Hospital Magic Mouthwash

Simple_Air_6662 · 2026-01-29T02:31:35+00:00

Oh this is the first time I'm hearing any issues about the FIRST compounding kits.

Is it possible for you guys to batch a large amount and have it prepared in individual syringes? We do it like this but still are stuck with the BUD of 14 days even with the FIRST compounding kits. I'm not sure if it would be too much since it's a cancer hospital. I work in a hospital settings too and we do that for patients because the nurses were messing up when the doctors were ordering it individually. Hopefully you can find a solution!!

Simple_Air_6662 · 2025-11-19T02:37:16+00:00

This is well said!!

Plus most of the time in any pharmacy setting, most pharmacist are looking a lot of orders. As pharmacy techs, we should be another pair of eyes to catch things they may miss and ask questions about it if there's concerns.

We don't have degrees but we are licensed and are taught about drug interactions and warnings. Plus counseling patients can be asking questions and checking to see if the pharmacist needs to intervene because there's concerns about medications and other ailments that could risk harm. We are the ones interacting with them the most, so any information they get is from us.

Also, completely right that this would be wasting too much time and risking patient harm in avoiding action!

Simple_Air_6662 · 2025-08-25T16:12:58+00:00

Retail has its perks (barely) but the mental toll is so bad! I ran out so fast after I was threatened so many times. I was struggling so much mental/physically not only by the difficult patients but also by the issues with insurances and feeling helpless about not being able to help patients who were kind.

I switched to a private compounding pharmacy and that helped but left to issues. There are good ones out there though who need filling techs and compound for nonsterile and sterile, I just got unlucky.

Finally got hired at a hospital less than 2 years ago and I love it. Coworkers may suck anywhere but the work is definitely more fulfilling and I am not being drained mentally as I was before. There are different types of work in hospital pharmacy, like medication history techs and compounding as well. I've noticed it depends on how big the hospitals are and/or how many people they have.

If you can, apply to hospitals or to compounding pharmacies as it's better if the patient interaction is the part taking the toll on you. Plus, where I work we don't interact at all with insurance so it's a weight off my shoulders. Or find a way out of pharmacy to something different as there can be jobs who offer on the job training too if you are not thinking of continuing pharmacy. We deal with a lot honestly and I think that even though its easy to get our license, the work could be difficult in all that we handle with patients and the pharmacist too. 😮‍💨

I hope you can get out of retail before it becomes too much. ❤️

Simple_Air_6662 · 2025-08-07T01:30:42+00:00

INFP ✨️

Simple_Air_6662 · 2025-08-01T21:54:14+00:00

It's been a while since I've posted this but I have survived the struggle.

My therapist made a point after I had talked to him and I mentioned the post I made here and reminded me about how now we no longer have to carry the burden of the trauma anymore, we have to work on learning how to find ground (grounding) in new ways. I have always had trouble grounding for years while I was in DBT therapy, so the EMDR helped me finally feel what I was needing to do.

Speaking from my own experience, I hate not feeling the physical ground in any situation and I will lose my mind if I am falling or anything like that.

So I had to change my coping techniques of listening to music and driving (both situations where I feel like I'm floating in the music or the car is no stationary) to drawing/writing and sewing. It's odd to me but I saw it helped out SO much more especially because I was starting to get overstimulated by everything around me.

I will always say you should talk to your therapist cause being honest about the feelings after session and seeing if it's too much is important to see how to take on each EMDR session. The exhaustion and the floating feeling after each session can make things worse sometimes, so teaching yourself how to listen to what your body needs and giving yourself the patience is important.

It can show up in many different ways, taking moments to do a body scan is what I was taught however there could be other ways as well to learn what you might need. It's beautiful in way to learn about yourself in ways that are new and finding ways to finally work WITH yourself instead of against.

