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Your Pharmacist May Hate You
drugmonkey.blogspot.com
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The answer as to why your prescription Takes so damn long to fill....and evidence of how drugstore workday life warps the mind.
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Something Of Interest To Every Walgreens Pharmacist Wading Through CVS Voice Mail Hell Right Now Tr...

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...

3 days ago

Jenny McCarthy Announces Wedding Plans.

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...

5 days ago

One This Ive Learned About CVS Employees. They Really Seem To Hate CVS.

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...

18 may 12

Lets Watch Pfizer, Eisai, And The FDA Take A Perfectly Reasonable Situation And Shoot It All To Hel...

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...

16 may 12

OK, So That Time I Wrote About CVS Getting Fined For Something Once A Month? That Was Supposed To B...

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...

15 may 12

Minnesota. The Ultimate Shangri-La. Who Knew.

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 ...

14 may 12

Another Nominee For The Lloyd Duplantis Of Gray, Louisiana "Worst Pharmacist Ever" Award.

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...

09 may 12

So, Im Pretty Sure This Guy Gets Some Sort Of Triple Crown Of Pharmacy Customer Award. A Quick Less...

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...

04 may 12

Counselling Tip Of The Day.

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...

03 may 12

Book Review Number 5. Remember When CIGNA Killed Nataline Sarkisyan?

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. ...

02 may 12

You Are A Healthcare Professional Committed To Patient Care And Service, At Least Until A Major Dru...

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 ...

25 apr 12

Free Market Medicine Wins Yet Again.

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...

21 apr 12

A Reheated Post As Current As Todays Headlines: My Counselling Session With Dick Cheney

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...

28 mar 12

Right On Cue, Heres This Months CVS Fuckup

“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...

26 mar 12

Highlights From Recent Pill Counting Action

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 ...

22 mar 12

Fun With Press Releases, Part One

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...

21 mar 12

Im Thinking This May Be A Bit Surprising To CVS Pharmacists.

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...

20 mar 12

Nations Journalists Give Up, Will Just Report Once A Month CVS Probably Fined For Something Again.

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...

14 mar 12

It Was Supposed To Be A Weekend Getaway. It Ended Up Looking A Lot Like A Day At The Pharmacy Count...

13 mar 12

The Giant Drug Chains Are Cheapening The Profession Of Pharmacy You Say? What Possible Evidence Do ...

President and Chief Executive Officer30 Hunter Lane    &n bsp;    &n bsp;  Thank you for your consideration of this matter. Sincerely,Richard J.  ...

12 mar 12

I Bet It Feels Good As A Consumer To Know Pharmacies Have Powerful Prescription Checking Software.

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...

10 mar 12

CVS Unveils Innovative Tool In The War On Cancer.

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 ...

05 mar 12

Another Gift From Me To The Profession. A Practical Way To Deal With Corporate Short Staffing.

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...

21 feb 12

You Know What Happens When You Put Off Asking A Guy About His Jar? You Can Lose The Chance. Forever.

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...

20 feb 12

Highlights From Recent Pill Counting Action.

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 ...

16 feb 12

My Favorite Lamp.

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...

07 feb 12

I Have No Idea How This Stayed Under My Radar For So Long. And You Walgreens Pharmacists Thought Th...

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...

06 feb 12

And Into The Deep Pool I Go. The Rhythm Of A Weekend Off.

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...

28 jan 12

Highlights From The Weeks Pill Counting Action. New Year, New Drugmonkey.

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...

19 jan 12

The Republicans Finally Prove Me Wrong.

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...

15 jan 12

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