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A still practicing out of town cardio thoracic surgeon walks up to the pharmacy counter with an rx pad in hand (yes, he travels 1000 miles cross country with his pad).
"I'd like to prescribe some chloramphenicol eyes drops for my wife, do you have any in stock?"
Me: "lol, what?!"
Him: "isn't that first line therapy for conjunctivitis?"
Me: "I think it's kinda frowned upon due to that whole blood toxicity thing. How about some tobramycin or do you want a combo with a steroid?"
Him: "isn't that only a concern for peds? Tobramycin is fine, it's not that inflamed, that's tobradex right?"
Me: "just write tobramycin 0.3%"
Him: "ummm...."
Me: "2 drops every 6 hours is fine"
"I'd like to prescribe some chloramphenicol eyes drops for my wife, do you have any in stock?"
Me: "lol, what?!"
Him: "isn't that first line therapy for conjunctivitis?"
Me: "I think it's kinda frowned upon due to that whole blood toxicity thing. How about some tobramycin or do you want a combo with a steroid?"
Him: "isn't that only a concern for peds? Tobramycin is fine, it's not that inflamed, that's tobradex right?"
Me: "just write tobramycin 0.3%"
Him: "ummm...."
Me: "2 drops every 6 hours is fine"