Doctors and Stuff

The FDA obviously hates the public and needs to lay off the crack pipe.

5 May 2012·10566 words·50 mins

Submitted by a shitpot full of people, the FDA has gotten this wonderful idea to allow people (read: idiots) to buy Rx prescriptions OTC using a kiosk rather than a Doctor to issue the Rx.

The true story about Retail Pharmacists and Twitter Doctors

28 May 2011·6921 words·33 mins

Ive been asked on more than one occasion (by MDs), why the ‘Angry Doctors’ on Twitter have such a strong Pharmacist following.

EXTREME UNPROFESSIONAL MAKEOVER -or- PIMP MY UNPROFESSIONALISM

26 May 2011·2922 words·14 mins

I’m taking a break from my usual silence (I think i’ve flogged the welfare crackwhore/dumbshit patient enough) to comment on a few important points.

The MD’s guide to an RPh

11 August 2010·14052 words·66 mins

Lets face it, part of our jobs is dealing with Doctors of all shapes, sizes and colors.

Why help those who refuse to help themselves?

23 July 2010·8921 words·42 mins

There is a common saying that goes “You cannot help someone who will not help themselves”.

Most complex concept in medicine – the Do Not Substitute box

19 August 2009·10906 words·52 mins

I’ve ranted about how DAW-1s in the past, however a good chunk of “doctors” out there cant seem to understand exactly what it means when that “Do Not Substitute” box is checked.

Phone-in Rx’s for Dummies

19 April 2009·6499 words·31 mins

Dear Staff of Doctors Offices Everywhere,

Brain between your ears, not in the palm of your hand

22 March 2009·3395 words·16 mins

This entry is dedicated to all of the PA’s and NP’s out there who use a hand-held device (palm pilot, iphone, whatever) to dose medications.

Truth about DAW-1

12 December 2008·14360 words·68 mins

I really get angry when I see a DAW-1 on a prescription.

The woes of new prescriptions

16 November 2008·5516 words·26 mins

Lets face it, pharmacists are between a rock and a hard place when it comes to new prescriptions.

Paging Dr Dave… Your douche is ready..

18 July 2008·5244 words·25 mins

Out of your options for refusing to help with the current (non)

You’re either with us or … a huge douche!

17 July 2008·1898 words·9 mins

As you have read before, California instated a 10% cut for its Medicaid Rx reimbursement.

Paging Doctor Sandy Pants…

15 May 2008·2672 words·13 mins

The original post is here.

ATAP: Medication changes and how I deal with them

11 April 2008·1939 words·10 mins

I received this question from a doctor who frequents the site:

Glucose testing for fun and profit

14 March 2008·3086 words·15 mins

Why must people be obsessed with testing their blood sugar?

PA/NP/CNM/Janitors with Rx Authority

11 March 2008·4606 words·22 mins

Why is it that 9 out of 10 Rx’s with a huge glaring mistake are written by NP/PA/CNM/Janitors who somehow got prescriptive authority before the people who actually went to school to learn about drugs?

I hope all doctors don’t write this horrible.

1 February 2008·4129 words·20 mins

So some ignorant horrible spelling doctors decided to harass the *Angriest* Pharmacist over a rant I made about some idiot with 4 degrees who couldn’t write coherently to save his life.

Translated Drug Rep Speak

22 January 2008·1457 words·7 mins

You will only find this here at “The Angry Pharmacist(tm)”.

Dr “4 Degrees” and the Caps-Lock key eludes him

27 December 2007·4641 words·22 mins

Sometimes all I need to do is to just check my email for a laugh:

Paging Dr. Blackmail, Dr. Blackmail

28 November 2007·34034 words·160 mins

This is a topic that I know everyone in pharmacy knows about.

Dosing Amoxicillin is not Rocket Science

26 November 2007·2978 words·14 mins

All retail pharmacists see this on a daily basis.

The time for candy coating it is over….

28 September 2007·4300 words·21 mins

I’m tired of candy coating and being all “politically correct” about this issue, so I’m just going to come right out and be an asshole.

GSK – 1 / TAP – 0 and what patients will do for their pain pills

19 September 2007·1910 words·9 mins

Lets just say that I love generic Coreg.

ePrescribing – Why its STILL a bad idea

9 September 2007·2770 words·14 mins

With my earlier rant about how hard it is to read doctors’ handwriting, you would think that everyone would just jump on the ePrescribing band-wagon and fix this problem.