I am unable to complete the quest "repair the white phial" because I started it with briar hearts in my inventory, none else have a problem like this?

there's aquest to repair it? damn wheres dat?

on PC there is a console work around

on 360/PS3...eh...

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Repairing_the_Phial

It unlocks after you have done one of the Main Quests.

It's not showing the "take a briar heart" part of the quest as completing. Have talked to some of my friends, and some of their quests have bugged out too, hope this gets fixed in the next patch, because i already have all the required items and it wont let me get rid of them.

Having a Briar heart in your inventory screws over the quest?! Well, [censored]. That's why I can't drop the dang thing after receiving that letter. Prior save is hours and multiple quests/levels behind.