Posts
2009
Bribing patients with gift cards
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Unlike some angry websites out there, I will never make you send money to a politician campaign fund for articles (who will just be bribed by your employer to sit there and do nothing like most politicians.
A profession of fighting
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Has anyone but myself noticed how pharmacy has turned into a profession of nothing but fighting?
One pharmacy to rule them all…
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Going along with my previous (and popular) socialized medicine post, I have a solution from the pharmacy aspect that I thought of while reading some responses to it.
The big socialized medicine post
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Here I will give my thoughts and viewpoint on the current push to give people socialized medicine in the US.
Workmans Comp – The working mans welfare
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Every pharmacist has had to deal with Workman’s Compensation prescriptions at some point in their careers.
Cracky McCrackhead Addict
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A pharmacy without crackheads would be like a Big-Mac without the secret sauce.
ePrescribing for eIdiots
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ePrescribing is the stupidest thing to come to pharmacy to date.
The smells and sights of summer
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Summer is upon us, and with it comes such delightful things.
The big welfare mother rant.
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This one is going to be a doozy, so please read the entire post before writing me a 10 page comment about your life story and how much of an asshole I am.
The stupid will inherit the earth
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According to the scientific trends that every pharmacist sees every day in a retail settings, the future of humanity will possess 3 major characteristics:
New backend, new layout, new beginning.
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Many of you have emailed me asking why I have been so quiet the past month or so.
You pulled that from where!?!?
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So obviously more than one of you have noticed that I’ve been quite silent lately.
Over $1/min to write down numbers
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I don’t mind if a patient calls up and has a question (except if its when their vicodin is due).
Par, generic Toprol XL, and getting even.
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Unless you live in a box, you all are well aware that we are in a nationwide Metoprolol Succinate (Toprol XL) shortage.
Brain between your ears, not in the palm of your hand
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This entry is dedicated to all of the PA’s and NP’s out there who use a hand-held device (palm pilot, iphone, whatever) to dose medications.
Why I hate Plavix Reps
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Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi Plavix reps are on the top of my drug-rep shit list.
Calling ahead – How hard is it?
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Every retail pharmacist in every pharmacy around the world have dealt with this issue.
Patient Handouts – Medicare Part D (With No Medicaid)
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As part of my “Dedication to Pharmacy”, I am going to create some patient handouts that you can give to your patients to explain things that you don’t want/have to.
Hand-Holding with the last tobacco banning post.
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I really hate doing clue-bat entries, but from some of the comment/emails I have received regarding my previous post about tobacco sales in pharmacies some/most of you ‘don’t get it’.
Tobacco ban in pharmacies is STUPID
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Most (if not all) of you have heard in the news about banning the sales of Tobacco products in pharmacies.
MediCal pissing in our cornflakes.
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I’m sure this post is full of grammar and spelling mistakes.
A Clinical Pharmacist Error.
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Once in a while I get a rather bitter comment from a “Pharmacist” who just got his shiny new degree and license and thinks he knows it all.
Site upgrades! Fun for everyone!
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See, not only does the pharmacy piss me off, but computers piss me off as well.
What are they teaching interns these days?
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I had a run-in with an intern that just made my blood boil.
2008
Medicare Part D – D-Day all over again.
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No no, I’m not going to give our dear friend Ken a good beat-down like some of you have been hoping.
Solodyn and the dumbass Dermatologists who write for it
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Stupid drugs piss off pharmacists, its a known fact.
The woes of new prescriptions
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Lets face it, pharmacists are between a rock and a hard place when it comes to new prescriptions.
When you are loaded, who cares what your pharmacist thinks
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Before I go into a tirade about the population with a chronic Vicodin deficiency, I’ll do some preemptive damage control here.
Pharmacists who don’t speak the engrish
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Its pretty bad when I have a post-it (Upsher-Smith Klor-Con no less) with all the website fodder I think of during the day.
Fixed Income Medicare Blues
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I know I haven’t been posting lately compared to my DrugMonkey and Angriest counterparts.
Debunking the myth of what brings home the dollars
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Pharmacy school students live in a delusional world of pharmacyland.
Banning Cell Phones
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Is there some sort of paint you can line pharmacies with that will block cell phone reception?
Dealing with Crotchfruit and Loindroppings
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I support the stereotypical platonic family.
When chains rule the world…
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Although they sure as hell don’t realize it, PBM’s (like ScamImp-.
ATAP: Returned to Stock
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Today we have another episode of Ask The Angry Pharmacist, where our very own TAP answers YOUR questions about life, pharmacy, drugs, and why that soma is too early to be filled!
Patients who kill your Patience
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Retail pharmacy (or working with the public) demands one huge element that most students lack.
When bad PBM’s get even worse
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Over the last 200+ entries, I have fought for truth, justice and AWP -5% + $6.
ATAP: What exactly do you do?
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Welcome to another installment of Ask The Angry Pharmacist, where the most famous pharmacist on the planet (heh) answers YOUR questions and concerns in a not-so-nice (usually) way!
The word of the day is WORK
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If anyone would come up to me while I’m filling Rx’s and say “Boy, you look like you’re hard at work” I would just give a casual smile and continue along.
Paging Dr Dave… Your douche is ready..
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Out of your options for refusing to help with the current (non)
You’re either with us or … a huge douche!
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As you have read before, California instated a 10% cut for its Medicaid Rx reimbursement.