Home meds in a hospital

One of the most frustrating things about the job I have now (and there are NOT as many frustrating things as in retail, etc…, I can tell you that!) is that when a patient is admitted into the hospital, he/she has a list of all the meds they take at home.  This list can be [...]

Another one bites the dust… (almost)

I have a dear friend in pharmacy that moved into retail solely because his job at X Company (long-term care) was eliminated.  I personally left the job prior to the massive overhauling of layoffs that ended up leaving a staff of twenty pharmacists to about 2 full-time and a couple of part-time pharmacists.  Sad, really.  [...]

Minnesota health system purges drug trinkets

By STEVE KARNOWSKI, Associated Press WriterSat Jan 19, 6:42 AM ET

When a Duluth-based operator of hospitals and clinics purged the pens, notepads, coffee mugs and other promotional trinkets drug companies had given its doctors over the years, it took 20 shopping carts to haul the loot away.
The operator, SMDC Health System, intends to ship the [...]

Baseball and steroids

I don’t know if Roger Clemens is guilty or not of using steroids.  If you look at old clips of him pitching the years that the Mitchell reports claims, maybe he looks puffier?  I don’t know.  Part of me feels bad for the guy because wonder if he is INNOCENT?  Either way, it seems to [...]

Live Claritin Clear

And have silicosis. The reason I write this is that there is a commercial on TV right now featuring the wonderdrug Claritin. This commercial features a sculptor of some sort banging on a statue and makes the comment that if “he were to sneeze, he might take the statue’s nose off.”  (It’s important [...]