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"This is a medication I can't be without. Can you give me some medication until my doctor calls it in?"This was uttered by a man who had called in a refill for his Effexor XR late on a Friday afternoon...
View ArticleThe Future of Retail Pharmacy
$4 GenericsFree AntibioticsFree Diabetes MedicationPOWERAll across the pharmacy blogosphere, pharmacists and technicians have complained that these developments in retail pharmacy are steps on the road...
View ArticleEisai and Pfizer Are the Latest to Honor Former NBA Great Michael Jordan
With the approval of Eisai and Pfizer's new drug application for Aricept 23 mg, the companies are the latest on a long list of companies and individuals to pay homage to NBA legend Michael...
View ArticleWe Should Not Be Sending the Message that It's OK to Be Fat
Obesity is the single biggest health problem in the United States. We spend billions of health care dollars each year on these diseases associated with obesity. However, for whatever reason, we're not...
View ArticleSick Time
This is a question to the audience: What is your employer's policy on sick time?I only ask because I can't figure out if my company even has a policy. Any member of our regular non-pharmacist staff...
View ArticleShit That Doesn't Make Sense
I'm not going to make many friends with this post, but that's never my intention anyway, so oh well..."Everything happens for a reason."Is that not the most stupid, insane, bullshit statement ever?...
View ArticleFollow-up to My Previous Post
Isn't it amazing what divides people? You mention religion or politics and suddenly all sense of civility is gone, and people are at each other's throats. Good people. People who would otherwise really...
View ArticleWe Don't Realize How Much We Know
We forget sometimes that even a pharmacist with a below average knowledge-base knows much more than the average person. Concepts that seem so simple and easily understood to us can be very difficult...
View ArticleMy Generation and Younger is Screwed
Forgetting all the doom and gloom regarding dwindling oil supplies and climate change, this country has an enormous problem on the horizon, and it's mostly affecting my age group and younger.How many...
View ArticleIt Goes With the Ongoing Discussion
There's a nice discussion going on in the comment section of the previous blog post. I thought this fits quite well with it.Leave it to George Carlin to rain the truth down in the best possible way.
View ArticleSomething I Love About My Job
This is the first year that I've been able to give them, but now that I can, I have to say that I love giving flu shots. I'm finding that I actually look forward to going into work every day because of...
View ArticleMore Shit That Doesn't Make Sense
Everyone knows where I stand on the health care debate in this country, so I won't repeat my reasoning and the facts that back up my reasoning. This blog post will not take a side in the health care...
View ArticleI Don't Work For Free
"Glad to know the employer is making money off of the pharmacists training and risk. When will pharmacists learn no to give their talents away?We have already labeled ourselves as less than human by...
View ArticleI Hate Recommending OTC Meds
"I have a cold. What can I take for it?"I get this question at least once a day, but I never feel comfortable answering it. It's not that I don't know how to treat common cold symptoms. I just don't...
View ArticleSaturated Fat and Dietary Cholesterol Are Not the Enemies
This post is in response to Harry's comment on my last post. He wanted more information about how saturated fat isn't evil.Dietary cholesterol from animals and dairy products has a very small effect on...
View ArticleIs It OK to Have Secrets?
For the past 2 weeks, I've been wrestling with the thought of whether it's OK to keep some parts of your life separate from your significant other. I guess I've hit the point where I need some advice,...
View Article"We Made the Mistake. You fix it."
At least that's what one medical assistant wanted us to do today.Two weeks ago, the office called in a prescription for the wrong dose of Metoprolol. The patient was supposed to get 50 mg, but the...
View ArticleThis Free Antibiotic Bullshit Has to End
I'm so sick and tired of free antibiotics. It is the most pointless promotion in business history. ALL BUSINESS. I'm not even talking about just pharmacy here. I challenge you to come up with a dumber...
View ArticleMy Last Post
My first blog entry was June 24, 2007. In the 3 and 1/2 years since that first post, I've experienced a whole lot of life. While my original intentions for writing this blog were to entertain, it...
View ArticleThe Anatomy of a Prescription Error
It should be an easy day. It's a Thursday. Thursdays are never really that busy in this pharmacy. The big order doesn't come until tomorrow. You don't have to create an order. It's in the middle of...
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