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Originally Posted by lookingglass

DH said that he felt silly giving a photo ID to buy cold medicine. Well... now he gets to hear me whine by phone until he brings the good stuff home.
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BF is a little like that too - although thankfully we don't yet need photo id to by meds yet.

I have the best pharamacists in the whole world - love them, they've been my pharamicists since I moved to Limerick eight years ago. They've "been through" so much with me. Which naturally means that the head pharamcist (owner) know lots of things about me - which freaks BF out, especially if I send him for a prescription and her staff ask him questions (like "has she taken this before" or "is she on anything else at the moment" - perfectly reasonable questions).

I can't tell you the number of times he's pleaded with me to go to the store with him - which he knows DRW is not happening. I think he's afraid that he's some kind of weird druggie and that they'll call the cops.
 
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He's a man. I know if you told me that all I would hear is get me some cold and flu medicine. Men dont really listen to detail.
 
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Originally Posted by emily_325

Good. Now of course I'm the pot calling the kettle black, its been ages since I had a thorough physical. But then again, I don't get sick that much. Keep us updated.
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Emily, this is OT, but I LOVE your siggy! It is one of the best, and there are a lot of beautiful ones on this site. Did you make it?
 
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Originally Posted by Dusty's Mom

Emily, this is OT, but I LOVE your siggy! It is one of the best, and there are a lot of beautiful ones on this site. Did you make it?
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Oh no. HopeHacker made it for me. She loves to do them in her free time and I'm sure if you PMed her some high quality photos and a sweet request, she'd make you one too.
Or you could just pop over to the siggy shower.

(Sorry, Heather. Not trying to thread hijack. [insert covert ninja smiley here])
 
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I feel slightly better today. I have to go in a work for four hours, and I'm really not looking forward to it.

14 hours of sleep did my body some good!
 
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I'm glad that you're feeling better.

Will it be a slow day at work? Can you just relax and rest?
 
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Originally Posted by Satai

I'm glad that you're feeling better.

Will it be a slow day at work? Can you just relax and rest?
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It should be a slow day. It just depends on how many people buy new cars and want to register them today. Because it's been so cold and nasty out I think I'll be fine.
 
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Originally Posted by lookingglass

It should be a slow day. It just depends on how many people buy new cars and want to register them today. Because it's been so cold and nasty out I think I'll be fine.
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Can you bring a book or magazine? Install chess on your work machine?
 
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The cold medicines on the shelves have phenylephrine whereas the stuff behind the counter has pseudoephedrine (I think someone else mentioned this).

I think the phenylephrine is crap when taken systemically (orally). It's worked when I have used it in a nasal spray, however. Pseudoephedrine has a much longer half life, so that's my theory as to why it works better orally than phenylephrine. If I take more than the recommended dosage of phenylephrine in tablets by themselves with the acetaminophen, DXM, and antihistamine separately , it works better for me... so it's possible the recommended dosage isn't high enough either.

It's a pain in the butt to go "behind the counter" but it's worth it to me! I haven't heard anyone say that phenylephrine works well orally since they changed the law (and I worked in a pharmacy at the time it happened).

Anyway, I hope you feel better by now. Men... can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em!
 
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Originally Posted by Godiva

The cold medicines on the shelves have phenylephrine whereas the stuff behind the counter has pseudoephedrine (I think someone else mentioned this).

I think the phenylephrine is crap when taken systemically (orally). It's worked when I have used it in a nasal spray, however. Pseudoephedrine has a much longer half life, so that's my theory as to why it works better orally than phenylephrine. If I take more than the recommended dosage of phenylephrine in tablets by themselves with the acetaminophen, DXM, and antihistamine separately , it works better for me... so it's possible the recommended dosage isn't high enough either.

It's a pain in the butt to go "behind the counter" but it's worth it to me! I haven't heard anyone say that phenylephrine works well orally since they changed the law (and I worked in a pharmacy at the time it happened).

Anyway, I hope you feel better by now. Men... can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em!
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Thanks sweetie... I do. After taking two rounds of the good stuff I'm getting in the pink.
 
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