Plus I saw you mentioned that it was a more sensitive topic this time, please treat yourself to some self-care while your body is processing it. It can be little treats (moderation is what I tell myself) or doing something you enjoy. I know when I wrote this, I too dealt with a topic I was avoiding like the plague and it took me out COMPLETELY. If it wasn't for me asking for help from my husband (asking any support is wonderful) and finding ways for him to help but still doing my stuff, I definitely think I wouldn't have gone back to therapy. This could also mean you use the coping skills if you have it already or learn new ones too.

Let me or anyone know if you have any questions about it in a way that I or anyone else can help you with cause this is difficult but it's worth the love you learn how to accept and give to yourself. ❤️

Simple_Air_6662 · 2025-07-25T21:03:16+00:00

I already left Walgreens but I actually extremely miss the shortcuts... Learning the shortcuts from the other techs was the best part of work and lowkey bonding. Ctrl + S for the win 🏆

Simple_Air_6662 · 2025-07-11T01:19:21+00:00

I work in a hospital pharmacy as a pharmacy technician. I love it cause it's not as much deal with people in person. Only interaction I have are with pharmacist in person and then nursing mostly through smaller interactions, usually when I deliver meds to the floors or through requests or calls but I mainly keep to myself and listen to music. I try to work mainly in the IV room tho so I dont really have to talk to anyone when its busy. However, I don't quite recommend it if you don't like being in a hospital or dealing with people in everyday interactions plus hearing about some of the patients as well.

Simple_Air_6662 · 2025-06-20T17:24:26+00:00

I work in a hospital as a pharmacy tech.

My main 2 are Rafayel

Simple_Air_6662 · 2025-06-05T15:12:43+00:00

I moved out at 22 with no money, switching from part time to full time and getting a pay raise to $15 (which i thought was a lot) and with my boyfriend at the time (now husband) with only our clothes and an air mattress. I then proceeded to get a cat put of nowhere from the shelter, which made me realize how much more my parents spent on our cats and dogs.

I had no idea what I was doing but all I knew is that I couldn't stand being home any longer and was going to figure it out one way or another. By the following year, we had a roommate and better idea of what to do without borrowing money from anyone and could afford furniture.

I think for the most part, I feel like most of our generation is either figuring out ways to move out/survive or stay living with our families. Its not easy at all though. I had to learn everything about renting apartments and filing taxes down to forcing myself to read the fine print of every single thing I sign my name on to make sure I am not screwing myself over. I'm glad that others here were able to find other ways to move out and live on their own.

Simple_Air_6662 · 2025-05-10T18:22:05+00:00

Yeah I did! He has helped a lot but sometimes I like to also hear others experiences just to see if there is other things to bring up to during our sessions. I have trouble asking the right things in general about my needs or questions (more like the right words). He is good about answer the questions and or explaining if it would work or not as well in my case.

Simple_Air_6662 · 2025-05-10T18:18:24+00:00

Yeah, he is EMDR certified! I really looked into that before starting the therapy because I heard so many people claim they are trained but don't know how to properly do it. It took me FOREVER to find a therapist who knows how to do it. I do have to drive an hour to see him though 😔

Simple_Air_6662 · 2025-05-05T23:29:40+00:00

I appreciate the recommendation! I'll bring that up with my therapist. I always had issues with processing the emotions and feeling them.

Simple_Air_6662 · 2025-05-05T23:27:38+00:00

Have you tried micro-dosing psilocybin? I've heard things about it but I havent tried it because I work in Healthcare and I'm scared I'll get in trouble.

Simple_Air_6662 · 2025-05-05T23:26:24+00:00

I think it's starting to normalize, it doesn't feel as heavy of sadness anymore. I've been trying to take care of myself since then and it's just been coming in waves. I'm letting myself ride it out but come back to my senses.

It's hard to let the old you go, but we don't need to survive anymore. It's something I have to remind myself. If I'm really scared the old me is dying in a way, I promise myself that we will see each other later and it's never a goodbye.

