I saw this happen twice today, so I figure that I had better make the issue known.  Plus it really really pissed me off. Both patients came in within the past 2 weeks with new Rx’s in hand.  One was for a change in Lantus (dose cut in half), the other was for a change [...]

Once in a while I’ll do these retrospective posts after reading some of the old entries that I have made.  Think of it as a “Final Thoughts” like Jerry Springer does (only this is FAR from my final thought).  This isn’t a space filler so the site will have new content for you to read [...]

Contrary to popular belief, there is a ton of ethical crap that goes along with being a Pharmacist. Prime Example:Family comes in who are on welfare.  They bring you Rx’s for 2 bottles of amoxicillin (one for each kid) and for some OTC tylenol liquid.  You run their Medicaid through and they were terminated.  You [...]

As you all have heard/read; Perdue, the maker Oxycontin (AKA: Hillbilly Heroin), decided to sue the shit out of all of the generic Oxycontin manufacturers and cease production (or some patent shit.  I really doubt Teva would make a generic knowing full well the patent is still legit).  Not only that, but they are bringing [...]

The original post is here. TAestP didn’t want to field this one, so hell, its my duty to stand up for my loyal readers. http://dinosaurmusings.blogspot.com/2008/05/rant-alert-attention-pharmacists.html To the friendly, trusted neighborhood pharmacist who told my 74-year-old diabetic patient with coronary artery disease and arthritis to stop his Zocor because maybe that’s what was making his knees [...]

The first of the month is always super stressful for pharmacists.  Not only are we usually busy, but it seems like everyone saves their shit/drama to explode on us.  If you think that I’m a callous asshole (and obviously are not a pharmacist because if you were you’d understand) then read on and maybe it’ll [...]

This post is due to an educational grant from The Raging Server.  Blame him that I’m ripping on all of the FibroFakers(tm, ie: TAestP dont steal this). Usually when I write stuff like this which pisses off a ton of people, there is an implied concept that I’m bitching about one small subclass of people.  [...]