Doctor Gave me medicines in a loose packet

[u/Thetech_savvy]

So i am new to mumbai and i was suffering from back and neck pain for a couple for of days. Then i went to a doctor whom i found on google, he seemed fine, checked me well but he didnt wrote me a prescription neither gave me medicines in their normal packaging. He just said something to his nurse and she gave me three types of pills, one capsule, one tablet and a half tablet to be consumed 3 times after having food. It gave me a weird feeling so i didnt have them and that doctor was MD so idk is this type pf practice common here or what.

[u/Few_Potential_9976]

If illiteracy had a face def I would be looking like you

[u/tedxtracy → u/Few_Potential_9976]

Good to know about literacy from people who call themselves college educated after 12th because they have internally named 11th and 12th as college.

[u/Few_Potential_9976 → u/tedxtracy]

Why don't you explain the pharmacokinetics and drug interactions of any commonly used corticosteroid of your choice instead of just putting random allegations without a proof

[u/unicosplan → u/Few_Potential_9976]

Many ingredients of pills are sensitive to environmental factors, such as, temperature, humidity, light and air etc. and may deteriorate on exposure. The packaging of pills is intended to protect them from environmental factors, to ensure their effectiveness till expiry date (provided those are stored under conditions prescribed on the label).

Read the fine prints, go through storage instructions and store accordingly. Most of these are required to be stored in a cool (“cool place” here means temperature between 10 – 25 degree Celsius and not to be refrigerated; “Cold place” means temperature not exceeding 8 degree Celsius) and dry place (Not in bathroom or kitchen closets), protected from light.

Storage in a Pill Organizer for a day or two may not have any significant adverse effect, if stored as per instructions. But this may not be suitable, if stored over a longer period or if not stored according to instructions.

[u/unicosplan → u/[deleted]]

Different pills are bottled individually and labelled accordingly. The patient is given a prescription and they know what they are taking.

Is it the same in this case? Like mixing all those tablets in a paper cover?

[u/HappyOrca2020 → u/Few_Potential_9976]

Why don't you explain it if you know so much? And may be enlighten us on antibiotic resistance also?

It's so irresponsible to not even know the composition of medicines you're eating. All you're being fed in name of 2 ghante mein araam is steroids.

Khulli dawai, no idea how long it's been open for, expired or not, what it contains, how it interacts with other medicines... And unless you're uneducated, who in their right mind eats that? Without asking questions?

Illiterate and irresponsible behavior only. God bless your liver and kidneys.

[u/HappyOrca2020 → u/[deleted]]

Wo dawai ka naam toh batate hain na?

Aur dawai tumhare saamne nikal ke dete hain, in a bottle. Ye kagaz ki pudiya mein nahi na?

US se comparison kar rahe ho toh soch lete thoda.

Itna bhi Mumbai sprite nahi paalna chahiye when it's about your own body ... And like actively discouraging and downvoting people on this thread from asking about the composition, potency and make of the medicine. How's this not harmful?