if you put vitamin D and docusate sodium in a jar and shine light through it, you will have a very beautiful Christmas centerpiece.
Doesn't generic zofran remind everyone of Santa Claus? On Dasher, ondansetron, on Prancer and Vixen!
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
umm... no...
A girl came in to pick up her rifampin, septra, and levaquin the day before halloween. She asked if she could drink alcohol with them. "Umm... no..." I said. "Fine, I'll come pick them up next week" and she left.
umm... yes...
A patient called and asked a tech if he should get the swine flu vaccine. She asked me what I thought. The guy is on truvada and 2 protease inhibitors... um... yes... yes he should.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
hydro...chloro...thiazide!
I started screaming at the TV while watching the new X-Men movie because the villain explained that they gave Logan's wife "hydro...chloro...thiazide" to induce a near death state and to make her heart slow down to imperceptable levels. "No no no! I screamed. If anything it would make her heart beat faster!" It made me so mad.
Monday, December 7, 2009
press 8
So, Pharmacy Jane was calling to get information on a patient, and the message machine for the doc said, and I quote "Thank you for calling the office of Dr. X... for spanish, press 8..." Would they catch that by the time it got to 8... in english?
Friday, December 4, 2009
Per request of Pharmacy Jane
Most embarrassing story ever:
Someone came to the counter asking where the hearing aid batteries were, I pointed him in the right direction, and a few minutes later, a very similar looking gentleman came to the counter, before looking down at his OTC purchase, I asked him, "did you find those batteries ok?" Everyone started laughing and he said "I guess you could call them that." I looked down and he had a box of condoms.
Someone came to the counter asking where the hearing aid batteries were, I pointed him in the right direction, and a few minutes later, a very similar looking gentleman came to the counter, before looking down at his OTC purchase, I asked him, "did you find those batteries ok?" Everyone started laughing and he said "I guess you could call them that." I looked down and he had a box of condoms.
Special guest contributor: Pharmacy Jane
We had a gentleman come in for a flu shot. He was tall and gaunt, with dark brown hair and magnificent chin-strap beard. I was most disappointed to see that his name was neither Abraham, nor Lincoln.
Later, after the patient had left, I leaned over to the Pharmacist who had administered the shot. "Four score and seven years ago..." She started laughing and told me that wasn't even the best part.
"So he rolled up his sleeve and he had this tattoo. I told him it was so nice that he gave me a target and he told me 'don't stab it in the Lincoln Memorial!'."
It's nice to emulate someone and all, but there is such a thing as going too far...
Later, after the patient had left, I leaned over to the Pharmacist who had administered the shot. "Four score and seven years ago..." She started laughing and told me that wasn't even the best part.
"So he rolled up his sleeve and he had this tattoo. I told him it was so nice that he gave me a target and he told me 'don't stab it in the Lincoln Memorial!'."
It's nice to emulate someone and all, but there is such a thing as going too far...
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
one more bit of syringe humor
Todd was giving a flu shot to a rather large elderly woman who couldn't roll her sleeve up far enough for the injection, so she just ripped her shirt off in the middle of the pharmacy. She wasn't wearing a bra. Todd was terrified and gave the shot as quickly as possible, then ran away.
Syringes syringes syringes!
A man comes in with a prescription for Humulin N and syringes for his dog. He wants to know what the difference is between his wife's diabetic supplies and the dog's. I told him that the syringes are the same but he was really disturbed by the fact that the syringe his vet gave him wasn't the same length as his wife's syringes. I tried to explain that the diameter of the barrel was slightly larger, thus making it shorter, but he just didn't get it. After trying to explain for a while, I said "just use your wife's syringes, it's fine," and walked off.
On a related note, a woman received compounded progesterone cream in syringes instead of the normal topiclik dispenser. The instructions said "apply 1 ml daily, and she didn't know what that meant on the syringe, so I showed her the markings down the side, etc. She then said "well, this can't be as precise, can it?" I wanted to say, "well actually, it is a heck of a lot more precise than the topiclik" but I didn't.
I gave this big burley man in his late 50's a flu shot today. He was covered in tattoos and actually looked kind of scary. When I put in the needle he vocally yelped and pulled back. It startled me and his wife was busting up laughing behind me. My question, how did he get those tattoos?
On a related note, a woman received compounded progesterone cream in syringes instead of the normal topiclik dispenser. The instructions said "apply 1 ml daily, and she didn't know what that meant on the syringe, so I showed her the markings down the side, etc. She then said "well, this can't be as precise, can it?" I wanted to say, "well actually, it is a heck of a lot more precise than the topiclik" but I didn't.
I gave this big burley man in his late 50's a flu shot today. He was covered in tattoos and actually looked kind of scary. When I put in the needle he vocally yelped and pulled back. It startled me and his wife was busting up laughing behind me. My question, how did he get those tattoos?
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