Can You Believe There Is a Flu Shot Song!

There is a flu shot song out now called hit me with a flu shot. It is a Pat Benatar parody to her hit song Hit Me With Your Best Shot. This song was floating around the emails at a pharmacy. Has it really come down to this about vaccinations? I cannot believe there is a song about it. Here are the lyrics to the song:
What you're a real tough virus with a long history
Of changing into forms that are hard to treat
That's okay there's nothing to it
Roll up my sleeve and let the vaccine do it
Hit me with the flu shot
Why don't you hit me with the flu shot
Hit me with the flu shot, fire away
You come on all a'sudden
You don't fight fair
But that's okay because I'm aware
Knock me down, it's all in vain
'Cause I've had the shot for the new flu strain

Hit me with the flu shot
Why don't you hit me with the flu shot
Hit me with the flu shot, fire away
Well you're a real tough virus with a long history
Infecting healthy lungs like the ones in me
Before I get exposed with a cough in my face
I'm going to make sure I put you in your place

Hit me with the flu shot
Why don't you hit me with the flu shot
Hit me with the flu shot, fire away
Hit me with the flu shot
Why don't you hit me with the flu shot
Hit me with the flu shot, fire away



This flu shot song is kind of catchy. I think it is because I like the real song, already. Have you heard of any flu shot songs are crazy pharmacy songs? I think I'm going to make a song about OxyContin!

Where Were You?

I will never forget going to class at pharmacy school, and the Dean of Students and Admissions telling us class was cancelled because a plane had hit one of the towers. I went to the library to study and paused to watch the news on a television at the entrance. About five students stopped to watch with me and then the second plane hit. I could not believe it! I stood there shocked as they replayed it over and over. I will never forget!

Use the Pharmacy's Systems And Do Not Come in at the Last Minute!

     What is the deal with running out of your medication? Come in early, call ahead, or use the phones' automated system. At my pharmacy, a pharmacy technician can process a refill of your medication. You do not need the pharmacist to look you up in the system to refill your medication. I had one of my old patients come in and say that she read an article about calling in using the automated system instead of calling and asking for the pharmacist. The article said, it wastes about five minutes of the pharmacist's time when I could be doing something else like counseling instead of trying to get her prescription refilled. I wish I knew what the article was, so I could print it off and give it to all of my patients.

     Nobody can ever find their Rx number. I know you have the excuse that you cannot find the prescription number. If you would stick with one pharmacy, then maybe you could learn where it is on the bottle. I understand that some patients forget their bottle, and they are at work. But, I know this is not always the case. Also, driving in the car trying to refill your medication is probably not the smartest thing to do. The patient, then says, that they are in the parking lot and coming in the store. "Can you have it ready?" Heck no, it will not be ready! If no one is waiting already, then it will probably be at least 10 minutes.

     Why do customers and patients wait until the last minute to come to the pharmacy? Almost every night they come in  with five or less minutes left before we close. It always seems to be a new patient that has never been to the pharmacy before. No, I cannot fill your prescription. By the way, this is the same phrase I say to people with their Oxycontin 30mg with a quantity of #180. It will take at least 15 minutes to put you in the system, insert your insurance, enter in your prescription, make sure it goes through your insurance, pull and count the medication, label the bottle, check the prescription, and ring up your Rx. Oh, I almost forgot, they will hand you a drug coupon at the register, and you will have to reprocess the Rx again. Usually, if it is an antibiotic or one of my regulars, I will fill the prescription. There is a reason for 24 hour pharmacies and my pharmacy is not one of them!