Doctor Grumpy in the House: But does it treat syphilis?

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

But does it treat syphilis?

I'd like to thank a pharmacist, who I suspect wishes to remain anonymous, for sending in this allergy note that a patient handed her.

(click to enlarge)

14 comments:

dejafait said...: In fairness to pharmacists, it was likely a technician or intern that wrote that note. I know it's something I always delegate.; August 3, 2011 at 8:25 AM
Nadia said...: LOL; August 3, 2011 at 8:33 AM
Anonymous said...: Sounds like a rap song line "My penis illin' "; August 3, 2011 at 9:01 AM
Anonymous said...: Ok. Is it just me or was I the only one that giggled when I hit the "Click to enlarge)"?; August 3, 2011 at 9:16 AM
Anonymous said...: annonymous @ 8:16 AM -
thanks for pointing it out, guess you are not the only one now :D; August 3, 2011 at 9:29 AM
Packer said...: Freudian; August 3, 2011 at 10:23 AM
Anonymous said...: I'm allergic to it, and always have a hard time spelling it even though i have looked up the word several times.It doesn't help that most of the time, I'm in pain or with a killer headache for waking too early in the morning to my appointment before classes and missed my morning coffee .

penicilline...
penniciline...
penicillin...
...i could go on forever.; August 3, 2011 at 10:41 AM
Anonymous said...: does dejafait get that the pharmacist was laughing at the penis, er I mean mispelled word, and had nothing to do with writing it? It was handed to him by a patient. What is with these always appropriate boring pharmacy types?; August 3, 2011 at 11:06 AM
Jon said...: The penis mightier than the sword.; August 3, 2011 at 12:07 PM
Old MD Girl said...: It's called the hot beef injection.; August 3, 2011 at 4:43 PM
Catbird said...: Better that than vagisillin (my spell checker just had a seizure); August 3, 2011 at 7:26 PM
terri c said...: Does the patient still need birth control then?; August 4, 2011 at 2:06 AM
ArkieRN said...: Truthfully, how often does a medical professional write it out? I usually see PCN.; August 4, 2011 at 2:27 PM
Anonymous said...: Sounds like a good antibiotic for the gentleman who shot his trouser snake with the pink handgun...; August 11, 2011 at 1:07 AM

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