HI ..
I'm being prescribed 20 mg Lexapro.. and am already on a lot of meds
..I'm 73 with Cervical Spine Degeneration among other things :( .. one

Our clinic staff can use Epic web to enter prescriptions, and transmit
them to the pharmacy if they choose. (Epic web markets medical record
systems.)
Yesterday I was called upon to dispense the following:

I've been taking assorted medications for ADD off and on for the past ten
years with mixed results.  The problem is that in addition to ADD I have
anxiety problems and any dose of a CNS stimulant large enough to be
effective vs. the ADD makes the anxiety problems left.  Anyway.  ...

Are there any drugs out there that could increase the amount of
histamine ,proteolytic enzymes or  biologically active peptides known
as kinins , in the same way the the entheogen Syrian rue can increase
the amount of serotonin ?

I worked for Walgreens for a few years. Now I work for a large hospital.
We have an outpatient pharmacy that does 300-400 prescriptions a day.
Ninety-nine percent of these are from our clinics, our ER, or discharge
orders. We have an in-house electronic transmittal system (Epicweb) ...

I have recently completed my third year of pharmacology at the
University of Alberta. Following my fourth year, in which I will get
my Bsc, I am thinking of entering the Faculty of Pharmacy.
I would like to know what the job landscape looks like for pharmacists

Does anyone know if pharmacists have access to patient's past
prescription information?
For instance, if I filled a prescription a few years ago at Walgreens
or other pharmacy, can a pharmacist working there now pull up my

Have any of you in your practice encountered a shortage of the 50 and 75
mcg strengths?

I am looing for a free or inexpensive medical dictionary for my PC.  I will
use it to transfer to my PalmPDA so that I have it with me during doctor or
hospital visits.
Any suggestions of where to find this life-saving dictionary?

Is there a relatively inexpensive way to test a pharmaceutical to
determine what it is? I'm thinking of buying some maintenance meds
from India to save money but I want to know what they send me.
Wouldn't want to end up with a bottle of placebos or worse.

I am applying to pharmacy school, and have been thinking in more
detail about what I want to do when I become a practicing pharmacist.
Currently, I volunteer in a hospital pharmacy, and get a little
exposure to what the pharmacists there do in their day to day jobs.

What are your thoughts on pharmacists prescribing?
By the time I graduate, pharmacists should have full prescribing rights in
the province I'm living in. Here is one of the College of Pharmacists' fact
sheets on this issue:

"Dr. Zarkov" <Ming@Mongo.com> wrote in message news:<408e905f$0$28928$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>...

Preliminary results and writeup on my site at
http://www.kbnet.co.uk/artemis/rosacea/
It's about 80k to download the page.
So far the results are quite positive.

In May of 1999 I was given an injection of Toradol in my right hip..
Within a few minutes I was having severe chestpains and I was numb
from waist to my foot on my right side. I also had difficulty
breathing, and in general I just felt ill. Within another 10 minutes,