"Any questions for the pharmacist?" the tech asked from behind the counter. I've been on this same medicine for two plus years, so I feel like a salty dog with it's use. I just shook my head and said, "Nope! I'm all good!"
Still, had I not been so familiar with this drug, I'd have had a lot of questions. Going to the pharmacy can be pretty intimidating for some. Insurance cards, co-pays, signatures, prescribing doctors, prescription slips, directions for the medication, tiny print, unfamiliar words - if I were elderly, there are tons of reasons why seeing the pharmacist could be a struggle.
By the tech asking, "Any questions for the pharmacist?" it opens a friendly door for conversation. This pharmacy seems to have this as their policy - not just the happenstance comment of an employee. With as much confusion as can be with drugs today, this makes lots of sense.
In fact, were I recommending a pharmacy to an elderly loved one, this is the first place I'd suggest. If nothing else, they make it easy for the patient to learn more about the medications they're on.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Who Benefits?
Jamie Allman is an investigative reporter back in my hometown of St. Louis. In the last several years, Jamie's claim to fame is no longer the investigative reporting, but sharing the truth about national and international situations. Basically, if it happens on earth, Jamie is going to get to the bottom of what iss REALLY going on.
Today, I happened across his blog, Allman's Electric Stove. You can search it out through:
www.971talk.com
One of his articles asks the question, "Who benefits?" He said in his time as an investigative reporter, the single best question one can ask during an investigation is, "Who benefits?"
Someday I'll probably write a book on how I don't believe in alturism(the idea one performs selfless acts for the benefit of another). I believe we can all have selfless feelings, but even the best act of chairity(that being anonymous) still gives the giver a good feeling about his/her deed.
Anyway, if you ask, "Who benefits?", I think you can get to the bottom of the story fastest(and I've thought this for years, Jamie just shortened it for me). When learning of leaks in the press, who benefits? Chances are, there's your culprit. When there's a crime committed, who benefits? When there's a political issue, who benefits?
And ya know what? Most people will never ask this question. And because of that, most guilty parties will get off scot free. This lacsidasical attitude on the part of we Americans is precisely why we're such lemmings when it comes to news.
What's that? You say you're not? Awesome! I don't think of myself as a lemming, either. But ya know what? Unless I ask some real pointed questions, I do, in fact, end up eating whatever the media machine pushes out. Sad fact of life...which is why I'll continue to try to self educate as much as I can. I hope you will, too.
Today, I happened across his blog, Allman's Electric Stove. You can search it out through:
www.971talk.com
One of his articles asks the question, "Who benefits?" He said in his time as an investigative reporter, the single best question one can ask during an investigation is, "Who benefits?"
Someday I'll probably write a book on how I don't believe in alturism(the idea one performs selfless acts for the benefit of another). I believe we can all have selfless feelings, but even the best act of chairity(that being anonymous) still gives the giver a good feeling about his/her deed.
Anyway, if you ask, "Who benefits?", I think you can get to the bottom of the story fastest(and I've thought this for years, Jamie just shortened it for me). When learning of leaks in the press, who benefits? Chances are, there's your culprit. When there's a crime committed, who benefits? When there's a political issue, who benefits?
And ya know what? Most people will never ask this question. And because of that, most guilty parties will get off scot free. This lacsidasical attitude on the part of we Americans is precisely why we're such lemmings when it comes to news.
What's that? You say you're not? Awesome! I don't think of myself as a lemming, either. But ya know what? Unless I ask some real pointed questions, I do, in fact, end up eating whatever the media machine pushes out. Sad fact of life...which is why I'll continue to try to self educate as much as I can. I hope you will, too.
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