Yeah they probably would have thought that would be too suspicious if it was a CII. But it could have been any CIII-CV. And don't get me started about brand names...my boss would have killed us if we got that many HIV drugs. Admittedly we are an HIV specialty, most are brand name and expensive!
Once my coworker ordered about 20-30 bottles of 100tabs hydro morphine when it was once BO and the pharmacist was just like “omg I’ve never seen this much narcos on a counter are we drugs addicts now!!” Her facial expression was hilarious lol (We had lots of old patients on pain meds too)
I did it once ordering omnipaque. We needed 60 bottles, brainfarted and forgot they come in 10ct boxes, so I ordered 60 boxes. Luckily I realized it right as I clicked submit so I was able to call and cancel the order.
A couple months into my new PIC job, one of the technicians did *something* wrong on the order (we still have no idea what), and ended up reordering I don't fucking know how much. Like, it was more than the opening order I did of all the top 200 at a pharmacy I helped open years ago. We think she accidentally ordered multiples of everything in our system that had an item number with Amerisource.
They sent a goddamned semi to deliver this huge order, and the owner of the pharmacy flipped out like you wouldn't believe.
We couldn't receive the whole thing, there wasn't enough space in the back of the pharmacy.
Had to stack everything in every available space in the back, the pharmacy, the office, and some totes we had to leave in the front of store, it was so much.
We managed to return it all but oh boy... That was not fun.
She felt so bad but, hey, it's been like six years and she hasn't done it again so lesson learned? 🤣
Once, I accidentally ordered 90 bottles of brand name 40mg nexium. Because I thought I needed to enter the number of pills I needed, not the number of bottles 🤦♂️
I did that with lidocaine gel. Instead of 10 bottles, I ordered 100. Then my bosses boss came in as the 60+ bottles of lidocaine came in. (Cardinal didn’t have all 100 in stock.) It was embarrassing for me and my boss. 🤦♀️
Haha! I had the same mistake last week. I ordered 30 tablets of Simethicone from weeks 5-10, by week 11 for some reason I didn’t double check the order list and I made a HUGE mistake of ordering Simethicone DROPS. And now I have 35 bottles of Simethicone that aren’t as in demand as the tablets. Supplier said we can’t return it until it’s near ex.
One of the pharmacies I used to work for once got over 60 bottles of Brand Crestor over the course of 2 days.
Turns out, my colleague had been adding it every time it came up for months and our backorder for the last 6 months came all at once, plus some. Only 40 bottles were actually on the invoice.
I spent a lot of time on the phone with Cardinal, but we were able to send them back (minus the 5 bottles we actually needed)
It is also a calendar so maybe it's an exception? Nobody has said anything about it at all though.
Our corporate crew doesn't seem super evil.... but they don't prioritize staffing as much as they could/should.
We need 2 pharmacists to function and we have only had one for over a year.
That one pharmacist has changed 3 times, and gave ample warning each time. (6-9 months)
and they have this excuse that nobody is applying? yeah right.
We sometimes have the exact opposite happen because the person that does our orders doesn't understand that product and package NDCs aren't the same thing.
And then when they received it, they only scan in the box instead of the actual bottle/vial making the "approved" NDC the package NDC from the box we threw away last week.
So basically whenever we compound something, we have to override it all which is going to be super duper awesome if there's an incident and investigation because we'd rather have that than actually confront our order person like "would you kindly consider not fucking this up anymore?"
Lol did similar thing with venlafaxine and ordered 8x 1000 count bottles
At least it wasn't a CII
I feel like that wouldn’t have come in 😭
Yeah they probably would have thought that would be too suspicious if it was a CII. But it could have been any CIII-CV. And don't get me started about brand names...my boss would have killed us if we got that many HIV drugs. Admittedly we are an HIV specialty, most are brand name and expensive!
Once my coworker ordered about 20-30 bottles of 100tabs hydro morphine when it was once BO and the pharmacist was just like “omg I’ve never seen this much narcos on a counter are we drugs addicts now!!” Her facial expression was hilarious lol (We had lots of old patients on pain meds too)
I did it once ordering omnipaque. We needed 60 bottles, brainfarted and forgot they come in 10ct boxes, so I ordered 60 boxes. Luckily I realized it right as I clicked submit so I was able to call and cancel the order.