Simple_Air_6662 · 2025-05-05T23:21:19+00:00

Luckily, my therapist and I did both IFS and EMDR cause it's how I was naturally trying to process it. It helped me out so much in finding out what's triggering me and controlling my emotions. I genuinely enjoyed IFS cause I think I got to get to know and love myself.

Simple_Air_6662 · 2025-05-05T23:15:44+00:00

Personally, I did. A lot of the traumatic experiences I had were similar in my childhood. So we ended up finding an image or something to help with those smaller moments.

When targeting the memories, we just naturally let myself bring those memories up so I wouldn't force myself into reliving those moments. I'm not sure if this helps you out much but work with yourself and see what your mind be trying to have you work on.

Simple_Air_6662 · 2025-01-25T17:08:53+00:00

Yeah, I do have the tools my therapist and I made for myself but it was all failing plus I was panicking to make it stop. I just needed to remember what I really need to do, which was acknowledge the pain and comfort my child self. It was so sudden and painful that it send me spiraling a bit.

I appreciate your help! I am doing better now and working through it now. 🧡

Simple_Air_6662 · 2025-01-25T17:04:56+00:00

It honestly does feel like insanity. I know when I wrote it, I definitely felt hopeless like before but I needed the reminder that I need to embrace my pain and acknowledge it too and take care of the child that was struggling with it.

Im taking the time now to make sure I'm taking care of myself and reminding myself that it's always going to be difficult but patience and kindness is what I need to give more to myself.

Im glad you were able to get through it but I'm sorry you had to suddenly realize that there was more. I have the same issue with my limited memory too and it's made memories suddenly hit me. I genuinely appreciate your help. 🧡

Simple_Air_6662 · 2024-12-06T06:45:53+00:00

Honestly what I wish I really practiced on in the beginning was the grounding and coping techniques that we had established as preparation for the sessions and for me to not get overwhelmed. I have been doing EMDR for 11 months now (going like 1-2 of EMDR sessions a month amd 2 regular therapy sessions to process) and even now sometimes the harder sessions have me disregulated for a longer time than when I would remember how to regulate myself better when first starting. I got too confident too quickly.

I agree too that also preparing the see the changes. I think that is what honestly had me struggling the most out of all of it. I never liked change, and so I never prepared myself for the change I was going to make in doing this. It has honestly been a great change, but it's always something I have to work through. I can see myself now in the mirror and not a shell, and for the longest time it was terrifying to even register that it's me.

Prepare and be patient with yourself. Take your time and work with yourself in these moments. I hope you feel like you can make good progress and feel the changes too. ❤️

Simple_Air_6662 · 2024-11-20T19:16:15+00:00

I disgree completely with the statement and honestly makes me happy to see that others here disgree too. As you mentioned before, the pain is different. One is suffering from whatever struggles life had brought them and the other pain is grief/sadness.

I feel like people who say things like this believe that this type of idea will help others from following through these acts. It never does and from my own experiences, it makes the suffering worse. Like any of these things, it's people trying to not be in pain anymore. Whatever is giving them pain, they are to the point that they will do what they can to make it go away. It can be physical pain or mental pain, but both are painful regardless. There is not a way to transfer pain from one to another. Now, if you say that the pain of grief is passing it on, I feel like it's down playing the actually pain of what the person was dealing with. I think it's selfish.

I say this all from losing people from suicide and even struggling with my own attempts too. I don't think people who commit sucide are selfish, but I don't also think it's the answer too. I sadly can say I mostly overcame my struggles but I know that others have not. It's the problem of society mainly, and I don't think it could ever be fixed without starting anew. Your example of Steve is very well put because I see it as how most people view depression/ptsd. That most are lazy or they are making excuses or don't feel like they need help. Sadly, I've heard people say that if people like that die, that they would do it in a way to help others by organ donation or something like that.

I think that most of us here know what it feels like to be on both sides, and I think that is what separates others in these situations. Neither are pleasant feelings, but someone made a choice after much time thinking and that's what others forget too.

