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Latest blog posts from The Redheaded Pharmacist

Personal Beliefs vs. Professional Responsiblities
    I stumbled upon this story the other night about a U.K. pharmacist that apparently refused to fill a prescription for a customer because of their personal religious beliefs.  The story involved a middle aged woman that went to this pharmacy to fill a prescription for oral...
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Published 4 days ago

Is that the right bottle?
  I had a situation at work the other day that scared me.  I was filling a prescription for a patient and went to the shelf to grab the stock bottle.  As I went to the spot to pick up the drug hydroxyzine someone had placed a hydralazine bottle behind the first hydroxyzine bottle on the...
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Published 6 days ago

What’s in a name?
   I had something at work happen to me recently that I think many people can relate to so I thought I’d share it with everyone today.  I want to share a pet peeve of mine I’ve had for quite a while.   Today I want to talk about names.      When people come pick up or drop off a...
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Published a week ago

The Healthcare Reform Soap Opera continues!
   The average Jerry Springer show has less conflict, drama, and theatrics than what is being displayed by Congress right now with this latest push for healthcare reform.  Bring together all the writers for Saturday Night Live and they couldn’t come up with a skit that was more bizarre than...
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Published a week ago

I Wonder…
   I’m one of those people that have a lot of ideas and thoughts just floating around in my head.  Some of them I have no idea where they came from but they are there.   Some of them result from things I see and experience while at work.   I can’t help but to wonder…. … where the...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Open Invitation For Topic Requests, Comments, or Questions
   I thought about something the other night as I read a comment to one of my previous posts.   In response to a post I had about last minute shoppers and “emergencies” a reader requested that I share about the topic of STD patients.  I will try to get to your request soon sammas.  This...
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Published 2 weeks ago

I must have a super immune system
   How is it possible that I do what I do for a living and not get sick all the time?  It is a miracle considering the fact that the nature of my job involves dealing with sick people all day long.  The things I see at work would make me believe that I should be constantly sick with at least...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Stop yelling at me on paper
  Ever seen a shouting match happen entirely on a 3 X 5 note card?  I have at work once.  It was a “normal” day at the pharmacy or as normal as it ever is going to get in retail pharmacy until a car pulls into the drive-thru.  There were two people in this car and apparently the...
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Published 2 weeks ago

The Hard Life of the Prescription Hardcopy
      “What happened here?” is what I thought to myself as I was handed a hardcopy of a Percocet prescription from a technician the other day.  It had been partially shredded and was on the verge of falling apart.  Ok, maybe not that bad but there were several pieces missing from the...
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Published 2 weeks ago

It’s An Emergency!
     How many times have you heard this come out of a patient or customer’s mouth at work:  “it’s an emergency.”  Now think about how many of those times were actual emergencies.  Yeah, it’s probably a low percentage at best.   But it happens all the time at work.  And it gets...
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Published 3 weeks ago

Healthcare Reform Efforts Heat up again in Congress with the release of “The President’s Plan”
  Well, it appears the healthcare reform bell is being rung loudly again with the release this morning of The President’s Plan by President Obama.  This proposal seems to be an attempt to combine older House and Senate versions with a few new twists just to keep things interesting for...
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Published 3 weeks ago

Mail Order Pharmacies, Good or Bad?
     What to make of the mail order pharmacy?  Are they the cost cutting convenience options for patients like the pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and insurance companies would want you to believe?  Are they simply a no service option that could put patients at risk?  Do they have a...
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Published 3 weeks ago