Overheard in the ER

February 7, 2008

M.D.O.D.: “I actually had a 2 pack per day smoker tell me she couldn’t afford generic Robitussin, and that she wasn’t ‘in the mood for joking’ when I told her she could hold off smoking just one pack and get some meds.”



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{ 2 comments }

1 Anonymous February 7, 2008 at 6:49 pm

Sounds like an angry guy. He needs to step back a little and take a breather. He has given her the information she needs to take care of herself. There her lungs.

2 Chris, Pharm.D. February 7, 2008 at 9:49 pm

Probably had a cell phone too.

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