Dear Pharmacist
I understand rules, regulations, and safety.
I understand lawsuits, protecting the Employee, General Safety Precautions.
Et Cetra, Et Cetra.
What I DO NOT understand, however, is this:
I have to sign a waiver to get a generic (non safety) cap on my medication.
Medication, may I add, that I take for Psoriatic ARTHRITIS.
I can't hold the pen and sign the frigging form without taking the medication.
Which I CAN NOT OPEN BECAUSE OF SWOLLEN, ARTHRITIC HANDS.
You, sir, are a frigging moron.
I understand lawsuits, protecting the Employee, General Safety Precautions.
Et Cetra, Et Cetra.
What I DO NOT understand, however, is this:
I have to sign a waiver to get a generic (non safety) cap on my medication.
Medication, may I add, that I take for Psoriatic ARTHRITIS.
I can't hold the pen and sign the frigging form without taking the medication.
Which I CAN NOT OPEN BECAUSE OF SWOLLEN, ARTHRITIC HANDS.
You, sir, are a frigging moron.
Labels: health
posted by rennratt at 10:03 PM
11 Comments:
I'm a biter...I bite things off with my toofers.
Maybe that's why I have dental problems? LOL...
I agree that it's pretty shitty to have to go through that but you know how it is...people are sue crazy and everything is a liability anymore.
Genius.
Maybe you should tell the man that if were to cause you no pain, you would shove the clause, pen and non-safety cap so far up somewhere that he would need his own pain medication.
I hate him and all the people who think of rules like these.
Without rules there would be ANARCHY!! ANARCHY I TELL YOU!! With that said he should have put the pen in your mouth and let you sign with an X. Sorry to hear about the painful joints.
It's not the pharmacist making the rules. Also, the person behind hte counter might not even BE a pharmacist. It's weird, and those rules are stupid, but somebody somwhere higher up the corporate (read: legal) food chain must have had a reason for this.
My friends who are pharmacists think it's stupid too.
It's not stupid. It's defensive, and properly so in this crazy-ass, don't-blame-me society.
If anyone thinks that the Pharmacy hasn't been sued for some person's dog/cat/kid/monkey getting into a non-secured cap after the patient specifically requested one... think again.
In my Father-in-Law's town, they're trying to pass a law to force people to install pool covers on their pools AT ALL TIMES (except when specifically in use), because a kid got out of his house (his parents didn't notice), traveled two blocks, climbed a huge fence, and then fell into a pool and drowned.
It's a tragedy, but not one that can be remedied through requiring additional safety equipment on private property. Argh.
Sorry about the pain (and the pharmacy pain in the arse). I bring my meds home and then dole them out into a weeklong thingy, otherwise I'd forget to take them.
I'm with Rich here -- blame the trial lawyers. And a system that allows a burglar to sue a homeowner when he fell through the homeowner's roof.
What a shame for you, though. I wonder if maybe the doctor could specify something on the prescription next time around.
This is what comes of a complete lack of torte reform in this country.
Tort? Torte?
You see why it needs reforming?
Its just a CYA gesture - no safety cap..there's a chance children could get into the medication and then they would get their asses sued.
Everyone who reads this blog knows that Nooze is smarter than that, though. I don't even know her and I know she's too smart to mess with medications.
Want me to tit punch everyone in that pharmacy? I could totally do that, and then we'll see who gets the child proof caps, motherfucker.
Hmmm...we were able to get regular caps on our meds, but we have no young children in the hosue. Maybe it's because you have a daughter?
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