@thecountertruth: Things I Hate About Pharmacy (But Somehow Deal With Every Day 😅) Retail pharmacy is full of tiny frustrations that patients rarely get to see. Some days it’s the smelly medications that linger forever, other days it’s trying to decipher insulin sliding scales or medication dose tapers that look like advanced calculus. Then there are the incredibly vague insurance rejections that explain absolutely nothing, dropping the one tablet you just counted, and the never-ending voicemail queue waiting for callbacks. Behind every prescription is a pharmacist and pharmacy technician working through insurance issues, medication safety checks, provider communication, and patient care. The little annoyances may seem funny, but they add up in a busy community pharmacy. What’s your biggest pharmacy pet peeve? Patients and pharmacy staff—I want to hear yours! 👇 #PharmacyLife #RetailPharmacy #PharmacistHumor #creatorsearchinsights
Chelsea | PharmD • MBA
Region: US
Monday 03 August 2026 20:00:00 GMT
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Heather Lyons 🌻🌻🌻🌻 :
Medicaid and their “plan limitations exceeded” 🙄😒 if it’s too early/too many just say that.
2026-08-03 22:48:30
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allyson 💓 :
i do love the smell of olmesartan tho 😝
2026-08-04 02:51:16
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Lyndsay Arden :
Did you know there’s a blackberry flavored metformin?
2026-08-04 14:13:38
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leni.wagnor :
Progesterone 100 is my punishment from something I did in another life. Those bouncy round mfs pmo so bad 😂
2026-08-04 03:27:09
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bs04 :
divalproex ER smells like candy though
2026-08-04 03:40:05
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4thedeadtravelfast :
I was counting some oxy on the eyecon and the, oh I don’t know what it’s called so I’m calling it the door that lets the meds out into the vials, well I didn’t know that it was open a little bit. So when I dropped the med down into it, some dumped out. I found all I could and recounted them to make sure they were all there. One was missing. Looked everywhere. Maybe 10 minutes later I looked in my smock pocket and sure enough it had landed in there. I told my pharmacist thank goodness I didn’t go home with that in my pocket.
2026-08-04 01:19:57
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Tate Reed :
I worked at a pharmacy that believed in the 5/10/30 second rule for dropped pills
2026-08-05 11:04:58
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just a silly guy :
the smell of cephalexin and NAC 🤢🤢
2026-08-06 01:44:30
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Maida Mimi :
The smell of cephalexin omg
2026-08-06 20:57:51
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Cowboys Girl :
Cephalaxin smells like wet cat farts
2026-08-04 16:34:33
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ADHDecluttered :
Renavite tabs LITERALLY made me gag when I was having morning sickness 🤢
2026-08-04 02:17:51
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josephwingg :
With you with the smelly meds,,, started with keflex
2026-08-04 03:35:30
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Gianna | P4 💊 :
PREDNISONE TAPERS ARE MY WORST NIGHTMARE 🤣🤣🤣
2026-08-05 20:13:05
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Ellen Groff :
I honestly hate when the doctor calls and leaves it on the voicemail during business hours instead of just talking to us
2026-08-04 07:38:08
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Muskaan💜 :
the the smell of spiro-hctz ☠️
2026-08-04 02:20:02
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John C | CPhT 🌹 :
Cefdinir suspension smells like puke 🤮 There are days I almost want to get sick because amoxicillin suspension smells like bubblegum 😂
2026-08-05 14:47:18
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Mindy Sue smiles :
We found out this weird insurance rejection. While a doctor might be covered by medicaid for visits, if they write a prescription, they may not be covered by medicaid for prescriptions! So we have to have them send the prescription request to my pcp and have them call it in. My weight loss surgeon I can see in office no issue. But they wouldn’t cover a simple med written by him. My pcp had to call it in.
2026-08-04 17:27:31
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James Freeman :
Keflex (for smell) 🤭🤭🤭
2026-08-03 20:26:23
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incredibly_boring :
I hate filling out the reports when I find an error. Even worse if it’s my error 😬
2026-08-04 00:20:16
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Doc. Topher :
I actually had a patient tell me her doctor said he was going to report me for not getting to his voicemail fast enough. She was like “I don’t think you have any right to do that.” He ended up calling to make sure I received the voicemail but when he was on the phone he certainly didn’t say anything to me. Lucky for him because he would have gotten an ear fully
2026-08-03 22:18:04
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Bex💫 :
girl, we are NOT damaging out a C2!😂 We wipe it off and put it in the bottle.
2026-08-23 17:46:24
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Steph Danner | PharmD :
Omg never smell the lead poison med Chemet. It’s the worst thing I’ve ever smelled
2026-08-05 14:48:05
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Larry :
Yes, Metformin is disgusting but the one I hate the most is the divalproex that smells like white chocolate. I’m surprised there aren’t children being continually rushed to the hospital from taking it thinking it’s candy
2026-08-04 18:15:49
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AJ🥓🥓 :
Physical scripts where the doctor just signs and has no other indication of who it is. Called a clinic to find out who the prescriber was and the nurse goes “Written by… Oh. Whose signature looks like a stick figure dragging their a$$ on the ground!?!?” Had me dying😂🤣
2026-08-05 19:55:59
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Kaylee Williams :
we have this one brand of vitamin... I don't remember what it is besides a vitamin but as soon as a seal is busted on a new bottle 🤢 smells like someone crop dusted the entire store.
2026-08-03 23:23:47
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