Customer-of-the-Day Award goes to the woman who returned a vial of Norco that another customer dropped in the parking lot. (!) That restores my faith in my fellowkind!

Customer Quote of the Day: "My wife has been my best friend for 36 years. You guys better take good care of her." <3 <3 <3. We will do our best.

For the want of a button....

My work uniform is my White Pharmacist Coat. It takes a beating. I spill cough syrup. I dribble coffee. I drip pizza sauce. It has a permanent gray shadow from the ink of the prescription labels. My once pristine honorable White Pharmacist Coat has multiple ink scars. It has frayed cuffs but only on the bottom portion of the cuff that rubs on the counter for 10 hours a day. This probably describes every pharmacist's White Coat. My White Pharmacist Coat is special because it is always missing the middle button. I stand the exact height to where the middle button is level with the edge of the counter and it is only a matter of time before pop goes the button. My technicians and I scour the floor to find the escaped button and I put the button in a vial where I collect all the escaped buttons, countless in number after these 22 years in practice. Today I decided that I need the Buttoneer, that gadget sold on tv in the wee hours of the morning, to reattach my buttons. (Nobody should be subjected to the pharmacist's belly). I looked online to see where I can purchase a Buttoneer to restore the integrity of my White Pharmacist Coat. Amazon has everything! But for that price I think I will shop around.

Note to self: Don't go "romping in the snow" with loose Valium tablets in my pocket. I will lose them and my doctor and pharmacist will neither believe me nor give me more. :(

Heard on an anesthesiologist's voicemail menu: "press 7 if you want to hear a duck quack". I did want to hear that and the duck did quack. :)

May I have generic please?

One of my favortie little old ladies was concerned about the rising price of her medication, which is a branded blood pressure medication. I suggested that she discuss this with her doctor at her next appointment and they can switch to a drug that is available generically. This is what I got back.

"Please dispense ethylmethyl aminoethoxymethyl 4-2chlorophenyldihydro6methylpyridinedicarboxylate monobenzenesulphonate. Same sig and Q."

5 stars to those of you who can name this drug.

Question of the day: Can my daughter pay for my drugs with her food stamp debit card from another state?