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Re: Contraceptive access From: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu) Fri Apr 22 17:14:02 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: gin11153@aol.com: "Medical Economics: Clip and Copy: A no-show showdown letter" Previous message: Steve & Eryl Raymond: "Re: GYN: low dose estrogen" In reply to: Dr Eberhard W Lisse: "Re: Contraceptive access" Next in thread: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Contraceptive access" Almost all pharmacists in this country are employees, and average wages run $60,000-$65,000 a year, with higher salaries on the coasts than in the South and Midwest. They make about what the average high school principal makes, less in some areas. There is currently a shortage of trained Pharmacists in the US, so pressure on salaries is in the upwards direction. However, because of the shortage, they are also busier and more stressed, and work a lot of overtime, for which they are not always compensated. Pharmacists don't necessarily just push a box of pills accross the counter. Here they are required to provide education on use of the drug and side effects, and they frequently get questions from patients who don't want to "bother" their doctor. They are also required to spend a lot of time trying to sort out the myriad formularies that our Americal insurance companies have created, call doctors to get medications changed when the formulary changes, explain the new medication to the patient, et. I know some pharmacists, and none of them drives a vehicle as nice as your truck, el. -- Anna Meenan, MD At Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: > >Anna, > >I agree with your comments about the industry profits, coming from one >of the top 5 HIV/AIDS countries but what's the margin of the Pharmacist? >Here it is 30-50%. So, getting 20-25 Dollars for pushing a box of OCP >over the counter does counts as f***king fortune. > >We try to condomize too, most public institutions have a box standing at >reception. > >el > >In message <200504211251.j3LCpSQ32043@dns.obgyn.net>, Anna Meenan, MD writes: >> el, in this country, the pharmacist is paid a decent salary for what he >> does, and the f***king fortune goes to the drug companies. OCP's cost >> anywhere from about 25 to almost 50 doallars a pack, even the generics, >> though patients who can't afford that can generally (at least in my >> county) get them for about $10 a pack at the local county health >> department, which also gives away free condoms by the dozen >> (literally---there are brown bags containing a dozen condoms each in a >> basket by the door, and kids as young as 12 can come in and just take a >> bag). >> >> Anna Meenan, MD >> >> At Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: >> > >> >In message <200504201950.j3KJouO28646@dns.obgyn.net>, art fougner, md writes >> : >> >> just for the sake of argument ... >> >> >> >> prior to enrolling in an OB-GYN residency, a Roman Catholic candidate >> >> knows that abortion training is part of the curriculum. Yet NO resident >> >> is required to participate in abortions. What is different with your >> >> hypothetical pharmacist? >> >> >> >> am I missing something? >> >> >> >> Art >> > >> >Yes you are, abortion is not contraception. >> > >> >And pushing a box of pills over the counter for which he is paid a >> >f***king fortune is not putting the suction in. >> > >> >el >> Next message: gin11153@aol.com: "Medical Economics: Clip and Copy: A no-show showdown letter" Previous message: Steve & Eryl Raymond: "Re: GYN: low dose estrogen" In reply to: Dr Eberhard W Lisse: "Re: Contraceptive access" Next in thread: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Contraceptive access"

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