#rxproblem

The Solution To The #RXProblem

Pharmacy shelves of prescription medication. Photo courtesy: Julien Behal/PA Wire URN:21463902 (Press Association via AP Images) In a press release the CDC said that, “most people who abuse prescription opioid drugs get them for free from a friend or relative – but those at highest risk of overdose are as likely to get them from a doctor’s prescription.” “Many abusers of opioid pain relievers are…

OTC DRUGS vs. PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

Prescription drugs/medication and OTC medication side by side. Photo Cred: Antoinette L. Morris According to the FDA, OTC drugs are drugs that have been found to be safe and appropriate for use without supervision of a health care professional such as a physician. So what happens when accessibility leads to addiction? According to consumermedsafety.org, “medicine is a substance intended for use…

OPIOID PAINKILLERS: THE ADDICTION, THE EPIDEMIC

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, healthcare providers wrote 259 million prescriptions for painkillers in 2012, enough for every American adult to have a bottle of pills. Each day, 44 people die from an overdose of prescription painkillers in the United States. The CDC also states that a big part of the overdose problem results from prescription painkillers called…

Opioid Addiction: Whose Fault Is It?

Prescription drug bottles courtesy of Shutterstock, Infographic created by Antoinette L. Morris using Adobe Photoshop CC2015 The Center for Disease Control says that every day, 46 people in the U.S. die from overdose of prescription painkillers, and many more become addicted. According to the CDC, physicians are the leading source of prescription opioids for the highest-risk users. The CDC also…

What I learned today:

-- How to process orders, print labels, and send it to the pharmacist properly (wooooo! I’m like a technician)

-- Studied Anti-HTN drugs and DVT/PE treatment drugs

-- Learned what THR and TKR mean (and let the pharmacist know haha)

-- I was faster unpacking the order.

-- Learned a little about  putting in an order... however that was harder to understand because she was so fast

-- Finished my compounding section and almost done the “patient interview”

What I would like to work on:

-- Inhaler counseling (might look over that tomorrow since the pharmacist tomorrow doesn’t help me with my booklet)

-- Reading orders that are handwritten