PATIENT NEEDS REFILL ON HER SMALL BLUE PILL

The Malingerer - Cindy Hapshaw notified her doctor on Tuesday that she needs a refill on her "small blue pill." She doesn't know the name of the medication but said, "the pill is round, or maybe kind of oval - whatever, it definitely isn't square or rectangular." After she was told her description wasn't sufficient, she offered further clarification by noting that "it's not quite as big as the white and green tablets I'm on, but certainly bigger than my pink pill."

When she was informed that she would need to provide the name of the medication, Cindy was surprised to learn that her doctor hadn't memorized the shape, color, and size of the over 20,000 prescription drugs that are approved for use in the United States.