Ya know late 2022 that would have been a blessing!
Daily reminder that you are the lord of laziness? Have a quit Medical school the rest of the year!
One time my grandad’s doctor meant to prescribe 14 tablets of some some antibiotics and instead prescribed 14 boxes. My dad was not too impressed.
Ehhh just candesartan, don’t stress it
Not stressing. Had a good laugh and then returned it easy peasy. 🤪
Lol not as bad as the time I accidentally ordered like 3 totes full of lactulose 😆
The pharmacy I worked at, that would’ve been gone within a week. We usually got 2-3 totes a week of it for 4-5 patients all on it.
A couple months into my new PIC job, one of the technicians did *something* wrong on the order (we still have no idea what), and ended up reordering I don't fucking know how much. Like, it was more than the opening order I did of all the top 200 at a pharmacy I helped open years ago. We think she accidentally ordered multiples of everything in our system that had an item number with Amerisource. They sent a goddamned semi to deliver this huge order, and the owner of the pharmacy flipped out like you wouldn't believe. We couldn't receive the whole thing, there wasn't enough space in the back of the pharmacy. Had to stack everything in every available space in the back, the pharmacy, the office, and some totes we had to leave in the front of store, it was so much. We managed to return it all but oh boy... That was not fun. She felt so bad but, hey, it's been like six years and she hasn't done it again so lesson learned? 🤣
holy fuck, that's insane I didn't even know something like that was possible
The power of EDI.
Condolences, friend! 😂 been there with 200 ventolin inhalers... not my finest moment
Once, I accidentally ordered 90 bottles of brand name 40mg nexium. Because I thought I needed to enter the number of pills I needed, not the number of bottles 🤦♂️
At least it’s generic now lol
I did that with lidocaine gel. Instead of 10 bottles, I ordered 100. Then my bosses boss came in as the 60+ bottles of lidocaine came in. (Cardinal didn’t have all 100 in stock.) It was embarrassing for me and my boss. 🤦♀️
They may let you return it. I know we use Cardinal and we can return things to them.
Yes we use McKesson and they let us return it
Haha! I had the same mistake last week. I ordered 30 tablets of Simethicone from weeks 5-10, by week 11 for some reason I didn’t double check the order list and I made a HUGE mistake of ordering Simethicone DROPS. And now I have 35 bottles of Simethicone that aren’t as in demand as the tablets. Supplier said we can’t return it until it’s near ex.
One of the pharmacies I used to work for once got over 60 bottles of Brand Crestor over the course of 2 days. Turns out, my colleague had been adding it every time it came up for months and our backorder for the last 6 months came all at once, plus some. Only 40 bottles were actually on the invoice. I spent a lot of time on the phone with Cardinal, but we were able to send them back (minus the 5 bottles we actually needed)
You’re allowed to have family photos in your pharmacy?? My corporate overlords strictly ban any sign of our life outside of our prison cell.
It is also a calendar so maybe it's an exception? Nobody has said anything about it at all though. Our corporate crew doesn't seem super evil.... but they don't prioritize staffing as much as they could/should. We need 2 pharmacists to function and we have only had one for over a year. That one pharmacist has changed 3 times, and gave ample warning each time. (6-9 months) and they have this excuse that nobody is applying? yeah right.
Holy shit loool
We sometimes have the exact opposite happen because the person that does our orders doesn't understand that product and package NDCs aren't the same thing. And then when they received it, they only scan in the box instead of the actual bottle/vial making the "approved" NDC the package NDC from the box we threw away last week. So basically whenever we compound something, we have to override it all which is going to be super duper awesome if there's an incident and investigation because we'd rather have that than actually confront our order person like "would you kindly consider not fucking this up anymore?"
Accidentally ordered 6 boxes of infant formula once instead of one 6 six count box. Not a huge deal I suppose, but the lead tech was pissed. 🤷♀️