http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:40:21 -0800 en-us http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/how-to-prevent-the-spread-of-flu It's the most wonderful time of the year - for flu viruses. Here are some helpful tips to keep you from finding yourself under the weather this season. Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:25:41 -0800 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/how-to-prevent-the-spread-of-flu#post408 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/top-10-legal-drugs-that-will-soon-be-illegal-thanks-to-the-man Ten legal drugs that are so potent it's amazing that The Man hasn't made them illegal (yet). Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:20:51 -0700 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/top-10-legal-drugs-that-will-soon-be-illegal-thanks-to-the-man#post354 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/top-10-sports-figures-who-should-ve-used-steroids Steroids aren't all bad - here's ten sports figures whose careers could have benefited from using the juice. Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:09:50 -0700 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/top-10-sports-figures-who-should-ve-used-steroids#post303 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/largest-robotic-pharmacy-opens-at-ucsf-medical-center-1 The UCSF Medical Center debuted the world's largest robotic pharmacy Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:03:56 -0700 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/largest-robotic-pharmacy-opens-at-ucsf-medical-center-1#post289 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/a-timeline-history-of-medical-marijuana Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:40:18 -0700 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/a-timeline-history-of-medical-marijuana#post256 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/pharmacist-jokes-and-pharmacy-humor A man goes into a drugstore and asks the pharmacist if he can give him something for the hiccups. The pharmacist promptly reaches out and slaps the man's face. "What did you do that for?" the man yells. "Well, you don't have the hiccups anymore, do you?" "No," the man replies, "but my wife out in the car still does!" Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:39:56 -0700 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/pharmacist-jokes-and-pharmacy-humor#post181 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/top-10-performance-enhancing-drugs The most popular performance-enhancing drugs and steroids that athletes take. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:39:33 -0700 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/top-10-performance-enhancing-drugs#post228 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/18-celebrities-who-died-from-prescription-drugs Just because they're legal doesn't mean that pharmaceutical drugs are any less dangerous than illicit drugs. They are potentially deadly when taken in large doses or when combined with alcohol or other drugs. Sometimes it takes high-profile cases to remind us of the dangers. Here are 18 such cases. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:39:05 -0700 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/18-celebrities-who-died-from-prescription-drugs#post218 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/old-school-medicine-ads Granted, hindsight is 20/20, but some awfully strange substances have been used for pharmaceutical purposes in the past -- and some might argue, continue to be used today. Here are some vintage advertisements touting items that we might balk at using today... Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:38:44 -0700 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/old-school-medicine-ads#post232 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/8-pharmaceuticals-with-worse-side-effects These prescription drugs have potential side effects that are even worse than the ailments being treated. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:44:03 -0700 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/8-pharmaceuticals-with-worse-side-effects#post197 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/15-fictional-movie-pharmaceutical-drugs-and-their-real-life-alternatives A list of fictional pharmaceutical drugs featured in movies and the real-life drugs that might achieve the same effect. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:43:05 -0700 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/15-fictional-movie-pharmaceutical-drugs-and-their-real-life-alternatives#post225 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/robot-pharmacy-technicians Read About Robot Pharmacy Technicians and the Future of Pharmacies Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:59:02 -0700 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/robot-pharmacy-technicians#post137 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/dennis-quaid-case-brings-heightened-scrutiny-on-pharmacy-technicians Rarely have pharmacy technicians been in the spotlight as critically as they have been in recent years, with several high-profile instances of technician error making national headlines... Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:26:02 -0700 http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/blog/dennis-quaid-case-brings-heightened-scrutiny-on-pharmacy-technicians#post133