September 26, 2016 • Prescription Drugs
This post is a continuation of our little series of commonly confused medications in the retail pharmacy setting. The series is...
September 3, 2016 • Pharmacy Operations • Prescription Drugs
Having worked in the retail pharmacy atmosphere for over 20 years, and having trained (or ruined?) more pharmacists and technicians than I...
August 22, 2016 • Prescription Drugs
dropcapB/dropcapefore I begin this post I want to make it clear that I do NOT in any way work for the manufacturer (Teva) of the newest...
August 8, 2016 • Prescription Drugs
This is the second post in a little series of commonly confusing drugs in the retail pharmacy setting. The first post was on the often...
August 1, 2016 • Prescription Drugs
I’m going to begin a little series of posts, though they won’t be consecutive, on commonly confused or mixed up drugs in a...
July 30, 2016 • Prescription Drugs
If the conversation has happened once, it has sadly happened a million times: Patient: “Hi, my name is Mr. Smith, I’m here to...
April 28, 2016 • Prescription Drugs
dropcapW/dropcaphile opioid abuse, overdose and death are undoubtedly a growing problem in the U.S., there seems to be another side to the...
December 3, 2015 • Prescription Drugs
dropcapO/dropcapn any given morning I can open up my laptop and find probably half a dozen articles on our opioid abuse problem going on in...
January 14, 2015 • News • Prescription Drugs
“You’re gonna eat lightnin’, and you’re gonna crap thunder” shouted Mickey, Rocky’s boxing coach, as he pushed his pupil to...
December 31, 2014 • Prescription Drugs
When it comes to gaining weight most of us have no shortage of excuses. However, the truth is that slimming down IS harder under certain...
The Honest Apothecary is the blogging home of pharmacist Jason Poquette. My career has included work in retail pharmacy management, managed care and outpatient hospital pharmacy.
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