When I got into Pharmacy 32 years ago we were considered the most trusted profession. Today I filled two prescriptions that make me wonder if I would recommend this job to anyone. First case, a hospital discharge patient needed a very powerful antibiotic 28 tablets one every 12 hours for 14 days. The total bill was 2500$, the patient paid a copay of $50.00 and was happy, the pharmacy made about 22$. Something is really wrong with this picture. On top of that it took me almost half a day to get authorization from the insurance. We need reform of the drug industry big time.
The second case was a call today for an ophthalmic solution Latisse. Not really familiar with a lot of non-urgent drugs I looked it up and found that it is being used to provide this patient with lush thick eyelashes? The patient will be paying about $110.00 for this bottle of solution 3ml (less than a teaspoonful) in size. This is just all around sad.
Well enough for my soap box lecture. Next time I promise to be more optimistic.