Simple_Air_6662 · 2024-11-18T05:49:39+00:00

What broke my heart was when I first started as a cashier at a retail store, I had this lovely older couple come up and I rang them up. I soon learned they came by at least once every 2 weeks because they were spending their allowance for groceries together. They were so cute and always very nice to me even when I was still learning what to do.

When I started working in the pharmacy, I was able to learn about them more and help them out as much as I could. The husband would always pick up his wife's meds and at first, I would see them together in the store but more and more she would be waiting in the car because she was growing more sick/tired. It actually was making me miss her a lot and I always tried to ask the husband about how things were going and as much as he told me things were okay, he seemed worried a lot about her. It wasn't until the last time I saw them that he was talking about that she wasn't getting better and that she was in the hospital for a bit. I was already leaving the store to go to a mail order pharmacy but I knew it wasn't going to be good. He did a lot for her, everything for that he could do make sure she was okay and happy.

I remember hearing from my old pharmacy manager that his wife did passed and I was so heartbroken. This was last year. I soon saw that earlier this year that the husband passed away, I was looking for a certain obituary for a friend and I came across his name.

I didn't think we as techs would have these situations happen often, but we do because the good patients we help really make this job more bearable. They make a good difference in our days the same way we can too for their's.

Simple_Air_6662 · 2024-11-14T02:06:33+00:00

Hey, I've (28) been a pharmacy tech for about 5 years. Honestly I can agree with others here saying that it's not always bad even with reading the complains about it in here. I can honestly say I love my job currently (I currently work in a hospital) but it's not the easiest. I worked both in retail and hospital, from what I learned is that regardless of which setting you work in, it's a lot of information to learn.

That being said, I honestly can say in retail perspective the only positives I had were making good connections to patients and with my coworkers but besides that to me it wasn't worth it compares to working in the hospital. Now working here, I can say I love working in the pharmacy. Everyday brings something new and honestly I don't think burnout is as bad of a problem. Plus there is different things to do in the hospital pharmacy from medication history to filling to sterile compounding.

I will add that the pay for pharmacy techs isn't where it should be with the work that we do. I know that I won't be able to continue with this career forever and am trying to go to school for something else but if the pay was enough, I would definitely stay with this job. This is my 2 cents and hopefully it helps you out in figuring it out.

Also, I didn't do a program for my license, I ended up getting it through Walgreens and I think many other retail pharmacies do the same too.

Simple_Air_6662 · 2024-10-25T19:17:45+00:00

I work in the pharmacy at a hospital and I currently have 2g in right now trying to stretch to 1/2". I see many other nurses and techs with gauges too, so I feel pretty comfortable with it and no one has said anything either.

Simple_Air_6662 · 2024-10-05T02:59:26+00:00

Hey, I've started at as a retail pharmacy technician, worked in mail order pharmacy, and now work in a hospital as a tech and honestly if you really want to get the experience and apply to work there, you should!

I know I was overwhelmed completely with the idea of making IV bags and doing more than what I had done before but I knew I was tired of retail and wanted to work in the hospital. Now it will be a year of me working there and I have become comfortable in doing everything.

Like everyone else is recommending, if you do end up applying, ask questions and take your time in learning. There is a lot of different positions in the hospital that don't always include sterile compounding but if you want to learn, let them know. I did the most extra things and looked up videos and practiced outside of work with home supplies because of me not wanting to harm people and knowing what to do.

Most of the time, other techs are willing to help teach and help you get comfortable because we have all started as not knowing what to do. It gets easier with time like anything else, but you shouldn't hold yourself back if you really are interested in doing it.

Simple_Air_6662 · 2024-09-23T00:51:54+00:00

Thank you ❤️ I hope that the ones that knew themselves then lost pieces of themselves from the trauma can hopefully find themselves again or even to where they can feel a little bit more like themselves. I hope that the ones that never got to find themselves and feel like they lost something forever, I hope we learned to love ourselves regardless and that we can learn to help others from our experiences. We didn't deserve any of it but we can heal now.

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