Doing a pharmacy epic update this week with a lot of spreadsheets with every iteration of every drug and learned the brand name for flurbiprofen is "Ansaid".

I know there a bunch of med names like that, maybe the most on the nose brand name ever?

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I did as well (with the n64 controller for the switch 2). I made it through the "hard" path on my first try but the fact that I somehow unlocked foot mode as a kid and how hard that seems now blows my mind

And I think in terms of the rationale for the 10 mg bid dose even being a thing, the reduced dose just seems to make more sense anyway

Joining this late, but have wondered this too. I always assumed to start at 5 mg bid in situations like that

Most of the "discounts" can't be used if you have Medicare as well.

I was thinking about this when I read that the dime is being changed so the eagle isn't holding an olive branch anymore.

The weird little things like this are so... Unsettling?

Action Is The Antidote To Doomscrolling Anxiety - Edward Norton EXTENDED INTERVIEW YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

This is a nice interview and makes me want to read Walt Whitman

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I think about this a lot in terms of going to a pharmacy school with a class of probably less than 10% white students and I think it did have a positive impact on me in terms of my satisfaction with my education

I don't know if this makes me hopeful or terrified

Insurance denied my patients semaglutide yesterday and suggested they use deferasirox instead in the denial letter so everything is going great.

Insurance denied my patients Wegovy PA with a letter saying the patient should use their preferred alternative of deferasirox instead.

That's a lot of iron the patient is going to have to poop out

By far the medication I have to do the most convincing to have someone take.

Same.

Although I did just change the ER tabs recently for someone getting irritation when it came out of their ostomy.

I think this cured my imposter syndrome

Mine is from the paper though!

This is their least convincing argument:

" First, the FDA has never been perfect, and even with a default requirement of two trials, the FDA has approved numerous products that were later found to have serious safety concerns or lack efficacy."

Some of the drugs on there are truly wild.

I didn't even know brandname Lopid even still existed

Meanwhile I can't bill for my patient visits but Medicare will still pay for acupuncture and chiropractor adjustments

Yea the idea that the current model of community pharmacy supports this at all seems so far fetched

Opinion | A solution to the doctor shortage could be just down the street Pharmacists in many states remain legally prohibited from providing care they are trained to deliver.

Yay for someone writing about this.

Although I feel like it leaves out us in ambulatory care.

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www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

I've heard patients allude to this.

The only real case of this I can think of is that influenza vaccination rates are a HEDIS measure so I guess that's an incentive for flu?

Had a patient ask if they should be worried about using an er potassium tablet while on Zepbound.

Is that a an actual consideration for anyone from a slowed gastric emptying standpoint or just a "theoretical" concerm ?

#medsky

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I think about this too often.

I also wonder if the "baby" aspirin impacts people's perception of risks when I compare it to people's thoughts about statins.

Meaning that I wonder if I said, "oh this is just a baby lipitor" I'd get more buy-in from patients.

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My library gives free nyt games subscriptions now and you can make your own wordle!

But drug names on not in the dictionary so any hope of med wordle is lost

You're invited to play a puzzle created by Pharmacy.
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All we talk about at work is how little the public knows about how bad it is now... Or how much worse it's going to get.

Friendly reminder for everyone

Does anyone in #pharmsky understand what all these stories about Medicare negotiating drug prices for Eliquis, jardiance, etc?

Is it changing the copays for Medicare patients, or just the "list price"?

‘That’s not me’: Dr. Gupta denounces use of AI to make fake product ads | CNN CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta speaks out after discovering scammers are using his likeness in AI deepfake videos and doctored images to sell bogus health cures and fake health products.

I've had three older patients in the last few months fall for the deep fake videos of Dr Gupta hawking memory supplements.

Two I only caught during a more in depth med Rec and got them to bring it up.

Are other people seeing this?

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Watching the ridiculous Red One on Amazon prime after watching Rudolph with the kids and I can't get over how much better of a Santa J.K Simmons is than in Rudolph

a man wearing glasses and a leather jacket says yeah yeah but your scientists were so preoccupied ALT: a man wearing glasses and a leather jacket says yeah yeah but your scientists were so preoccupied

I think about this all the time. I see it's use cases in medicine, even just in making doctor's notes better.

I just am skeptical that outweighs all the negatives, even with misinformation spreading alone.