Transient People or Societal Degradation?

Posted by The *Angriest* Pharmacist as PSE, True Story, Vacation, Work Sucks

Maybe it means the profession has grown where everyone trusts every pharmacist (and pharmacy) fully, or maybe it means our society has degraded into a transient grouping of people with no urge to support a single pharmacy or better their healthcare experience by staying true to a single pharmacy or pharmacist, but today, I encountered something that lies somewhere in the middle.

I received a bottle for a script from some small town outside of Indianapolis. Not such a weird occurance. I’m pretty near to a major interstate. Here’s where it gets silly. The script was written by a doctor in Atlanta, Georgia. The first fill was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where it was subsequently transferred to the store in Indiana. The man lives in Iowa. Maybe he’s a truck driver? I don’t know, but he used three different chains in all.

Of course, it was for Viagra, and he wanted only one tablet. Again, not that weird, but we’re talking several thousands of miles between all the different pharmacies.

Is there anyone that is a diehard Walgreens, CVS, Walmart, or Costco customer anymore? Even if they end up somewhere else, they still go to that pharmacy? I don’t know anymore.

What does it mean? Someone explain it to me…

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Why does someone want to buy 96 tablets of 30-mg Pseudoephedrine before they go on vacation? I got that today and was perplexed. You’re gonna be gone for 7 days, and you think you’re going to take 13 tablets of PSE per day? C’mon! I don’t even take that much in a year.

Many Articles of Business - Movies, Lecithin, Published(?), and my Vacation Recap

Posted by The *Angriest* Pharmacist as --Not Pharmacy--, Me being a dick, True Story, Vacation

Movie List Updated!
1408
Expected: B Delivered: B-

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Expected: A+ Delivered: A+

Transformers (Second time seeing it)
Expected: A- Delivered: A++

The Hate-List has a ton of new additions to the specific people and groups/traits of people.

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Sylvia Browne “prescribes” a lot of Lecithin to her “patients” for any ailment that she convinces them they have. Does anyone have an intricate knowledge of Lecithin…other than what I could find on the usual sources of pharmacist knowledge?

Most of the primary sources I’ve found stated that high doses really provided no benefit over the minimal benefit of the suggested dose in terms of production of Acetylcholine and reduction of diarrhea sx.

Anyone know more?

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I got a comment from “pharmer john” in Ireland a few days ago. He said he read about me (and I’m assuming my website) in a trade magazine in the UK.

Am I published? Am I famous? Am I just another idiot-asshole? Who knows.

If anyone finds anything from the UK about me in a magazine or on the internet…post a comment or email me at webmaster@theangriestpharmacist.com

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The following things happened while I was on vacation (not a complete synopsis):
1. I got sun-burned moderately bad.
- I decided to no longer suggest the spray-on sun-block…guess why…
2. I got drunk twice in a day…twice
3. I found out how much Southern Comfort my body can actually handle in one night
- Janis Joplin would be proud.
4. I lounged on the beach like it was my job.
- I saw 4 jellyfish, and I found out that I am fucking terrified of them.
5. I was told by several people that I bowl harder than anyone else on the planet.
- I made a bowling pin explode.
- I laughed at a little kid that through a ball like such a pussy that it stopped on the lane. 6. His (6′8″) dad was not amused. He went and got it, hurled it at the pins and got 9.
7. I went to a water park and cut my hand (sans alcohol)
8. I went to a “fun park” where I was one under par and found out that I’m a fat ass in the go-karts. The little kids were flying by me cause I’m 200 lbs heavier.
- I played the Whack-A-Mole game, got the high score, and gave the tickets to a kid.
9. I saw Harry Potter and loved it. I saw 1408 and enjoyed it okay.
10. I developed Restless Leg Syndrome and found a cure…The Southern Comfort mentioned above.
11. I went to a seafood place where we paid 200+ bucks and our food was luke warm
- I later went to Wendy’s and had a piping hot Baconator (which was most delectable, great fries, and a frosty for under 7 dollars.
12. I found out that I could play professional Pictionary — I’m that good.
13. I saw a kid step on a three pronged fishing hook. I pitied him. But, at the same time, I laughed because rather than take it off the beach, he threw it back in the water for the next schmuck…haha, life *is* a bitch…
14. I came home to find that our cat had locked herself in the bathroom without food or water.
- She wasn’t in there long as food was gone and litterbox was full…1 day max I’d say. She
wasn’t skin and bones. But, we felt bad nonetheless.
15. I bought two water testers on Woot.com – My town has superior water quality, which was a pleasant surprise.