So Javert is basically the best character in Les Mis

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nenilein:

Phoenix Wright wrote a book.

first i just saw the title and comment and i laughed but then i saw the author’s last name and, my god

millenniumtinnyrod said:

Bless your medicine fail tag. The "natural remedies~!" post was making me rage so hard omfg THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS WRONG WITH THAT IF YOU HAVE A UTI GO TO THE FUCKING DOCTOR. And after working in a pharmacy for a few years, I've discovered that if you have a cold, the best thing to do is to tough it out. You most likely don't need medicine. OTC don't work that well (some do help, but none are a quick cure). Just go home and sleep it out. Ughhh customers...

Aww, thank you! I MAKE SURE TO BITCH OUT ANY MEDICAL FAIL POSTS THAT COME ACROSS MY DASH. Haven’t had one in a while though, unfortunately.

Personally, I don’t advise over-medicating yourself (pharmacy school just makes you not want to take any medicine, ever), but sometimes I appropriate OTCs and left-over prescription meds when THE SITUATION CALLS FOR IT and I can’t just suck it up.

Like last week I got an internal style on the eyelid of one of my eyes and it swelled up half-shut overnight, so I very quickly attacked it with some left-over Vigamox I had in the house + bacitracin on the eyelid and ibuprofen q8h, and I brought the swelling down to a level where it was only noticeable if you looked closely in literally like a day. It completely resolved by day three. IT’S JUST SO AMAZING SOMETIMES! YOU KNOW HOW TO USE DRUGS! Like, you REALLY know how to use drugs, if you need to.

But I do agree with you. Like, Dimetapp for cold and flu that they have? With acetaminophen, chlorpheniramine, phenylephrine and dextromethorphan? For kids? COME ON DO YOU REALLY. When people ask me whether they should take DayQuil/NyQuil or something else for their fever, I just tell people to take a Motrin or Tylenol and go to sleep. MUCH CHEAPER AND EQUALLY AS EFFECTIVE.

Also can I just say how much I enjoy bitching about pharmacy stuff with you? It’s so awesome when you have someone THAT UNDERSTANDS YOUR PAIN.

discodick said:

I don't know how it works in America, but in Australia there are some over the counter medications that requires labelling and pharmacist okay (stuff like codeine combination products, salbutamol, thrush treatments etc) So my pet peeve is when a "behind the counter" staff member hands you the medication (some times already labelled by them) while there's a huge line of scripts to be filled and they've not asked anything relevant or helpful to determining therapeutic need, drug interactions, etc.

We have behind-the-counter stuff too (though codeine-containing combo products are prescription-only in my state). And just to make sure I’m understanding you correctly (I’ve had a LONG DAY and I’ve read your ask like THREE TIMES, I SWEAR), you get mad when someone like a cashier or a tech hands you (the pharmacist/intern) a medication for a patient that requires pharmacist verification without having made sure that the patient requesting the medication actually needs it/fulfills whatever requirements set by the law to obtain this medication?

I don’t work in a store (I wok in a hospital pharmacy), so I don’t really encounter things like that a lot. I’m only in stores during rotations so I am not 100% on how our behind the counter stuff works (some stuff requires ID and things like that, but they don’t need to be labeled aaand I need to start reviewing pharmacy law HA HA HA oh god), BUT YEAH, THAT WOULD ANNOY ME AS WELL. Can they even make the decision to label a behind the counter med for a patient if they haven’t okayed it with a pharmacist first?

Also HOLY SHIT YOU CAN GET SALBUTAMOL/ALBUTEROL WITHOUT A SCRIPT IN AUSTRALIA? Damn!