tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22584268.post-47500851332506660772007-04-28T07:19:00.000-07:002007-04-29T09:22:45.727-07:00<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_tLnuYdQbonk/RjNdBu4m1FI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/7Y-HWGJxJfY/s1600-h/Rx+Pad.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_tLnuYdQbonk/RjNdBu4m1FI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/7Y-HWGJxJfY/s400/Rx+Pad.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058489090813908050" /></a>Drug seeking patient with chronic toothache returned to the ED claiming that someone had stolen his Lortab prescription generously written to him during the previous shift by one of our more easily persuaded/fooled physician in the group. I quickly looked in his halitotic mouth. Rotten molars worn down to the nubbins.<br /><br />"I left it right there on the counter and someone stole it!" he claimed.<br /><br />"Did they steal your Penicillin prescription, too?" I played along.<br /><br />"No. I still got it right here."<br /><br />"That's so terrible!" I empathized. "Some people, stealing other people's prescription like that, un-buh-lievable!"<br /><br />"Yeah, can you give me another prescription?" he asked<br /><br />"Why certainly! I'll write ya somethin' that they won't steal!" I answered accomodatingly and whipped out the prescription pad.<br /><br />Rx: Motrin, 800mg <br />dsp: #10 (ten)<br />sig" 1 PO Q4h w/food prn<br /><br />Hehehe. The guy was, needless to say, quite pissed and went ballistic. Couldn't stand the crushing logic. Had to be escorted out by hospital security.Charity Dochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04096425256928751601noreply@blogger.com