, i had 60 pills of Trental.
Trental is a powerful blood thinner in an extended release form.
Two pills of Trental would have been very very bad normally, and potentially deadly if I had cut myself or bruised myself.

Lesson here is simple.
If you take medication on a regular basis, become very familiar with the pills, including size, shape, and any markings the pills have. If you get pills that you think arent the same as usual, look them up to confirm. Best case scenario is that the pharmacy is using a new company, and the new pills are correct. Worse case is what happened to me, completely wrong pills were accidentally substituted for my normal prescription in a pharmacy error.

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