The prescription was for cytotec, a medicine designed to treat stomach ulcers that is also used to end pregnancies. Cops did not explain how the pharmacy wound up dispensing the medicine.
Okay, so they're saying she forged the prescription, but why did the pharmacist dispense a potential abortifacient to an obviously, 8-month pregnant woman? No multiple-page warnings on the dispensed med?
@Mike Jahn: She dated a married man for 3 years, had no idea he was married and falls for a stunt like this? What woman in her 8th month doesn't question every.single.pill she puts in her mouth?
I'm exasperated because some folks just put the vibe out there that they want to be victims. No questioning of the big, bad world at all. *shakes head*
@PaisleyPajamas: not only that, but what kind of pharmacist doesn't know you shouldn't give a pregnant woman this particular pill. Remind me to never go to this pharmacist.
@miss_msry: Guaranteed, but instead of the near miss, the baby will be lost, complete with dramatic confession in the interrogation room and multiple co-conspirators.
@PaisleyPajamas: Maybe the pharmacist was an accomplice? If so, would explain why the victim never caught on.
I'm more intrigued by the fact that Jones tried to disguise the poisoned milk in two 20-ounce Poland Spring bottles. She was criminally savvy enough to figure out the abortion pill part, but opted to finish him off with an amaturish move like sending breast milk to the hospital in used water bottles?
@PaisleyPajamas: AND, she takes drug to ensure baby doesn't have Down's Syndrome? She hasn't read enough pregnancy books or remembered enough middle school science to know that Down's Syndrome is caused by an extra chromosome? You either have it or you don't. There's no "catching" or transmitting of it.
@Senator Sully: I know, I know! My brain hurts from it all!
In medicine, there's an (*ahem*) unofficial diagnosis that's thrown around among clinicians when the patient is apathetic, lazy, etc., etc., in their healthcare that sort of says it all: Too Stupid To Live-osis
@PaisleyPajamas: I had a crazy-ass clusterfuck this week at a compounding pharmacy. I told my doctor and she called the pharm and they were sorry and said if they were me, they would never come back there again. Good to see folks taking responsibility but let this be a lesson.
@Banjo-Sea Kitten: Seriously, it's very "assembly line" here in the United States. If you aren't doing the double checking, then no one is doing the double checking.
I have a pal who is a pharmacist and she's considering leaving the profession (when she pays of her student loans) because of the high stress, high demand and demented people she has to deal with. Daily she has to engage with what they call a "drug seeking" patient. People who try to fake prescriptions for narcotics, and the like. The stories she tells are insane.
@PaisleyPajamas: word. I do everything as holistically as possible so I thought this compounding place would be different, and they were very nice people who took their time with me, but what ensued while they filled my perscription was a scene out of Mr. Magoo. Five major mistakes.
I double and triple check everything, always when it comes to medical stuff. I am a giant (but always polite) pain in the neck and I catch things all the time.
My former neighbor is a cardiac intensive care nurse and she says that the patients who get the best care are the ones who can ask questions and stay focused and whose spouses/loved ones ask, ask, and ask again. She appreciates it too. [and she's not a warm, fuzzy type at all. She's a tough cookie type who borders on rude at times...]
@Banjo-Sea Kitten: With the focus on costs, effectiveness and inefficiencies my hope is that people will see how inadequate allopathic care is (the stuff that's shoved down our throats by insurance companies) and turn to holistic. I'm like you in that I seek out alternatives, pay out of pocket, do what I have to do in order to get better care, rather than being a good little lemming and going along with what the insurance company tells me to in order to be covered by them. If medical studies were done for the right reasons, they'd be doing them on people who die of kidney and liver "failure" (<<<such a catchall term) to determine if it was a naturally-occurring disease process or the result of taking so many medications. The whole system is corrupt, overburdened with over-care and so inept at every level it's a wonder anyone makes it out alive.
