tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post8058557536946248720..comments2023-10-25T00:36:59.067-07:00Comments on FAST FOOD Pharmacy: Remember When...Filet-o-bitch RPhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02150522997875773024noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-74710507721877023932009-12-24T20:18:39.868-08:002009-12-24T20:18:39.868-08:00I may simply be too young of an RPh to remember th...I may simply be too young of an RPh to remember these times, but two specific ones stand out.<br /><br />1. Pharmacists were sane. Really? This was a persisting condition, and not just a fleeting grasp at reality?<br /><br />2. Patients were nice. Haha... That ranks up there with the tooth fairy, the Easter bunny, and WMD's in Iraq!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-90771354640805457812009-12-19T20:34:25.921-08:002009-12-19T20:34:25.921-08:00How about when you couldn't refill your prescr...How about when you couldn't refill your prescription if you didn't have the number because they were all on pieces of paper in a drawer somewhere and we wouldn't know what it was without it... <br /><br />(I didn't personally experience this, my prof in pharmacy school told us about it... I thought wow, we'd never fill any refills then!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-46032217636656834632009-12-18T12:01:50.039-08:002009-12-18T12:01:50.039-08:00It wasn't that long ago. (But, haven't the...It wasn't that long ago. (But, haven't there have always been<br />'junkies', just not as high a survival rate?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-49412868686151641192009-12-17T23:08:30.796-08:002009-12-17T23:08:30.796-08:00...sulfasalazine was salicylazosulfapyridine?
.........sulfasalazine was salicylazosulfapyridine?<br /><br />...phenytoin was diphenylhydantoin?<br /><br />...docusate was dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate?<br /><br />...Tagamet was the only H2?<br /><br />...Zomax dominated the NSAID world and was suddenly removed from the market?<br /><br />..Dimetapp, Actifed, Benadryl, topical hydrocortisone, and Motrin were Rx only?<br /><br />...you numbered prescriptions with this heavy metal object called a Bates Numbering Machine?<br /><br />...you could fill a prescription by just typing a label, putting the drug in a vial, figuring a price, and ringing it up for the patient (with nobody else around, total time from receiving the Rx to ringing it up would be faster than fast food)?<br /><br />...the average retail price for a prescription was $7.00?<br /><br />...you had to take hours to write up annual prescription receipts by hand?<br /><br />...cranking (yes, you read that right) your analog cash register during a power failure?<br /><br />..having hair on your bare skull? (Remember, I'm the OLE' Apothecary!)The Ole' Apothecaryhttp://oleapothecary.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-51446351348329324842009-12-17T17:50:56.323-08:002009-12-17T17:50:56.323-08:00Albuterol came in MDI's instead of HFA's.Albuterol came in MDI's instead of HFA's.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-50341818992480279812009-12-17T09:37:08.711-08:002009-12-17T09:37:08.711-08:00i am somewhat saddened about how many times i nodd...i am somewhat saddened about how many times i nodded 'yes'Ardosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17358367837849821728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-66409961259725972092009-12-17T08:56:05.625-08:002009-12-17T08:56:05.625-08:00Wow, I have only been out of school since 1997 and...Wow, I have only been out of school since 1997 and I remember most of those things. How truly sad we have become.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-65567497871046528112009-12-16T22:42:29.721-08:002009-12-16T22:42:29.721-08:00Im only 26 but I do remember those days, or maybe ...Im only 26 but I do remember those days, or maybe it was just the independent I worked for, either way, I long for those days!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-50222282637909257562009-12-16T11:16:25.818-08:002009-12-16T11:16:25.818-08:00actually, I don't really remember any of that...actually, I don't really remember any of that....Rachaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-82949765584149908392009-12-16T09:42:37.334-08:002009-12-16T09:42:37.334-08:00Great post Tasty!Great post Tasty!Filet-o-bitch RPhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02150522997875773024noreply@blogger.com