Doctors....

Went through a "Hillarious" Night in the pharmacy....

Guess What.....
A doctor prescribed Movicol half for a kid which DOES NOT have any constipation but experience pain when he wees....

I think even the shop girl would question what Movicol have to do with painful urination?

So after talking with the kid's mom.... I let Janice know and she called the doctor...

Guess how did the doctor respond?????

She was extremely RUDE and Told her that we pharmacists are questioning her diagnosis.... and hung up immediately.....
So Janice told what happened to the mother..... and let her know that Movicol is used for constipation relief and if the child is not constipated at all it wouldn't do anything....

Afterwards the mom actually left the store and SURPRISINGLY......
That doctor called back.....

She complained for THREE minutes non-stop.... How amazing was that? She didn't even gasp for breath......
We were there turning on the speaker and let her babbled for the AMAZING THREE minutes....

Guess what she said....

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You pharmacists do not respect me!!!!
You questioned my diagnosis!!!!!
If it were a wrong dose, Fine let me know that's your area and I respect that!!!!
But what do you know about the patient history?
You don't respect me!!!!
If I gave out a prescription you are supposed to give out the medications!!!!
I am a professional and I know what I am doing!!!!!
You might have all those knowledge about pharmacology and I acknowledge that!!!!
But what do you know about Diagnosis?
What do you know about Medicine?
You don't respect me!!!!

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That's roughly what she said and the best part was.... she said Thank you and hung up afterwards....

Janice and I were laughing..... when she complained......
Couldn't believe she had so much free time.... ha6
I mean like what's the point of calling back and yell at us????

Newai what I to let that doctor know (and those of you doing MBBS, if you read my blog...)

We are PHARMACISTS and we are PROFESSIONALS as well....
Yes we don't do much of diagnosis.... BUT we are NOT dumb...
We know about our stuffs and therefore the indications....
And therefore it is our role and obligation to find out your reasoning if we think that the medicine is not used appropriate....
By the end of the day it is the patient's outcomes that matters!!!!!


We NOT only do Pharmacology we also do clinical applications of medicines and Quality Use of Medicines (QUM), which I believe you know very little about, amongst others....
We are Pharmacist NOT Pharmacologist!!!!! See the difference?
Dose? You think we are Calculators or something?
We don't spend our FIVE years calculating doses or dispensing medications....
Even the SHOP GIRLS can do that within weeks if training is provided!!!!


You are a proffesional.... True!!! But you don't act like one.... do you?
Ask yourself is that how a professional behave?


We DON'T know about medicine...
Excuse me.... But correct me if I am wrong....
We are the MEDICINE EXPERT!!!!!
How could you ask us what we know about MEDICINE????


What do you know about MEDICINE?????
Do you know what Movicol is? It's PEG miss doctor....
Do you have any idea what will happen if a normally functioning bowel is given such large amount of water retention agent? Not to mention that the boy is only FOUR years old.....


Please Miss Doctor (and all the future doctors if you read this)....
We are health professionals and we should work together....
We are not inferior to you and neither are you.....
As I mentioned previously.... It's for the Patient's Sake!!!!!