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re: What exactly does a pharmacist do?
Posted on 3/7/22 at 1:27 pm to Topwater Trout
Posted on 3/7/22 at 1:27 pm to Topwater Trout
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now I am sure a computer flags any medications that could cause adverse reactions taken with another. So they count pills
Meh. Most patient medication histories are incomplete.
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Posted on 3/7/22 at 1:34 pm to Epic Cajun
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and for like 12 hours straight or some nonsense
serious question...why can they not sit while filling Rx
Posted on 3/7/22 at 1:35 pm to TDsngumbo
quote:exactly and like the guy above you posted the last line of defense, they are almost as or more important than doctors.
Ensure you’re given the right dosage of medication that mixes well with other meds you are on without killing you.
Posted on 3/7/22 at 1:40 pm to boosiebadazz
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Right, and I guess the pharmacist is just the last line of defense making sure you don’t take things that don’t interact well with one another
You are assuming that a patient has all of their Rxs filled at the same place.
My wife has a couple of life-long drugs she has to take and one of them is cheaper (by a lot) at Kroger and one is cheaper (by a lot) at HEB.
That's why you need to make sure the docs know everything you are taking...
Posted on 3/7/22 at 1:45 pm to Chicken
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it's on you to tell the other doctor all the medications you are taking...
Relying on that is a recipe for disaster. Even when they bring in a ziplock with all their medicine bottle in it there are still lots of potential issues.
Posted on 3/7/22 at 1:48 pm to OGM
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At least I can be confident that it's the correct count.
I swear my fiancées adderall script has been short before because she takes her prescribed dose yet some months runs out a few days before refill. I think they skim it knowing nobody checks behind it
Posted on 3/7/22 at 1:48 pm to boosiebadazz
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What exactly does a pharmacist do?
Posted on 3/7/22 at 1:52 pm to Wolfhound45
Push flu shots and vaccines on everyone for that sweet sweet government cheddar.
Posted on 3/7/22 at 1:58 pm to GatorH8r
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Push flu shots and vaccines on everyone for that sweet sweet government cheddar.
My favorite “reward” for being the store with the most flu shots given was the District manager would have to come work a shift in the pharmacy so they could endure the punishment of people screaming at us for stuff that’s not our fault
So stupid . They don’t know what the hell they’re doing and just in the way.
This post was edited on 3/7/22 at 2:04 pm
Posted on 3/7/22 at 2:00 pm to r0cky1
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I could not imagine a worse job. They have a nice salary but holy frick could you imagine sitting in the back of a CVS/Walgreens all day??
I worked on the retail side of a Rite-Aid in college and it did seem like the worst job in the store, but they were paid the most by a lot.
The pharmacists there (I assume it is the same for all the other big box pharma) didn't work "shifts" like the retail folks or the pharmacy techs. Like a shift for a tech would be like 9am-3pm and around 1 or 2 another tech would come in and work the night shift until close. The pharmacists would work open to close all day every day. They were never relieved and we had one guy who I never ever saw take a lunch break. shite was insane. He would count pills and talk on the phone ALL fricking day with only bathroom breaks as needed.
Posted on 3/7/22 at 2:12 pm to ElRoos
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Being a teacher in an EBR public school.
Only difference you don't have to work your arse off in college to get into pharma school then do that for 3 years and pay an absorbent(exorbitant) amount of money for grad school...to be in the back of a rite aid...and do that in EBR
This post was edited on 3/7/22 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 3/7/22 at 2:15 pm to boosiebadazz
Explain drugs, drug interactions, and side affects.
Count pills. Talk to insurance for approvals of medications.
Count pills. Talk to insurance for approvals of medications.
Posted on 3/7/22 at 2:15 pm to boosiebadazz
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What exactly does a pharmacist do?
Take 45 minutes to count out 30 pills.
Posted on 3/7/22 at 2:16 pm to r0cky1
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do that for 3 years and pay an absorbent amount of money
I understood what you were going for, but this still made me chuckle.
Posted on 3/7/22 at 2:20 pm to WG_Dawg
Not a speller!
Posted on 3/7/22 at 2:56 pm to Chicken
Not sure why but I thought pharmacies systems are basically linked or connected so that you can’t pharmacy hop say for narcotics.
This post was edited on 3/7/22 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 3/7/22 at 3:01 pm to boosiebadazz
Hospital pharmacy =/= retail pharmacy
Posted on 3/7/22 at 3:19 pm to Chicken
quote:Because doctors always get it right...so there shouldn't be another check in the system...
it's on you to tell the other doctor all the medications you are taking...
This post was edited on 3/7/22 at 3:54 pm
Posted on 3/7/22 at 3:31 pm to boosiebadazz
One I know plays whackamole with the TD admins and his alters. Other than that he spends a lot of time trying to convince us why a robot won’t take his job soon.
Posted on 3/7/22 at 3:34 pm to tiger91
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Not sure why but I thought pharmacies systems are basically linked or connected so that you can’t pharmacy hop say for narcotics.
Guess they could set that up to actually assist in patient care....but why would they do something to benefit the patient
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