A patient came in complaining that the new medicine i had given him for his high blood pressure was no good. My nurse asked him what he meant as his blood pressure was much better controlled now on it. He stated that he could see the pill in his stool almost everyday.( this is called a ghost tablet as the medicine comes out a small hole in the end of the capsule due to an osmotic gradient created in the GI tract). He then told her he wasn't about to waste them so he would pick them out of his stool rinse it off and take it again!!!! I gently described to him what he was seeing and told him that was normal and he didn't have to do that anymore as it was working quite well for him. He agreed and left the office. When the office heard about this you can imagine the reaction everyone had. It was quite the topic for a few weeks after that!!!
Joke for today: Why did the Beatles break up?
( They started to bug each other!)
11-29-11
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