AMPHETAMINE SULFATE vs LISDEXAMFETAMINE DIMESYLATE

My board of pharmacy just posted over 30 pages of updated rules today. Most of them are just putting more responsibility on the pharmacist for any mistake made in a pharmacy. Many of the disciplinary actions from our board are enforced on simple clarical errors that are not harmful to a patient (e.g

It was a slow day in the pharmacy and I started wondering why Adderall comes as "amphetamine salts" and not as one of the individual salt forms. For example, 5 mg of amphetamine salts is 1.25 mg each of: dextroamphetamine saccharate, amphetamine aspartate monohydrate, dextroamphetamine sulfate, and

Hi everyone. I started working as a retail pharmacist in October and I have made a few mistakes. I’m feeling a bit alone and ashamed. I know we make mistakes and all we can do is learn from it and try not to make the same mistake. I am thankful these mistakes did not cause harm to the patient but I

30 yr old white female, 5ft 1inch, 133 lbs, never drinks, never smoked, not sexually active. Diagnosed with ADD (1995), Autism Spectrum Disorder (2007), Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus (both diagnosed in 2017 after 5-ish years of symptoms), Partial Oophorectomy (2014, removal of both left ovary and fall

I'm a 20 year old male struggling through my undergraduate years, currently in my second year at college. I was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome in 3rd grade by the public school, got a semi official generalized anxiety disorder (from my psychologist who I had been seeing for 4 years at that point

30F. 5'3", 126lbs/57.3kg (Rx. 100mg. Lamotrigine BID. 20mg Duloxitine BID. 15mg. Amphetamine Sulfate BID. 10mg Cyclobenzaprine Hcl PRN. 300mg Gabapentin PRN. First documented encounter for primary issue March 2021 I have been attempting to combat some sort of flaking issue that is in the focused are

My heart sank today at the pharmacy when I saw someone decline to pick up all of their prescriptions because they were out of this person's budget. For their privacy, I didn't approach them to tell them about [Fair Pharmacare](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/health-drug-coverage/pharmacare

It is currently a sweltering 24C (75F) and I am not coping well. I am extremely pasty white British lady and anything over 19C (66F) is hellish for me. Whilst I have always been somewhat averse to the heat, but since combining lisdexamfetamine and venlafaxine I am not coping well. Mentally, the bes

Had a pt today saying a previous pharmacist told him to tell prescriber to put brand necessary in notes in case we don’t have generic so he can go to brand. (That’s what a DAW-2 is for). Historically, prescribers have been putting that in and he’s been getting the generic. But like, still not the gr