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Pharmacist on Board

August 8, 2017 It was the upsurge of Typhoon Gorio when I was coming home from Espa ῆ a on a late Wednesday afternoon. I was sitting next the FX driver, and amid the angry splash of raindrops upon the wind shield and the heavy smog upon the window on my side, I could still hear the conversation of two fellow female passengers behind me. At first, I didn ’t mind whatever it was they were discussing but once they talked of the one thing that bothered most of pharmacists like me, I couldn’t help but already get vigilant. The younger female was sniffing as she wiped her red nose with a towel and the other vigorously sharing that she would take Amoxicillin upon arriving home to prevent herself from getting common cold, as well. The antibacterial drug, Amoxicillin, that she mentioned got my ears open wide but the viral disease, common cold, that she also mentioned got my ears open even wider. It ’s not a habit of mine to intrude on other people’s conversation, especially on comple