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Latest blog posts from The Redheaded Pharmacist

Ode to the pharmacy technician
   I had one of those moments at work the other day.  Any pharmacist who has worked a day of retail knows what I am talking about right now.   It was one of those moments where I had failed to get a third party claim to process for a prescription I was trying to fill for a waiting...
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Published a day ago

Conn. Drug Heist Demonstrates Severity of Problem
    If there is any doubt in your mind about the extreme levels people will go to get prescription medications illegally or to the grand scale that the problem has reached just ask Eli Lilly & Co.   According to the Associated Press, Eli Lilly & Co.  suffered through a warehouse break-in...
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Published 3 days ago

A Nice Early B-Day Present!
   Well, my birthday is coming up very shortly.  I’m not happy about it and this year it seems it is really bothering me more that I am getting older for some reason.  But, I can’t stop my birthdays from coming so I guess I should make the best of them.   I don’t feel my age either so...
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Published 5 days ago

Can drug diversion really be stopped?
   Anyone that works in retail pharmacy in any capacity knows first hand that prescription drug abuse is as common as finding someone with a runny nose during cold and cough season.  Attention has been brought to the subject recently with the high profile death of actor Corey Haim.  According...
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Published 5 days ago

Personal Responsibility
   Personal responsibility seems like a simple concept.  It is one of those things that everyone should do at least occasionally.  It is our duty and it should be expected from everyone.  There should be a minimum standard that we all follow.  So why is it that personal responsibility is so...
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Published 6 days ago

Rookie Mistake!
  I admit it.  I don’t know what in the world I am doing with this blog and with this site.  I am like a fish out of water.  When I started this blog I just jumped in with a post about a price check for Viagra.  I had no idea what I was getting into.  And this weekend I made a critical...
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Published 6 days ago

Riding the wave where it takes me
   I’ve often wondered what it would be like to go surfing.  I’ve never been but it looks like it would be fun.  You seem to lose control when you are riding that wave into shore though.  I remember watching a surfing competition and they asked one of the contestants what is was like to...
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Published a week ago

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 a week 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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