Comments on: Why Harriet’s Hemorrhoids Weren’t Getting Better http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/07/why-harriets-hemorrhoids-werent-getting-better/ A blog from inside the emergency department Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:19:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Redheaded Pharmacist http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/07/why-harriets-hemorrhoids-werent-getting-better/#comment-24253 The Redheaded Pharmacist Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:48:26 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=5247#comment-24253 No surprise those Anusols weren't working, lol. Let that be a warning to every doctor to be clear what route the medication should be given on any prescription your write. I have a story involving Viagra that is too disturbing to share but let's just say that it should be very clear on any prescription order that Viagra is a PO tablet! That is all I am going to say! BTW, enjoy this blog and I've added it to my blogroll! No surprise those Anusols weren’t working, lol. Let that be a warning to every doctor to be clear what route the medication should be given on any prescription your write. I have a story involving Viagra that is too disturbing to share but let’s just say that it should be very clear on any prescription order that Viagra is a PO tablet! That is all I am going to say! BTW, enjoy this blog and I’ve added it to my blogroll!

]]> By: girlvet http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/07/why-harriets-hemorrhoids-werent-getting-better/#comment-24068 girlvet Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:10:21 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=5247#comment-24068 oops gotta hate when that happens oops gotta hate when that happens

]]> By: ERP http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/07/why-harriets-hemorrhoids-werent-getting-better/#comment-24065 ERP Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:23:36 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=5247#comment-24065 Anusul! Meant for the rectum but tastes great too! Anusul! Meant for the rectum but tastes great too!

]]> By: AussieRN http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/07/why-harriets-hemorrhoids-werent-getting-better/#comment-23955 AussieRN Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:49:32 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=5247#comment-23955 And the scary thing is the order has been signed by the nursing staff for the past few days!!!! And the scary thing is the order has been signed by the nursing staff for the past few days!!!!

]]> By: AussieRN http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/07/why-harriets-hemorrhoids-werent-getting-better/#comment-23954 AussieRN Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:48:39 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=5247#comment-23954 We commonly get orders written for clexane to be given orally...Hmmm no I will not squirt the syringe in her mouth. Rewrite the order sunshine! We commonly get orders written for clexane to be given orally…Hmmm no I will not squirt the syringe in her mouth. Rewrite the order sunshine!

]]> By: CJ http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/07/why-harriets-hemorrhoids-werent-getting-better/#comment-23953 CJ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:39:21 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=5247#comment-23953 I could be wrong, but I believe you're not supposed to use any of the frequency abbreviations including QID, QD, and QOD. I could be wrong, but I believe you’re not supposed to use any of the frequency abbreviations including QID, QD, and QOD.

]]> By: Melissa http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/07/why-harriets-hemorrhoids-werent-getting-better/#comment-23952 Melissa Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:39:55 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=5247#comment-23952 When I worked in a pharmacy during the late seventies when I was in high school and college we had a woman who was addicted to Nembutal suppositories and our pharmacist had cut her off. It was pitiful-she used to come in and BEG. One Halloween we had these fake amputated fingers in the costume section. We wanted to freeze one and put it a dispensing box with a label and give it to her-insert one for sleep or anxiety. Weren't we mean? When I worked in a pharmacy during the late seventies when I was in high school and college we had a woman who was addicted to Nembutal suppositories and our pharmacist had cut her off. It was pitiful-she used to come in and BEG. One Halloween we had these fake amputated fingers in the costume section. We wanted to freeze one and put it a dispensing box with a label and give it to her-insert one for sleep or anxiety. Weren’t we mean?

]]> By: pharmgirl297 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/07/why-harriets-hemorrhoids-werent-getting-better/#comment-23949 pharmgirl297 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:28:05 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=5247#comment-23949 Come on, pharmacist! You should have caught that one! Come on, pharmacist! You should have caught that one!

]]> By: Steve http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/07/why-harriets-hemorrhoids-werent-getting-better/#comment-23947 Steve Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:42:39 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=5247#comment-23947 Careful...the Joint Comission will come after you for having "QD" written on a prescription...in addition to the wrong route...and the Q12 and QD written on it...jeez- whoever wrote this script didn't get much right! Mini-rant- so you can't use QD (daily) because people may think its QID (4 times a day) and get it mixed up...given that many more medications are dosed daily instead of 4 times a day why not get rid of QID instead of the infinitely more useful QD? The Joint Commission at your service, America... Careful…the Joint Comission will come after you for having “QD” written on a prescription…in addition to the wrong route…and the Q12 and QD written on it…jeez- whoever wrote this script didn’t get much right!

Mini-rant- so you can’t use QD (daily) because people may think its QID (4 times a day) and get it mixed up…given that many more medications are dosed daily instead of 4 times a day why not get rid of QID instead of the infinitely more useful QD? The Joint Commission at your service, America…

]]> By: Ben S http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/07/why-harriets-hemorrhoids-werent-getting-better/#comment-23941 Ben S Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:08:38 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=5247#comment-23941 Even being a "non-medical reader," Anusol is pretty self-explanatory. Even being a “non-medical reader,” Anusol is pretty self-explanatory.

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