when you can't get any coffee...

[laughing beetle]

Ephedrin has been banned in NY, and in many other states because people would buy cold medicine by the case to make methamphetamine...so now you cant get over the counter medications that actually work.

[nell67]

Ephedrin has been banned in NY, and in many other states because people would buy cold medicine by the case to make methamphetamine...so now you cant get over the counter medications that actually work.

Sure you can,if it's like in Indiana,all the medication that contains Ephedrin is now behind the pharmacy counter,to purchase it you have to ask,then fill out their log book with your name address birthdate,social security number and so on.
You are limited in the amout you may purchase in a certain amount of time,and the state police goes around and makes copies of the log books to comppare to other pharmacy log books to make sure you are not buying it at more than one location.

Heres an atricle from a NY paper where someone was arrested for buying too much
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/...ombat_meth_act

[chiggersngrits]

i drink at least a half gallon of sweet tea a day. never big on the coffee, it gives me the jitters so bad i can't drink it in the morning and try to work.(dental tech) i'll have a cup on weekends, but i swear 45 mins. later i can hardly stay awake.

[crashdive123]

Chiggers - would coffee be helpful if you had a big cleaning job to do on a patient?

[chiggersngrits]

i do not work directly with patients (thank god). we recieve work orders and models from dentist and fabricate, in my specialty, removable appliances,ie. dentures, partials, and send them back to the doc. i just couldn't see sticking my fingers in someones mouth everyday for a living. i'll leave that to the docs, assistants and hygienist.

[crashdive123]

i just couldn't see sticking my fingers in someones mouth everyday for a living. i'll leave that to the docs, assistants and hygienist.

Think how a proctologist feels.

[nell67]

Think how a proctologist feels.

Yes,butt (pun here ) they chose the profession,they should not complain!

[laughing beetle]

Sure you can,if it's like in Indiana,all the medication that contains Ephedrin is now behind the pharmacy counter,to purchase it you have to ask,then fill out their log book with your name address birthdate,social security number and so on.
You are limited in the amout you may purchase in a certain amount of time,and the state police goes around and makes copies of the log books to comppare to other pharmacy log books to make sure you are not buying it at more than one location.

Heres an atricle from a NY paper where someone was arrested for buying too much
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/...ombat_meth_act

yeah, I read that today...forgot about the behind the counter stuff. probably because i do my shopping at 3AM, because there are less people out then, and thats when I am up.

[laughing beetle]

meaning most pharmacys are closed when I am out and about.

[nell67]

I understand,closest 24 hour pharmacy around here is 40 miles away!

[laughing beetle]

Hmm... well I am a country gal myself so 40 miles Is doable, but not for just one item.

[nell67]

Hmm... well I am a country gal myself so 40 miles Is doable, but not for just one item.

Yup.only time I'd have made a run like that in the middle of the nite for 1 item would have been medication for a sick kid.

[trax]

Think how a proctologist feels.

I always thing about how a proctologist feels if I have to go see one, I'm especially concerned when he might be feeling romantic

[Catfish]

I often wonder what causes proctologists to go into that profession. I mean, if you're smart enough to be a proctologist, then you're smart enough not to be one, right? You could do all kinds of things, so why choose to be a proctologist.

"How was your day at work darling?"
"Oh terrific thanks, the best in ages, no patients at all."

I have a theory that on graduation day at doctor school, they read out the exam results from the highest to the lowest. There's a sign up sheet on the wall and the person with the best marks gets first choice of what kind of doctor they want to be. Next highest chooses second and so on until they get to the guy who graduated last in the class (but still graduated) and he has to be a proctologist.

Well, do you have a better explanation?

[crashdive123]

Proctologist is sitting at his desk writing out a prescription. A nurse walks into his office and says "Doctor....why are you writing with a thermometer?" Doctor looks down and says "Darn! Some azz***e has my pen!"

[trax]

boy that would have been funny if the doctor was trying to write with a thermometer....ohhhh maybe that's what he meant (sorry Crash couldn't resist)

[crashdive123]

When I was in the Navy, as you approached your 40th birthday you got scheduled for a proctology exam. I had an appointment toward the end of the week, while a friend of mine had an appointment earlier in the week. He told me that the doc that came into the room scared the he!! out of him. He was big - about 6'7". He grabbed an exam glove and started to put it on - the glove shredded - he said the docs hands were huge. When the doc stopped laughing he said - it's a little joke I play with a pair of extra small gloves.....I'll get your doc now. He wasn't around for my exam.