A lady presents with a prescription for Cipro and Pyridium, they typical combination for a bladder infection.
She feels compelled to tell me she just got engaged, as if this was some sort of "excuse" for her needing these medications.
I gave her a professional, blank stare. We try to maintain some dignity for the patient, even if they don't appreciate it.
"Aren't you at least going to crack a smile?" she asks...
I am the Crazy RxMan, your local pharmacist... smart enough to be a pharmacist, insane enough to work retail!
5 comments:
Can you start doing the TMI dance? As pharmacists the types of meds you prescribe give you an indication of what is wrong. You don't need a verbal lashing in it. I really get a giggle of of a pharmacist doing a TMI dance when they hear too much information.
"I just fucked my fiance like a bunny rabbit"
*pause*
"What, you're not gonna smile?"
My mom once got "Hope everything comes out all right" when she bought a laxative. I think that pharmacist missed the 'sales with dignity' class to which you refer.
Even worse are those 55-plus fellas who "NEED SOME VIAGRA!" or whose "CIALIS PRESCRIPTION REALLY DOES THE TRICK!" Medical privacy?? No worries here!
Cipro is the go-to drug for UTIs? What crazy kind of resistance patterns do you guys have there?
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