January 11, 2008

Onymnomycin

Got an Rx from a dentist today:

Onymnomycin 300mg
1 qid until finished
#40
0 refills

I love it when prescribers make shit up.

Comments (6) | 6:41 pm |

6 Comments »

  1. I'd chase it with Anonymno-Cola. The Secretary will disavow all knowledge of my actions.

    But, what did he really mean?

    Comment by The Ole' Apothecary — January 11, 2008 @ 11:15 pm

  2. Clindamycin 300mg.

    This script was out of an EMR, too.

    Comment by RJS — January 12, 2008 @ 10:45 am

  3. I'm not sure I follow? Why would a dentist write a script for something that doesn't exist?

    Comment by John — February 6, 2009 @ 6:20 pm

  4. An excellent question. If you figure it out, let me know. ;)

    Comment by RJS — February 6, 2009 @ 11:21 pm

  5. so the point being the dentist just wrote a script and wasn't thinking – was probably thinking azithromax and oxycontin at the same time or something…

    How do you feel about antibiotic subscriptions? I know they are overdone and yet I know very well when I'm getting a bacterial sinus infection and just wish I could get a doc to write me the script once a year (I get them like clockwork when the fall season comes around) without it being a huge deal. I'd have an easier time getting opiates.

    Comment by john — February 7, 2009 @ 7:24 pm

  6. Well it was an EMR-generated prescription. Normally you have to manually override something like that, so maybe the dentist has his e-prescribing stuff set up so that it's manually entered without any kind of "this is wrong" prompts.

    It was very strange. If I came across this blog entry on the Internet, I would have a hard time believing it, except that it happened to me, and I remember the script as clear as day…

    Comment by RJS — February 8, 2009 @ 1:06 pm

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