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- Hey Chris, how are you?

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- A lot of times people get
a picture of the pharmacists

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who count your pills
behind the counter.

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They think of the
pharmacy as a place

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where you just go to pick
up your prescription,

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but there's so much more to it.

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- So, if you have any question,

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feel free to give us a call.

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I always had a curiosity
about drugs, medications,

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and the most interesting part,

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being a pharmacist
is the interaction,

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and I'm more of a people person.

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Well, have a wonderful day.

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- As a pharmacist,

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it's one of the last
healthcare professions

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where we are so
accessible to the public.

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- Yeah, but I've
got some questions

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for you with this one.
- Okay.

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- Open this up so I
can see what's in here.

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- Roughly about half

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of our patient base
are elderly patients.

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We have to spend more time
with our elderly patient

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to make sure that they
get their prescription,

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and making sure that what
they are taking is accurate.

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And on top of that,
they understand,

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that's the most important thing.

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So, you take one capsule

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by mouth 30 minutes
before meal, okay?

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- Medication therapy
management is one of the roles

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that I have here
as a pharmacist.

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It's a time where I can
sit down with a patient

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and just thoroughly go
through their medications.

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A lot of the people

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that I end up doing
these medication reviews

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with, they're 65 years
of age and older.

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- There's some elderly folks

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that they can't
leave their home.

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If the patient allows, we
always come and visit them

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and we find it very effective.

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One is being compliant,

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second is, it just brings
a lot of satisfaction.

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- A lot of these people end
up being on many medications,

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at that point in their life.

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So, it's just a time that
I can sit down with them.

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So, this one is for
your diabetes, okay?

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And look specifically
for side effects

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and interactions and precautions

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that I wanna go over with them.

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- When we see our
patient that come,

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they've seen like
multiple doctors,

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we make sure that they
get the right treatment.

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So, we make sure these
drugs are not overlapping.

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- A lot of times because they
have gotten to an older age,

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they tend to be on medications

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that they've just
always been on.

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Doesn't mean that
it's a medication

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that they should be on anymore.

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So, I try to look through
all of their medications

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and see if there's anything
that can be taken out

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and work with the
doctors to de-prescribe.

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If I do something like that,

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it's going to make it so that
there are less side effects,

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less interactions and less
things to kind of worry

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about for them.

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Go ahead and take a
look at these things

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and just make sure that
they're all good together.

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- Sounds good.
- We can check out too.

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As we age, one of the
things that can happen is,

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it can almost turn into
like a prescribing cascade.

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So, maybe someone
will be started

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on a particular medication
for a specific disease state,

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and then they might
have a side effect.

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Sometimes, the doctor
will actually treat
those side effects

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as though it's
another condition.

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And you end up with a
situation called polypharmacy,

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which is basically when someone
is on several medications.

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- And you're gonna
do your left arm?

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- Yeah, yeah.

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- There's so much
joy and satisfaction

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in being a pharmacist.

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And one of the biggest things

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that I love is being able
to actually see a problem,

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address the problem
with the patient,

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and to be able to
work with them,

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to be able to get to
where they feel better.

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That would kind
of help figure out

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why you're having some
of these side effects

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that we talked about before.

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- Dealing with your elderly
patient is the most joyful.

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They bring smile to you,
the most kindest people.

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And every time you
bring their medication,

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either you deliver or
they come and pick it up,

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they always come with smile.

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And I feel privileged
helping the elderly patient,

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getting their medication, and
getting the right treatment.

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