tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post4771387664984824662..comments2023-12-19T00:39:30.338-08:00Comments on Crazy RxMan: Hey Doc, this is POINTLESS!Crazy RxManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077488214299929481noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-15536510800617769112015-12-21T07:27:38.579-08:002015-12-21T07:27:38.579-08:00This is all too true. I used to work for a doctor ...This is all too true. I used to work for a doctor who was very generous with controlled scripts, we had more than the average amount of abusers at that practice and this does not apply to normal patients. The following took place multiple times each day:<br /><br />Patient got Rx for whatever narcotic qXh prn (doctor's favorite letters of the alphabet were P,R, fucking N)<br />Patient interprets "as needed" to mean whatever they want it to<br />15-20 days later patient runs out<br />Patient calls in for an early refill<br />I (the nurse) say nope, that's not allowed<br />They insist<br />I ask doctor<br />Doctor says nope<br />Patient says "but it said take as needed"<br />I try to explain and create a 5-10 minute phone conversation for myself each time<br />In the end patient still repeats "but it said take as needed"<br /><br />Every damn time. <br /><br />Seeking patients never learned because they thought this was some kind of magic loophole to be used to their advantage and the doctor never learned to stop writing PRN on 99% of the prescriptions. "IF needed" on narcotics might help but doctors will not write that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-62163352224535963512015-12-19T10:41:25.102-08:002015-12-19T10:41:25.102-08:00Pain meds to dispose of? What is this dispose, of ...Pain meds to dispose of? What is this dispose, of which you speak?jbt369https://www.blogger.com/profile/03787445081307019765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684250999334358862.post-80576494520438141352015-12-19T09:57:36.267-08:002015-12-19T09:57:36.267-08:00Take heart, dear medicine man! Some folks (like ev...Take heart, dear medicine man! Some folks (like everyone in my immediate and extended family) don't want to take it all, but live quite a ways from town and even further from a 24-hour place. So when surgery is had (or some other unfortunate event occurs), we fill the RX just in case the nighttime pain is too bad, end up taking, at most, two half-doses (since all of us feel like crap when we take them), then have a bottle of pain meds to dispose of. Live on the other side of the coin, ha! Have a good one. DebAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com