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!
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.
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"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.
ReplyDeleteEven worse are those 55-plus fellas who "NEED SOME VIAGRA!" or whose "CIALIS PRESCRIPTION REALLY DOES THE TRICK!" Medical privacy?? No worries here!
ReplyDeleteCipro is the go-to drug for UTIs? What crazy kind of resistance patterns do you guys have there?
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