I thought the antibiotic that I took for 5 days would take of the UTI and the bronchitis.

Yeah, they respond to different anti-biotics, which sucks. I've been there! Sorry you are there now.

Stabby stabby. I have to edit an opinion piece on how pharmacists who refuse to dispense legally prescribed drugs that they object to, but then are forced to because of laws and regulations, are OPPRESSED and made to live "double lives" with their "personal morality" at home and a "fake, allegedly neutral morality" at their job.

The author goes on to whine about how pharmacists' rights are being trampled under patients' rights to autonomy and self-determination in their own healthcare. No, seriously.

Honestly, I'd have less of a problem with this moralizing whiner if she weren't so utterly dismissive of "patient autonomy" and the patient's right to obtain a legally prescribed drug.

She also complains that regulations state that if a pharmacist objects and doesn't want to dispense the drug, she cannot tell the patient why she's objecting. Well, YEAH. Because the patient doesn't give a shit about YOUR FUCKING ISSUES.

(This is a Canadian pharmacist, BTW. Apparently they're more oppressed there than in the US.)

If you're a Buddhist vegan, don't go to work in a steakhouse.

If you have a goddamn problem dispensing legally prescribed drugs, then don't become a pharmacist. It's really that simple.

All I really want to write on the manuscript is "Cry more, emo pharmacist!"

t edit But Cake just came on the radio -- and I'm at home, where I'm ALLOWED to listen to the radio -- so that's cool. Plus, I'm finished with the article. So woot.

Let me guess, the drugs she's bitching about being forced to dispense aren't, like, viagra or antibiotics, right?

No, no. I didn't think so.

She made an effort at sounding all high-minded by saying that a pharmacist should be allowed to object to dispensing an overdose of a cardiac drug, or a drug the patient is deathly allergic to, etc.

Well, yeah. Because that's a matter of therapeutic efficacy, you dumb bint.

And it's disingenuous, because if there's been a court case where a pharmacist refused to dispense an excessive dose of blood thinner because it would make someone bleed to death, but then the pharmacist was fired, I sure haven't heard it.

So -- nice try, but total straw man.

total straw man.

An incredibly lame and sucky straw man, who makes all other straw men feel better about themselves, because they realize at least they're not that lame-ass pharmacist straw man.

I hope Canada keeps oppressing its pharmacists!

Which reminds me, some Canadian friends, who have lived in the US for the past 15 years or so have been going through the process of applying for citizenship. At the last meeting where they had to show up in person, the naturalization person told them they "already look like citizens."

Well, yeah. Because that's a matter of therapeutic efficacy, you dumb bint.

Also? That's a professional objection, not a moral one.

ETA: Which is to say, when my doctor said "You cannot take this BC because it will fuck you up." It was not the same as saying, "I will not prescribe you BC because I don't want to be a party to killing widdle babies."

"Cry more, emo pharmacist!"

I'm going to want to say this all day long, but I don't think anyone around me will get the context.

I love when Teppy gets her rant on. It's always funny and smart and inspires much vervent nodding in agreement on my end.

and her father is not a Christian

Again, very similar to God.

We're having Pi Day Friday today at work. It's yummy.