Clinical pharmacist discusses prescriptions, essential oils, & working in a drugstore

I’ve always wondered why it takes 25 minutes for a pharmacist to count out 28 pills. The white lab coat standing in the back of a brightly lit drug store seems like a highly paid prison guard- ensuring that all the drugs are protected. I didn’t know how my conversation with clinical pharmacist Kelly Erdos would go, how much could there be to know?

Erdos is a family friend. She has a giant personality with the biggest laugh I’ve ever heard- I knew there must be more to her profession than meets the eye, but I really didn’t understand how much education pharmacists have, the challenges they help regular people solve, or just how horribly wrong things can go when patients don’t understand their medicine.

Erdos is a clinical pharmacist, which is different than the retail pharmacists that we see on a regular basis, but she did a great job helping me to understand - why it takes so long to fill my prescription, and what to look for when searching for a pharmacist that may make a huge difference in my medical care. She talks about her time working in poison control, essential oils, moderation around CBD and cannabis, and what to look for when deciding to move pharmacies.

Here Erdos describes why it is difficult to automate the role of the pharmacist:

You can watch the entire interview on my podcast channel or by checking it out on your favorite podcasting app.

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A heart doctor opens up.

There is nothing quite as intense as being listened to by Dr. Allen Soffer. He looks squarely into your eyes, he is wordless, and he will patiently wait until you are done before speaking.

It is a sensation that is as disarming as it is endearing. There are so very few times in life when a person gives you their complete attention. This conversation was a joy because the man that normally is the listener became the storyteller.

Allen Soffer is a cardiologist with a 30 year career in Saint Louis.  During this conversation Dr. Soffer discusses what happens to medical students when they graduate at the top of their class and realize no one is grading them any more.  He also discusses what the medical field has discovered about what really happens during a heart attack, and what it is like to be talking with a patient that realizes their health may not allow them to live much longer.  

Dr. Soffer also discusses his family's work on World Food Day Saint Louis: https://stlwfd.org/and what the core mentality has to be when you are discussing life and death issues with patients.  

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