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Why do people insist
Apr. 11th, 2007 07:08 amon asking me to do things that are either illegal or highly bad for my continued employment? (or both!)
I would not even begin to count the number of times I've been asked to prescribe medication to an animal I've never seen or haven't seen in years (and usually NOT for the current condition then).
So, in case anybody wonders--it is illegal to prescribe drugs to an animal I haven't seen for the condition in question within the last year. Puppy shots 5 years ago DOES NOT COUNT!
Nobody at the clinic will be sending out scripts for valium to be filled at an outside pharmacy, either. Thanks for playing, but not a winner.
And for fuck's sake don't try to guilt trip me into working for free! Whining that I "have no sympathy" or "don't care about animals at all" does not win you points. If I didn't care about animals, I wouldn't have put myself through four years of fucking hell in vet school and dug myself fifty THOUSAND dollars into debt just for the chance to do this job. It is not my problem that you've got no checking account and your credit is so fucked that you can't get a mastercard. Don't expect me to run the clinic bankrupt out of pity for you.
I would not even begin to count the number of times I've been asked to prescribe medication to an animal I've never seen or haven't seen in years (and usually NOT for the current condition then).
So, in case anybody wonders--it is illegal to prescribe drugs to an animal I haven't seen for the condition in question within the last year. Puppy shots 5 years ago DOES NOT COUNT!
Nobody at the clinic will be sending out scripts for valium to be filled at an outside pharmacy, either. Thanks for playing, but not a winner.
And for fuck's sake don't try to guilt trip me into working for free! Whining that I "have no sympathy" or "don't care about animals at all" does not win you points. If I didn't care about animals, I wouldn't have put myself through four years of fucking hell in vet school and dug myself fifty THOUSAND dollars into debt just for the chance to do this job. It is not my problem that you've got no checking account and your credit is so fucked that you can't get a mastercard. Don't expect me to run the clinic bankrupt out of pity for you.
