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Too many left over pills

Too many left over pills

I'm finishing my 6 month next week and I have way too many ribavirin left over for some reason. Anyone else experience this? It frightens me. I always thought I was so careful to take my 2 pills in the am and 3 pills in the pm. I don't remember forgetting my pills but once,but if I forgot I wouldn't remember I guess.Water under the bridge. Maybe they sent me too many or thats how the calender works out.It's impossible to count & figure out by any mathmatics.
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Then you should have about 3 quarters of a box left.
(23 weeks multiplied with 7 days multiplied with 5 pills a day divided with 112 pills in a box)
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Thanks Marte! I do have about that many left over.
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The length of peoples treatments and how many Riba they take varies a lot so it doesn't usually go up in whole boxes I guess ;)
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Oh, and congrats on finishing =D
*Wishing SVR*
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I have 13 days of pills left to take and I counted through mine and I'll be 3 pills off count.  I KNOW I did not miss taking any pills so it had to be a miscount by the pharmacy somewhere along the way.
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I gave all mine riba and peg back to the PA.  about $5k or $10k worth (I had just received new shipments of both when they took me off).  They were very happy to get it.  Said, they give it to indigents, etc.
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I've got the answer now. My pharmacy gives me a 90 day supply of Riba for 3 months but since our treatment goes by weeks... 12 weeks X 7 days =84...6 days extra. I take 5 per day leaving me with 30 extra every 3 months & over my 1st 6 months that left me with 60 extra.So I'm on track! I'm not forgetting after all.
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