That statement being of course, that I'll take all the time I damn well please to fill your prescription when I have a new cell phone camera to play with.
Friday, October 06, 2006
Pharmacy Art Picture #1
I took this through the drive-through window of a store in a god-forsaken ghetto where I used to work the overnight shift (calling it the "graveyard" shift hit a little too close to home) I wanted to get the sunrise over the building's garbage infested rear parking lot and make some sort of statement that there are moments of beauty no matter where you find yourself, but got this mostly reflective back-at-you shot instead, thereby making an entirely different statement.
That statement being of course, that I'll take all the time I damn well please to fill your prescription when I have a new cell phone camera to play with.
That statement being of course, that I'll take all the time I damn well please to fill your prescription when I have a new cell phone camera to play with.
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I was referred to your blog by my friend's wife, who is a pharmacist, albeit a pharmacist for a hospital.
I worship this blog and your sense of humour. Pharmacists have always been such a mystery - how do they count all those pills without screwing up? Can I get that thingy they use to efficiently cut pills in half? How boring can it be to count pills all day? Etc.
We have big box stores too in Vancouver, Canada where I live. I most enjoy our chain stores of London Drugs, they are really a hypochondriac's dream. Especially the blood pressure tester thingy.
I'm normally much funnier than this (read my blog if you get a chance, it's funny sometimes but often dark and depressing - obviously my pharmacist is syphoning off some of my Effexor). Oh and why can't Imovane (Zopiclone) be bought in the U.S.? It is available in Canada and the UK. A great and lovely addictive sleep aid.
- Karen
So many questions, so little time, as the scotch is calling me already tonight.
"how do they count all those pills without screwing up?"
My strategy is to keep current with my malpractice insurance payments and hope for the best.....
"Can I get that thingy they use to efficiently cut pills in half?"
Yup, or at least you can get what I use, just go to the shaving section & pick out a razor blade.
I should add however, that the only time I'll use that razor blade is for animals and really old people. Asking me to cut pills in half for a human will full use of their fingers is like asking your cat to play fetch. Possible in theory, but not likely to happen....
"How boring can it be to count pills all day?"
this post explains what it's like when it's boring. this one explains why it usually isn't.
I hope the de-mystifying of the profession might be made up for a bit by telling you that Vancouver is my favorite place on the whole earth. Please adopt me. I've been to the London Drugs downtown and was amazed at the sight of big-box sales clerks that actually....um....knew things. Never made it to the pharmacy, I was there about an hour and I'm pretty sure I never saw it.
Anyway, do me a favor. With the exception of this blog, please ignore everything American, as we can only have a negative influence on your country. And um....if you know anyone in your immigration department who could get me in without having to beg.....
Oh, and some quick research of Imovane tells me it's made by Aventis. I'll go out on a limb and guess it might make it down here as soon as they lose the patient on Ambien.
....and now to the other side of the world. The Internet is magical, just magical I tell you.
There's almost no one left who actually pays full retail for prescriptions here. In most stores easily over 90% are taken care of by public or private insurance that tells us how much they are willing to pay. Because of that, brand names are hardly ever dispensed after they lose patent. I think I have one bottle of brand name Valium on the shelf I ordered in for some addict.
When someone comes in and insists on a brand name though, yes, they will pay out the ass, and we will actually make *less* money than by giving them a generic. I have no idea why when a drug loses patent protection the brand name manufacturer doesn't lower it's price to the generic level and fight for market share. Seems to be the logical thing to do, but I have never accused Big Pharma of being logical.
Oh.....and the 24 hour pharmacy. What I did all night long was fill the next day's prescriptions that had been called in ahead of time. Maybe on a busy night I'd have 20 real customers. Mostly parents with antibiotics who didn't know most inner ear infections will clear up on their own.
Anyway, do me a favor. With the exception of this blog, please ignore everything American, as we can only have a negative influence on your country. And um....if you know anyone in your immigration department who could get me in without having to beg.....
Asking me to cut pills in half for a human will full use of their fingers is like asking your cat to play fetch. Possible in theory, but not likely to happen....
Nice, I cut tabs for nurses every fucking day. Of course, some of them I wouldn't trust to cut something in half without screwing it up somehow. I'm surprised they don't make us crush tabs for them, actually, as pounding something into dust seems to be beyond their cognitive capability sometimes.
It almost looks like you have the short hair that I like in this pic.
You look like a pharmacist :)
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