Wednesday, August 3, 2011
robbed again
well another pharmacy got robbed, this time in marion co. Apparently the thieves set a truck on fire on the other side of town to keep the police occupied while on the other side of town their crashing through the pharmacy. Walked away with thousands of dollars worth of pills. WOW one of the reasons i got out of banking was because of the scares of being robbed, i think pharmacies are getting to be just as bad as banking now, drug seekers are doing whatever they can to get their fix......sorta scary
Monday, August 1, 2011
pharmacy phantom
A burglar managed to break into a pharmacy in Murfreesboro and stole thousands of dollars worth of prescription medication. The thief used an unconventional burglary tool to get inside....he removed the vinyl siding and cut a hole in the wall and actually crawled through the bathroom??? desperate you think? The crook stole 500 oxycontin pills valued at $4,000. He also took about 1,000 oxycodone pills worth $250 and caused about $5,000 worth of damage to the outer and inner walls.
What's so bad is the alarm was triggered, pharmacist notified and he thought it was just the fax machine so told the policeman to decline....it would suck to be him right now....wow
What's so bad is the alarm was triggered, pharmacist notified and he thought it was just the fax machine so told the policeman to decline....it would suck to be him right now....wow
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
acetaminophen awareness,how much do you take?
Most people aren't aware of how much acetaminophen is to much. Acetaminophen can cause liver damage which leads to liver failure. 4grams a day (4000 mg) is the max a person should be taking. I have been taking 3g a day for the past 4 yrs , and including the rest of the meds they have me on... well it scares me to death. Acetaminophen is found in otc products,not just script pain killers. Tylenol, Nyquil and Theraflu also has it. For some Tylenol is the first thing they grab out of the cabinet for any kind of pain.Acetaminophen can have harmful side effects in high doses.
How aware is the public of these side effects? In a 2007 study published in the Journal of American Pharmacists, researchers found that out of 104 respondents, 80% said that they had used acetaminophen. The majority of these people weren’t sure if they had received information about the risks of taking high doses. Also, they did not know what would be considered a high dose for regular- or extra-strength products.
Liver Damage
The liver is vulnerable to harm because it is the organ that processes toxic substances. When the liver is damaged by an overload of toxins, a person may have early signs of acute liver failure, like yellowing of the skin and eyes (called :: jaundice), nausea, and vomiting. These symptoms can quickly worsen, leading to liver failure and death
of pain. Makes me take a second look at what i'm gonna give my child next time a fever comes rolling around??????????
How aware is the public of these side effects? In a 2007 study published in the Journal of American Pharmacists, researchers found that out of 104 respondents, 80% said that they had used acetaminophen. The majority of these people weren’t sure if they had received information about the risks of taking high doses. Also, they did not know what would be considered a high dose for regular- or extra-strength products.
Liver Damage
The liver is vulnerable to harm because it is the organ that processes toxic substances. When the liver is damaged by an overload of toxins, a person may have early signs of acute liver failure, like yellowing of the skin and eyes (called :: jaundice), nausea, and vomiting. These symptoms can quickly worsen, leading to liver failure and death
of pain. Makes me take a second look at what i'm gonna give my child next time a fever comes rolling around??????????
Monday, July 25, 2011
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