Comments for The Angry Pharmacist http://www.theangrypharmacist.com Rants from the most trusted profession. Sun, 13 May 2012 14:59:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Why us retail folk are hard core. by Jesus Gonzalez http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAngryPharmacistComments/~3/Pn7yILuZU6Y/why_us_retail_f.html Jesus Gonzalez Sun, 13 May 2012 14:59:55 +0000 http://testing.theangrypharmacist.com/?p=171#comment-14900 Well, I am not a doctor, but I play one on TV. And, as such, I make waaaaaay more $$ than you do in 1/10th of the time. So, start a Ringers Lactate solution, monitor vitals and transport to Rampart General stat. Well, I am not a doctor, but I play one on TV. And, as such, I make waaaaaay more $$ than you do in 1/10th of the time. So, start a Ringers Lactate solution, monitor vitals and transport to Rampart General stat.

]]> http://www.theangrypharmacist.com/archives/2007/11/why_us_retail_f.html#comment-14900 Comment on Why us retail folk are hard core. by Jesus Gonzalez http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAngryPharmacistComments/~3/RnLfTQX5K94/why_us_retail_f.html Jesus Gonzalez Sun, 13 May 2012 14:54:12 +0000 http://testing.theangrypharmacist.com/?p=171#comment-14898 Walgreens is the undisputed leader in the Rx world! Put that in yoor pipe and smoke it, baby! Walgreens is the undisputed leader in the Rx world! Put that in yoor pipe and smoke it, baby!

]]> http://www.theangrypharmacist.com/archives/2007/11/why_us_retail_f.html#comment-14898 Comment on How to make your pharmacy career less painful. by Jesus Gonzalez http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAngryPharmacistComments/~3/TGUIq5wRiO4/how-to-make-your-pharmacy-career-less-painful.html Jesus Gonzalez Sun, 13 May 2012 14:51:00 +0000 http://www.theangrypharmacist.com/?p=1042#comment-14897 Jesus loves you! Jesus loves you!

]]> http://www.theangrypharmacist.com/archives/2012/03/how-to-make-your-pharmacy-career-less-painful.html#comment-14897 Comment on How to make your pharmacy career less painful. by Jesus Gonzalez http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAngryPharmacistComments/~3/sOtQDqUjIUE/how-to-make-your-pharmacy-career-less-painful.html Jesus Gonzalez Sun, 13 May 2012 14:46:14 +0000 http://www.theangrypharmacist.com/?p=1042#comment-14896 Holy shit, Batman!! A hundred thou a year will buy alot of beer!!! Holy shit, Batman!! A hundred thou a year will buy alot of beer!!!

]]> http://www.theangrypharmacist.com/archives/2012/03/how-to-make-your-pharmacy-career-less-painful.html#comment-14896 Comment on The FDA obviously hates the public and needs to lay off the crack pipe. by Jesus Gonzalez http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAngryPharmacistComments/~3/bi3IZp0QqWc/the-fda-obviously-hates-the-public-and-needs-to-lay-off-the-crack-pipe.html Jesus Gonzalez Sun, 13 May 2012 12:17:40 +0000 http://www.theangrypharmacist.com/?p=1080#comment-14895 Jesus loves you, man! Jesus loves you, man!

]]> http://www.theangrypharmacist.com/archives/2012/05/the-fda-obviously-hates-the-public-and-needs-to-lay-off-the-crack-pipe.html#comment-14895 Comment on The FDA obviously hates the public and needs to lay off the crack pipe. by Jesus Gonzalez http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAngryPharmacistComments/~3/Xd5EpylSbDE/the-fda-obviously-hates-the-public-and-needs-to-lay-off-the-crack-pipe.html Jesus Gonzalez Sun, 13 May 2012 12:16:24 +0000 http://www.theangrypharmacist.com/?p=1080#comment-14894 Being a druggist is soon to be an obsolete profession. YOU ARE THE MIDDLEMAN! The trend is to cut the middleman out of the picture. Drug companies pre-package meds, machines to automaticalloy count and fill drugs, drug vending machines in the ER, mail order Rx, yea, I see the writing is on the wall. Pharmacists converting to become CNAs or hosspital valets is the trend o' the future. Being a druggist is soon to be an obsolete profession. YOU ARE THE MIDDLEMAN! The trend is to cut the middleman out of the picture. Drug companies pre-package meds, machines to automaticalloy count and fill drugs, drug vending machines in the ER, mail order Rx, yea, I see the writing is on the wall. Pharmacists converting to become CNAs or hosspital valets is the trend o’ the future.