@PaisleyPajamas: That's my best guess. I fear for her kid in the big bad world. Like a dumb jaguar you would see on Animal World. Except I don't think Animal World has ever shown anything this Darwin-Award-worthy.
As a former Chicagoan, I can add some color to this.
Sam Adams is the attorney you call when you are seriously fucked. A friend of mine who worked at the Board of Trade, but dealt a fair amount of blow on the side, used him for his drug case. Sam will do anything to get his guy off, but he wouldn't break the law. So he is not involved.
Secondly, the cop's verbal response is pure Chicagoese. We try to end every sentence w/a preposition. I am still fighting to this day to not say, "Where are you at?" when inquiring about the location of a person.
@AndIAmTellingYou: Oh I think you're right! I recognize Magee Hickey but not Nina. But yes! I'm quite sure they're thinking something along the lines of how does this waste of humanity even go on.
He should get a year just for that suit.
Is the coat hanger still in it?
And just look at that face. This is a guy who's going to be in court again; and the reason is going to be a dead woman. And people will say that for her not to have wanted to press charges means she needs to be packed up and shipped far, far away to some place nice for counseling until she sees reality.
Look at that face. Angry. Stupid. Lying. Dangerous.
@DahlELama: he truly is. And, lest we forget, he was one of the 2 dickwads responsible for handing control of the state Senate over to the Republicans this summer.
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Okay, so they're saying she forged the prescription, but why did the pharmacist dispense a potential abortifacient to an obviously, 8-month pregnant woman? No multiple-page warnings on the dispensed med?
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I'm exasperated because some folks just put the vibe out there that they want to be victims. No questioning of the big, bad world at all. *shakes head*
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Everybody needs to be their own advocate when it comes to every aspect of healthcare.
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Nobody in this drama sounds like they are brain trusts.
Plus, this will be on L&O within 4 weeks.
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I'm more intrigued by the fact that Jones tried to disguise the poisoned milk in two 20-ounce Poland Spring bottles. She was criminally savvy enough to figure out the abortion pill part, but opted to finish him off with an amaturish move like sending breast milk to the hospital in used water bottles?
#morningblotter
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In medicine, there's an (*ahem*) unofficial diagnosis that's thrown around among clinicians when the patient is apathetic, lazy, etc., etc., in their healthcare that sort of says it all: Too Stupid To Live-osis
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I have a pal who is a pharmacist and she's considering leaving the profession (when she pays of her student loans) because of the high stress, high demand and demented people she has to deal with. Daily she has to engage with what they call a "drug seeking" patient. People who try to fake prescriptions for narcotics, and the like. The stories she tells are insane.
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I double and triple check everything, always when it comes to medical stuff. I am a giant (but always polite) pain in the neck and I catch things all the time.
My former neighbor is a cardiac intensive care nurse and she says that the patients who get the best care are the ones who can ask questions and stay focused and whose spouses/loved ones ask, ask, and ask again. She appreciates it too. [and she's not a warm, fuzzy type at all. She's a tough cookie type who borders on rude at times...]
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Sam Adams is the attorney you call when you are seriously fucked. A friend of mine who worked at the Board of Trade, but dealt a fair amount of blow on the side, used him for his drug case. Sam will do anything to get his guy off, but he wouldn't break the law. So he is not involved.
Secondly, the cop's verbal response is pure Chicagoese. We try to end every sentence w/a preposition. I am still fighting to this day to not say, "Where are you at?" when inquiring about the location of a person.
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CONVENIENT.
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Best regards,
G. G. Liddy
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Yes, I'm a news slut..
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Is the coat hanger still in it?
And just look at that face. This is a guy who's going to be in court again; and the reason is going to be a dead woman. And people will say that for her not to have wanted to press charges means she needs to be packed up and shipped far, far away to some place nice for counseling until she sees reality.
Look at that face. Angry. Stupid. Lying. Dangerous.
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His nickname should be:
Senator-Slash-Asshole
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Also, fix your hair. Snooki invented the poof, and I really don't think she'd like what you've done with it.
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