the friday five: random

i feel lame for not having much to write about concerning work/pharmacy/stupid people/etc. but it's either been a) so busy at work that the day flies by in a blur after which i come home and pass out only to repeat it the next day or b) so slow i miss the oxycontin addicts who used to fill my days with endless amusement.
i'm assuming everyone else has noticed the downward spiral of oxycontin use. my pharmacist said the other day that it's sad how you can't trust ANYONE to take that medication responsibly - even those patients who i could have sworn were not abusing/selling it have suddenly had it "stop working" for them.
oh! i did get a good laugh the other day. ms. crazypants called to say that her meds had been stolen - but ONLY her controlled meds. she even said "isn't it funny that they didn't take anything else?" yeah. absolutely hilarious. hilarious that you think i would believe you.
is everyone else seeing the price increases for common generic products? like gabapentin, fluticasone, metformin, etc.? what is up with that? the rumor i heard from one of our sales reps was that lisinopril and simvastatin are next to jump up. of course, she could have just been lying to me. like how she lied to me about hyoscyamine so i would buy an entire year's worth only for me to find out the price had dropped a month later. yeah, awesome.
if anyone has news about norgesic forte or midrin, i'd be glad to hear it. we have patients on both meds and idiotic doctors who STILL haven't decided what to prescribe to replace midrin.
enough about the industry talk. it's making me depressed. i've been starting to realize just how much of my brain is dedicated to random pharmacy knowledge that i really couldn't care less about.

the friday five
1. have you ever really lived outside the country of your birth? why or why not?
nope. never had the opportunity to but i would like to live somewhere else and might end up moving out of the country if i go work for a drug manufacturer.
2. what was your first record/cassette tape/cd?
i can't remember my first cassette but the first cd i bought with my own money was celine dion's "let's talk about love." i was 11 years old.
3. what do you think of your parents?
my parents are usually awesome, when they're not being paranoid and overprotective.
4. what is your relationship with your hair?
my hair is the one vanity i allow myself. even though it's pulled back in a ponytail 95% of the time, i wouldn't dream of cutting it. i've recently come to grips with my natural waves which has made me love and appreciate my hair so much more.
5. what kind of pens do you like?
do free pens count? i actually do like drug rep pens. because they're free. otherwise, i prefer the clicky-top pens with a cushy grip. they're the easiest to use when you pick up the phone and a doctor/nurse starts spewing out info for a new prescription before you can manage to say "hello."