Archive for November, 2007

Everyones a Fucking Genius

So I got some hatemail in response to this entry They may be corporate assholes, but at least they hold nobel intent. Nobel intent would be charging a fair price for /all/ generics. Not $4 for amoxicillin yet $40 for a month supply of lisinopril or HCTZ. People are dying; antibiotics save lives. No company [...]

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

Arguing that water is indeed not wet

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Friday, November 9th, 2007

Pharmacists are NOT DOCTORS!

Reading the DrugNazi’s site, I came upon this gem of a rant regarding a comment from ‘Dr. Anonymous, PharmD’ (More like Dr Dipshit, PharmD). I couldn’t agree more with what the DrugNazi has to say. Given that I personally have a PharmD, I would never ever call myself a doctor (and are the first to [...]

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

MRSA is going to end the world…

Another typical example of the media getting a hold of a medical concept and completely instilling fear and chaos into the unwashed masses. Everyone is playing chicken little throwing MRSA around and implying that its somehow a death sentence if you get it. This magical strain of staph is resistant to everything short of a [...]

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

The wonderful world of drug handouts

Once in a while, you’ll get a patient handout for a drug that just cant help but make you laugh. Patient handouts are meant so even the village idiot can get their meanings. Lets take a look at Xeloda’s patient information sheet and angrypharmacistize(tm) it. STOP TAKING XELODA IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THESE SIDE [...]

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

For Sale: WellCare, gently used, only $5

This post should of been titled “Putting the ‘oh shit someone told on us’ in WellCare” See what happens when you cross The Angry Pharmacist ™? You get raided by the FBI, your stock tanks like a post-thanksgiving turd, your exec’s abandon ship and put their business on CraigsList, and Pharmacists everywhere are digging your [...]

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

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