]]> http://www.theangrypharmacist.com/archives/2012/05/the-fda-obviously-hates-the-public-and-needs-to-lay-off-the-crack-pipe.html#comment-14894 Comment on The FDA obviously hates the public and needs to lay off the crack pipe. by I_hatemyjob http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAngryPharmacistComments/~3/BpJ8pqyYCYM/the-fda-obviously-hates-the-public-and-needs-to-lay-off-the-crack-pipe.html I_hatemyjob Sat, 12 May 2012 06:16:27 +0000 http://www.theangrypharmacist.com/?p=1080#comment-14890 Well, there is a lot of more should be on the list to be OTC, such as vicodin, Norco, percocet, Oxycotin, Adderall, Methadone, any not mentioned C-II. I am sure it will reduce 99% of visits to pain management clinic and so-call urgent care Well, there is a lot of more should be on the list to be OTC, such as vicodin, Norco, percocet, Oxycotin, Adderall, Methadone, any not mentioned C-II. I am sure it will reduce 99% of visits to pain management clinic and so-call urgent care

]]> http://www.theangrypharmacist.com/archives/2012/05/the-fda-obviously-hates-the-public-and-needs-to-lay-off-the-crack-pipe.html#comment-14890 Comment on What are they teaching interns these days? by zero experience http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAngryPharmacistComments/~3/kPdgP0KO-Fg/what_are_they_teaching_interns.html zero experience Sat, 12 May 2012 04:59:48 +0000 http://testing.theangrypharmacist.com/?p=285#comment-14889 Hi Angry Pharmacist, Can you please do an entry on: How to give a fucking copy What the basic error messages are for insurance companies and how to possibly troubleshoot them (missing invalid group number/person code/etc What a fucking BIN and PCN number are What the AWP and Direct Price mean, how do you look this up? How to give a fucking copy How to speak english so I don’t need a fucking translator or have you repeat 100 times Determine how much anal lube is needed for the PBM’s reimbursement of various drugs How to take an Rx over the phone that’s given at 100 words per min It'd be greatly appreciated. Hi Angry Pharmacist,
Can you please do an entry on:

How to give a fucking copy
What the basic error messages are for insurance companies and how to possibly troubleshoot them (missing invalid group number/person code/etc
What a fucking BIN and PCN number are
What the AWP and Direct Price mean, how do you look this up?
How to give a fucking copy
How to speak english so I don’t need a fucking translator or have you repeat 100 times
Determine how much anal lube is needed for the PBM’s reimbursement of various drugs
How to take an Rx over the phone that’s given at 100 words per min

It’d be greatly appreciated.

