When I went in to the pharmacy on Wednesday, I was asked to shred some old prescription labels. I realized that prescription labels have important information about the patient such as their address and what medication they are taking. Therefore, in order to protect the patient’s privacy, it is important to properly dispose of such documents so that others do not get a hold of the information. After I was done shredding the old labels, I began to fill the new prescriptions. It was a really busy day; the other pharmacy technician kept receiving new orders and printing the prescriptions, and I was constantly filling one prescription after the other. I noticed that there was one particular medication that I was constantly filling and that medication was metformin, which is a drug that is used to control type II diabetes. This made me realize that diabetes is a really prevalent disorder and that this medication is very important to help patients control their blood sugar and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
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