National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

JULY 12, 2023

Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic and other issues in our profession have placed increased demands on pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in providing patient care. One challenging situation facing pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, patients, and inspectors is pharmacy working conditions.

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The Happy PharmD

JANUARY 4, 2023

They wanted to give him a controlled substance for pain upon discharge. They wanted my pharmacy to fill the prescription. Who was writing the prescription for this controlled substance? In order to write a prescription for controlled substances for a discharged patient, a physician must have a DEA number.

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The Happy PharmD

APRIL 26, 2023

These were the problems my girlfriend and I experienced with Dexamethasone oral solution: The pharmacy does not carry Dexamethasone oral solution. Dexamethasone oral solution is not a narcotic or controlled substance. It is not a product that a pharmacy would be scared to have on its shelf (due to theft). Excuse me?”

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The Nontraditional Pharmacist

AUGUST 19, 2019

Company that focuses on improving pharmacy workflow by providing automated medication management solutions. So currently I work as one of the project managers and QA engineers for Kit Check, where I primarily work on Bluesight for controlled substances and I’ll go definitely go down exactly what that is.

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