Be nice to your pharmacist

Be nice to your pharmacist.

So here's another one of my pet peeves during consultations along with the ppl talking on cell phones. (At least they know to hang up since I would just stand there and stare at them until they do). I hate those teenage girls who give me attitude during consultation. Oh my God, I'm going to be late for the mall trip with my bff. Maybe I won't just tell you that if you take any alcohol with the metronidazole you're taking, you'll be throwing up all day long. Don't tell me you'll read the fuckin' med guide yourself. If you can't spare 2 minutes to listen to me, I doubt you're gonna spare 10mintues reading all the fine prints.

What's even more annoying is when these stupid bitches give me attitude when I'm giving consult for their parents' drugs TO THEIR PARENTS. Excuse me. Am I even talking to you? No, I'm talking to your parents who actually want to know how to take their meds.

Kids nowadays should get sent to military school for a semester.

Another busy day at work

So today was sooooooooo busy at work. I almost had a breakdown from trying to answer phone calls, deal with discharge consults, deal with refills issues. I promised someone that I would call them back about their Atenolol prescription, but I lost his number o_O ((I'm so sorry Mr. Patient. I was totally trying to call you back!!!))

We need way more staff (esp. clerks, and techs, and pharmacists. Hell, just hire more people in all departments).

Also I had a bitch patient gave me attitude during consultations. Man, teenagers nowadays.

Lessons learned:
- Refill remainings: PRN = keep filling until 1 year after original date of prescription.
I had no idea you can have that. When the Target pharmacist told me refill remainings = PRN, I was like "huh? wtf is that?"
Pharmacist: do you know what PRN means?
Me: uh...as needed...
Pharmacist: ok...it means you fill until 1 year after original date of prescription
Me: ooooohhhhhh...hahahaha, sorry, I'm an intern...
Pharmacist: *suddenly becomes nicer once he realizes I'm an intern* hahaha, it's okay.

- Nor-QD + Ibuprofen +/- Vicodin/Percocet picked up by a guy = this guy's wife just had a baby. Ask him 'bout the baby and he would tell you how much the baby weighs and may possibly show you pictures from his cell phone.

- Need to practice my Spanish. It sucks when I have to wait for a tech to do Spanish translation 'cause I don't know how to say "Are you sure your daughter is not allergic to Amoxil 'cause it says here she got rashes."

Anyway, I start to be able to answer patient's questions now without having to run back and ask the pharmacist, which is kinda cool. Provided that most of the time the questions are about Vicodin and I dispense/consult them at least 50x a day.

Another day at work

zomg, today got really busy at work. The filling line was fine, but the take in and pick up lines were way out the door. Good thing we have a lot of clerks working today.

Had to do a consultation in Spanish for Keflex. I was like uh...Tome una capsula (is that Spanish for capsule?) cuatro veces al dia. Necesita terminar todos. [Take a capsule 4 times a day. You need to finish everything.] Tiene una alergia a una medicacion (I guess I should have used medicina)? [Do you have any allergy to a medication?]

Wow, I feel semi-proud of myself.

Good day at work-ish

So yeah, today was really busy when I first got to work. This lasts until about 3PM. After I went to lunch at 3, it was all nice and slow. I even had time to RTS!!!

Good stuff:
- No one yelled at me either V^_^
- Got to see my favorite pharmacist who I haven't seen in months! (She actually helped me feel better 'bout my failing out of pharm school blues)
- Ppl were nice overall.

I also learned that Metformin can be used off-label for polycystic ovary syndrome too. That is so weird. I didn't know you can use it for something other than Diabetes.

Also learned that Diabetic kids can't simply take any cold medication due to the sugar and the pseudoephedrine which converts glycogen to glucose (and raise their blood sugar). Fun stuff.

Yesterday I went to APE in San Francisco. It was nice to see the Nemu-nemu ppl again and met this guy who's on Youtube (that was kinda cool). Helped the Nemu-nemu ppl sell their stuff 'cause my friend and I had nothing better to do. Hopefully, I see these ppl again at Fanime. APE is cool, it's just not really my genre. I don't really read comics. Like the manga style more. But since we walked 6 blocks in the rain from the BART station, I figured we might as well stay there for a little while.

Halloween was on Friday. I dressed up as Konata from Lucky Star. However, 99.9% of the ppl I met thought I was Sailor Mars :( grrrrrr. I was planning on going to Anime Club Halloween Party but since I didn't study at all on Friday and Saturday, I'm gonna need to catch up tonight.