I posted most of this in another thread, but thought most people wouldn't see it.

I was at WalMart early this morning, before the smoke from the wildfires forced me inside, and grabbed a bottle of B1 and a bottle of "B" vitamins. The bottle of B vitamins says 50mg of B1 is 3333% of your daily values, while the bottle of B1 says 250mg is only 1667% of your daily values. Out of curiosity I asked employees and finally the Pharmacist. He saw the error in the label on their Spring Valley bottles and said he would call them today. He also said the 50mg is much more than I really needed in a day. I did not mention the morphine I am on or the large memory loss. I am trying to get better with Vitamins, not put a band aid over the problems with heavy meds. Anyway, he was way too busy opening the Pharmacy for me to pester him about something like this.

I know it is an old saying, but you would be astonished what you learn when you simply read the label.

EXAMPLE #1: I called Apria requesting "crush proof" oxygen Cannulas. The young lady asked me where in the world I got the idea I need crush proof cannulas. (Sorry, the Capital key is sticking) I told her Invacare requires it on the Platinum XL5 Oxygen Concentratror.
IT IS ON PAGE XX IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL. Silence from her after that.

#2 -- last June I had to go to the National Jewish Respiratory Hospital (NJC) in Denver.
We live in the Sacramento, CA area. Altitude for Sacramento City is 25 feet. I called and told her one of my M9 bottles was only good up to 5280 ft. This is the #2 Respiratory Therapist in Sacramento, she asked where I heard that. I told her it was on page XX of the owner's manuals AND did she know Invarness states in the owner's manual that each person using these bottles is supposed to get the Owner's Manual? She said no. THEN she asked me -- got your seat belt on? She asked me where I thought I was going that was a mile high? I patiently explained to her that Donner Summit, on I-80, about 50 miles from her chair was over 7,000ft high and the Continental Divide was over 9,000 ft and the entire city of Denver is over a mile high. THAT is why they call Denver...."The Mile High City". She is an idiot. I told her boss she was dangerous. Her last comment to me was "Why does the doctor in Denver think you need 4 of these small bottles anyway? Won't 3 do just as well?"

I kid you not. Reading the label is good self defense.