]]> http://www.theangrypharmacist.com/archives/2009/01/what_are_they_teaching_interns.html#comment-14889 Comment on Deck the halls with Vicodin and Soma by Taylor http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAngryPharmacistComments/~3/sb9rEgC1acM/deck_the_halls_with_vicodin_an.html Taylor Fri, 11 May 2012 19:18:16 +0000 http://testing.theangrypharmacist.com/?p=283#comment-14888 Why is it OK to drink vodka recreationally (since that's its only purpose anyway) but not take prescription drugs recreationally? I'm not condoning either of the two but neither is worse for your health than the other, save the acetaminophen content in combination medications. In fact, opiates have little effect upon the liver whereas alcohol has a significantly larger hepatic impact. I'm just throwing this out there... All of the "angry pharmacists" are mentioning the use of alcohol to dilute their daily troubles when perhaps their clients (I don't prefer repeating the term "patients" after the way that angry pharmacists are talking about them) are merely trying to escape similar troubles in their own lives with the use of their prescribed drug. One might say that one is illegal and one isn't but if there really isn't a difference, then that says a lot about that "laws" that we secondarily enforce and if one law is not necessarily full of integrity, then perhaps many of the other laws that pharmacists fall back on as excuses for their pessimistic and critical behavior are fallible as well. As I said, I'm not condoning the abuse of any substance. I'm now 20 years old and I've been on hydrocodone for a few years now to treat severe pain from peripheral neuropathy. In all of this time, I'm still on a 5 mg dose three times a day as I was from the beginning because I've taken measures to prevent the buildup of any tolerance by using therapeutic doses of dextromethorphan with each dose, as NMDA-agonists have been proven to reduce tolerance, and taking week-long painful breaks of no medicine to allow myself to go through mild withdrawals to reset tolerance levels. Now I'm sure that considering my age and regular hydrocodone prescriptions, I'm a pharmacist's and DEA agent's wet dream, but I assure you, my usage of this life-changing opiate has been used for only therapeutic purposes. I got about 25 collective hours of sleep in four months before I began hydrocodone therapy with my neurologist. Although I have had a few looks from pharmacists, I have yet to be denied medication or a refill for any reason but if that day ever comes, I assure you I will take right to the streets to obtain what I need to have a pain free life illicitly. Why is it OK to drink vodka recreationally (since that’s its only purpose anyway) but not take prescription drugs recreationally? I’m not condoning either of the two but neither is worse for your health than the other, save the acetaminophen content in combination medications. In fact, opiates have little effect upon the liver whereas alcohol has a significantly larger hepatic impact. I’m just throwing this out there… All of the “angry pharmacists” are mentioning the use of alcohol to dilute their daily troubles when perhaps their clients (I don’t prefer repeating the term “patients” after the way that angry pharmacists are talking about them) are merely trying to escape similar troubles in their own lives with the use of their prescribed drug. One might say that one is illegal and one isn’t but if there really isn’t a difference, then that says a lot about that “laws” that we secondarily enforce and if one law is not necessarily full of integrity, then perhaps many of the other laws that pharmacists fall back on as excuses for their pessimistic and critical behavior are fallible as well.

As I said, I’m not condoning the abuse of any substance. I’m now 20 years old and I’ve been on hydrocodone for a few years now to treat severe pain from peripheral neuropathy. In all of this time, I’m still on a 5 mg dose three times a day as I was from the beginning because I’ve taken measures to prevent the buildup of any tolerance by using therapeutic doses of dextromethorphan with each dose, as NMDA-agonists have been proven to reduce tolerance, and taking week-long painful breaks of no medicine to allow myself to go through mild withdrawals to reset tolerance levels.

Now I’m sure that considering my age and regular hydrocodone prescriptions, I’m a pharmacist’s and DEA agent’s wet dream, but I assure you, my usage of this life-changing opiate has been used for only therapeutic purposes. I got about 25 collective hours of sleep in four months before I began hydrocodone therapy with my neurologist. Although I have had a few looks from pharmacists, I have yet to be denied medication or a refill for any reason but if that day ever comes, I assure you I will take right to the streets to obtain what I need to have a pain free life illicitly.

]]> http://www.theangrypharmacist.com/archives/2008/12/deck_the_halls_with_vicodin_an.html#comment-14888 Comment on The FDA obviously hates the public and needs to lay off the crack pipe. by Mr. Zog's http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAngryPharmacistComments/~3/UHg7OsR8dpU/the-fda-obviously-hates-the-public-and-needs-to-lay-off-the-crack-pipe.html Mr. Zog's Fri, 11 May 2012 08:07:22 +0000 http://www.theangrypharmacist.com/?p=1080#comment-14886 ..have a smileicon enema! ..have a smileicon enema!

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