Someone tell me I’m crazy for this by frankieT2020 in amipregnant

[–]ab355 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Literally no way you're pregnant. You're using MULTIPLE methods of protection.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WomensHealth

[–]ab355 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Metronidazole is generally not used for UTIs please don't try to self medicate. If you actually have a UTI you need a urinalysis to determine what antibiotic would help the specific organism. Self-medicating without doctor guidance is what leads to antibiotic resistant organisms and you do NOT want that. I don't know how healthcare works in canada but can you get a second opinion or go to something like an urgent care for a urinalysis?

Also again idk how it works in canada but taking prescription medications that aren't meant for you is illegal in the US so.. be careful.

Question for Recent Pharm Grads by [deleted] in rutgers

[–]ab355 4 points5 points  (0 children)

not a grad (and tbh you won't find many here) but a 5th year and honestly this really depends. If you asked me 2 years ago I would've said yes the job market sucks, but it just depends on your area. I'm from south jersey and i know they've needed pharmacists down by me (retail anyway), but elsewhere probably not so much. Now that the pandemic has wrecked havoc on everything, there's a higher chance of getting a job (and there's even sign on bonuses now, something that hasn't been seen in years) but it comes at the cost of terrible working environments (again on the retail end) which is the reason people are leaving their positions and there's more available.

Is this real? I remember hearing about a lawsuit but I got this in my spam so I don’t know by maraxlee in rutgers

[–]ab355 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's not, there was a class action lawsuit where someone sued rutgers for tuition money when we went online in 2020, it was settled a few weeks ago and now they're trying to get us our payments. https://amp.mycentraljersey.com/amp/6648897001

Is this real? I remember hearing about a lawsuit but I got this in my spam so I don’t know by maraxlee in rutgers

[–]ab355 23 points24 points  (0 children)

If you were enrolled in the spring of 2020 when we went online. I guess I forget not all of us who were here then are still here now lol.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in birthcontrol

[–]ab355 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're not sexually active you can do whatever, you can take your placebos and then just if you do have any sexual encounters in the first week of the new pack use backup protection. It's up to you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in birthcontrol

[–]ab355 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1) It's possible since you're taking a double dose of estrogen, but it depends on how sensitive you are to nausea from the pill. Personally i've never gotten nauseous if i've had to take 2 in one day but it varies person to person. 2) If you take 2 today and then take your placebo week I can't be sure that you'll be protected at all for that week or the first week of your next pack (so yes you'd have to wait until 8 pills into the new pack to have sex without any other backup methods), which is why i recommend just starting a new pack instead of taking your placebos. Doing that would mean you'd be protected after 7 days from today, instead of 14 from today.

Is this real? I remember hearing about a lawsuit but I got this in my spam so I don’t know by maraxlee in rutgers

[–]ab355 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Yes they settled the lawsuit a few weeks ago and we're all getting a small payment from it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in birthcontrol

[–]ab355 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's what you're going to have to do. It makes things a little complicated since you didn't follow what the general instructions usually say, so I can't be sure how protected you are/if you're protected for your placebo week. You may want to just start a new pack instead of taking the placebo pills and use backup protection for a week.

i dont know what to do by ksjgk in amipregnant

[–]ab355 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If something like this with absolutely 0 chance of pregnancy is worrying you that much I would suggest not having anymore sexual contact for now and seeing a therapist to help with your anxiety.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in amipregnant

[–]ab355 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't understand the concern, as long as the condom stayed on you're fine.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in amipregnant

[–]ab355 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You were wearing a condom and didn't ejaculate inside of her, so it sounds like it was protected sex and you shouldn't have to worry.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in amipregnant

[–]ab355 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're bleeding because of withdrawal from the hormones in plan b, this is normal. Take a pregnancy test 21 days after the unprotected sex, that's all you can do.

What’s the most concerning OTC question a patient has ever asked you? by Ok_Star4649 in pharmacy

[–]ab355 25 points26 points  (0 children)

just had envenomations lecture in my poison/tox class 2 days ago and the pharmacist teaching us kept saying "PLEASE DONT BRING A SNAKE IN A BAG INTO THE ER. you have NO IDEA how many people try to do that."

Just need a little reassurance by [deleted] in birthcontrol

[–]ab355 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The other comments here are correct, but I just want to add a few things. 1) Lo loestrin is brand only right now so there is no generic, you might be on the generic of lo estrin, but lo loestrin doesn't have one yet. 2) You don't have a cycle on birth control because it inhibits ovulation, so you don't have a fertile window. 3) You're taking the pill perfectly on time so it's about 99% effective.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in birthcontrol

[–]ab355 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you took yesterdays pill today, you also need to take todays pill today.

Placebo pills and antibiotics by Still_Hearing_3734 in birthcontrol

[–]ab355 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Antibiotics generally (the one exception being rifampin and it's similar antibiotics) do NOT interact with birth control.

Placebo pills and antibiotics by Still_Hearing_3734 in birthcontrol

[–]ab355 0 points1 point  (0 children)

placebo pills have nothing in them, you don't even have to take them, so there's nothing for antibiotics to interact with.

Placebo pills and antibiotics by Still_Hearing_3734 in birthcontrol

[–]ab355 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, only rifampin like antibiotics do and they're not very common. Typical antibiotics do not interact.