Wednesday, October 5, 2011

More reasons I use Rogaine

Dr. Grumpy: "At your last visit you switched to generic Noshakes. How's it been working for you?"

Mr. Ictal: "I need to go back to the brand name. I've had 3 seizures in the last week."

Dr. Grumpy: "That's not good. Let me write you a new prescription."

Mr. Ictal: "Okay. I need one. I ran out of all my pills 2 weeks ago, and haven't taken any since then."
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12 comments:

  1. RickOctober 5, 2011 at 8:10 AM

    The best part of this story is the brand name NoShakes. I cracked up.

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  2. Mad Pharmacy TechOctober 5, 2011 at 8:43 AM

    I love when people sit there and tell us they *NEED* brand name or it doesn't seem to work, then you find out they hadn't taken the pills in a while because they ran out.

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  3. Sarah GlennOctober 5, 2011 at 8:54 AM

    Did he just not call when he needed a refill, or does NoShakes have a street value?

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  4. ER's MomOctober 5, 2011 at 10:27 AM

    At least Rogaine is OTC now for you...
    ;)

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  5. AnonymousOctober 5, 2011 at 10:47 AM

    HAIR CLUB FOR MEN!

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  6. PackerOctober 5, 2011 at 10:59 AM

    I come here to laugh, not to cringe, please give me a funny one this week, no one that makes me want to hide in the basement.

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  7. Li'l AzathothOctober 5, 2011 at 12:15 PM

    "You just don't have any idea how humiliating it's been down at the country club. Every time I took out my pill bottle, people snickered and called me 'Mr. Generic' and made all sorts of cruel jokes about how I probably drive a Camry and buy my clothes at Macy's and drink 12-year-old Glenfiddich, and they wouldn't let up until I was in tears. I just couldn't take it anymore."

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  8. AnonymousOctober 5, 2011 at 12:36 PM

    Some "here" today, and even more "here" gone tomorrow (depending on your patient load of course).

    Do you have any normal patients? It might be fun to hear about them?

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  9. X-Ray chickOctober 5, 2011 at 2:24 PM

    Never a normal day for you eh doc?

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  10. AnonymousOctober 5, 2011 at 3:37 PM

    Pity you can't write him a scrip for Common Sense while you're at it...

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  11. MockingbirdOctober 5, 2011 at 6:05 PM

    I'm starting to think you make these self obsorbed birds up.

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  12. AnonymousOctober 6, 2011 at 1:41 AM

    Had to think of something quickly to distract you when he thought you might scold him for not taking his medicine if he mentioned straight up he needed a script because he'd been without?

    Brand? Generic? (At least he didn't say anything about being allergic to pink tablets, and only could take little blue-odd-shapes?)

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So wadda you think?