Because you may think its over, after youve pressed 3 for pharmacy, then 1 for pharmacy, then listened to that weird noise that sounds like someone drowning and a few minutes of sleepy-time classical...
ATLANTA, GA- In a joint appearance broadcast this afternoon on the E! network, former Playboy model and actress Jenny McCarthy announced her engagement to SMPX0001:CDCGA, one of two remaining smallpo...
I mean really hate CVS. Every company has its disgruntled and malcontents, and Ive found those types can be useful ones to seek out when Im writing about drugstore shenanigans. But man...
First off, a little tip. Any article that starts with the words: Four months before a best-selling Alzheimer’s drug was set to lose its patent protectionWill not end well. It just wont. No matte...
Tough thing about being a jokester though, is that real life often robs you of your material:VENTURA, Calif. (KABC) -- CVS Pharmacy has agreed to pay nearly $14 million to settle claims that it illeg...
From Fridays paper. I may have added a few things:ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Vikings moved to within a governors signature of getting a new $975 million stadium today after the state Senate approved a ...
If you dont know who Lloyd is or why he has the honor of having the "Worst Pharmacist Ever" award named after him, you should search the blog or buy my book. I would prefer you buy my book be...
Picking up some clonazepam, a sedative much like Valium he was. After asking if it was too soon to fill (which means he has been told before than a prescription he wanted couldnt be filled yet)Then a...
Found this in the official prescribing information for Topamax while looking something up:Other adverse reactions that occurred in more than 1% of adults treated with 200 to 400 mg of TOPAMAX® in pla...
I do. I wrote about it at the time and hope to never forget it. Nataline was a 17 year old California girl who fell seriously ill and needed a liver transplant. At least thats what her doctors said. ...
So, Ive decided this night that maybe Im a little too cynical. A bit jaded. A little too much of a glass half empty kinda guy. I mean, after all, in addition to being hot and smart and sexy and ...
NEW YORK- In a stunning defeat for a health care system that promises to cover every citizen at a cost but a fraction of that spent by its neighbor to the south, Canadian drugstore chain Jean C...
Original post air date, March 6th, 2007Bummer about your blood clot there Dick. You know, we may be on opposite sides of the ideological spectrum Mr. Vice President, well, more than that re...
“Nothing is more central to our health care operations than maintaining the privacy of plan members"Really. Kinda makes me wonder how well they do the jobs that *arent* as central to their health...
My Pharmacy Manager doesnt know how to kill herself very well. I said if worse came to worse I would just take a handful of phenobarbital and slip quietly into the good night. She said she would use ...
An actual press release that showed up in my email box. I have printed every word. I also may have added a few.Coach Silas is currently a professional basketball head coach and nominee for the Naismi...
Straight from the companys policy and procedure manual:10 PHARMACIST MEAL BREAKS10.1 Pharmacists Meal Breaks.10.1.1 Pharmacists are encouraged to take a break of 15 minutes for ever...
TAMPA, FL- At its national convention here today, The American Association of Business Journalists agreed that any story about leading drugstore operator a nd pharmacy benefits manager CVS/C...
President and Chief Executive Officer30 Hunter Lane &n bsp; &n bsp; Thank you for your consideration of this matter. Sincerely,Richard J. ...
Programs that can almost instantly pull up any potential problems with your prescription. Drug interactions, dosage problems, possible misuse, you know, that kind of thing.Sometimes though, you reall...
CHATHAM, NJ- In what CEO Larry Merlo described as an "exciting new development for the profession of pharmacy" CVS, the nations second largest drug retailer, today announced the beginning of ...
Weve all been there. Weve all looked up from our place behind the counter and seen a herd of screaming, foaming at the mouth barbarians. Chaos at the cash register. Anarchy at the in window. And a li...
Blogpost original air date: November 21, 2006. Update follows.The Melatonin Chronicles......Or Bizzaro Dream #2The bizzaro dream is coming, I promise, but first the necessary background:Detroit was g...
I was excited when I first heard of the 15 minute prescription filling guarantee, as the prospect of seeing outer space has always excited me. Visions of visiting distant galaxies and ...
I didnt think anything about giving him the ProAir inhaler really. Probably didnt even remember doing it 5 minutes after it happened. I knew the mans wife was bedridden and suffering from C...
You HAVE to let this video run until the talk of Walgreens starts. Or skip until around 3:25 in:The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archi...
Pharmacies are busy places, chaotic more than your average patron will ever realize. There are phone lines and fax machines, in windows and out windows and the big window in the middle that is neithe...
I dont know if its Zen or apathy, but a peaceful calm overcame me when the customer asked me if it was normal that his albuterol inhaler didnt work. A few weeks ago I would have felt the need to poin...
SACRAMENTO- In a stunning indictment of California tax policy, experts admitted today that the state stands to collect hundreds of millions of dollars from the widely anticipated initial public stock...
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