Erenumab
I was today years old when I learned that monoclonal antibodies don’t have some fantasy names to drive pharmacists crazy, but that there’s a system behind it! For example let’s take the drug
Eren - u - mab:
Eren: main character in AOT/SNK
n: influencial in the nervous system
u: human in origin
mab: monoclonal antibody
According to @mardigrasdeathpostage , Erenumab blocks the titan receptor. It has an elimination half-life of 13 years. Common side effects include itching, swelling, rumbling, agitation, rage, and it can make you grow additional teeth. Erenumab was approved by the Scouting Regiment, but the Military Police rejected the drug on the basis that its cost-effectiveness was not sufficiently proven.
(Just kidding of course ;-))
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Servamp hospital AU with no plot only vibes but I do the rest of the cast too so everyone can suffer:
Iduna – Clinical engineer. Though her responsibilities are mostly limited to testing, maintaining and occasionally doing small repairs on the medical equipment, she always looks at the machines in her care like she’s itching to do more. She’s vastly overqualified for her position, but left what would be any other engineer’s dream job at a well-known medical manufacturer to take it, for unknown reasons.
Freya – The resident pharmacist. She wouldn’t usually have much contact with patients, but sometimes exasperated nurses will ask her to explain how some patient’s medication works to them, counting on her fierce glare to hammer the message home. She’s precise in her work but not opposed to chaos, as evident by how much time she spends watching Iduna come up with creative ways to test the surgery robots.
Licht – Paramedic, stoic in even the most stressful situations. Though one wouldn’t think of him as good with people, the confidence he has in everything he does is a pillar of comfort to those he treats as well as his team. Some people think he developed a bit of a complex, saving people’s lives on a daily basis, but Hyde assures them he’s always been like that. He rarely starts fights (with those who aren't Hyde) but will end them.
Hyde – Paramedic. Whether he’s well-suited for his profession is up for debate, as stress makes him act out easily when in the wrong mood. He put himself on a team with Licht, and for a long time any emergency doctor made to work with them would groan at the thought of their squabbling. Recently they have gotten along better, and Hyde’s stress tolerance seems to have improved.
Niccolo – Emergency doctor, originally an internist. Though he spends most of his time looking like he’ll fall apart at even the suggestion of stress, he changes completely once in an actual life-or-death situation and will easily take charge of his team. He’s happy in his job, and it’s a step up from working in the hospital itself, which was the actual cause of his stress.
Ildio – ER nurse. Though he seems to be a perfect fit for his job – fiercely caring but looking rough enough to nip any problematic behaviour in the bud – it’s actually just what he first fell into when completing his training. Recently the emergency doctor he spends his breaks with has encouraged him to find something he actually enjoys doing, and he has been looking to become a NICU nurse.
Krantz – Professional translator, working wherever a bridge between the staff and one of their patients needs to be built, and is thus always busy. No one knows how many languages he actually speaks. His most impressive achievement in bridge-building is getting paramedics Licht and Hyde to form a somewhat cohesive unit, to a point where their long-suffering ambulance driver has him on speed dial.
Johannes – Haematologist. He is obsessed with his work and spends a decidedly unhealthy amount of hours in the lab, living off strange concoctions presumably containing lots of caffeine and lots of sugar. Though he's not supposed to collect his samples himself, he does so with great joy. Few of the studies he proposes make it past the ethics committee.
Gear – Lab tech. The quiet world of the lab suits him, and he’s well adapted to the traditions and mindsets of those who live within it, though they tend to come off as bizarre to others. He spends his downtime scouring catalogues for the latest lab equipment, and sometimes brings some of it home to decorate the house with. His husband Youtarou seems strangely okay with this.
Youtarou – Social media manager. Most people think of his job as useless, but he thinks it's important for patients and even more so potential recruits to have a friendly face to associate the hospital with. His favourite part of the job is working with Iduna, who in turn loves the opportunity to make the surgery robots do something funny for a cute video.
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St. Mark the Evangelist
1AD-68
Feast Day: April 25
Patronage: notaries, secretaries, pharmacists, lawyers, lions, prisoners, glaziers, Venice
Saint Mark is one of the Gospel writers and a member of the tribe of Levi. He is believed to be "John Mark” in the Acts of the Apostles and the cousin of St. Barnabas. They joined St. Paul on the first mission to Antioch in 44AD. Mark was St. Paul’s “trusted companion” especially when Paul was imprisoned in Rome. St. Mark died a martyr in Alexandria and his relics are enshrined at the Cathedral of St. Mark in Venice.
Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)
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In the pharmacy
Pregnant lady: *demanding a cough med*
Me: *not seling her the cough med because it’s not allowed during pregnancy*
Pregnant lady: *fuming because she has had one sleepless night already and come on she needs that cough med NOW*
Me: *trying to calmly explain alternatives*
Pregnant lady: *exploding for good now* “So YOU're seriously wanting me to go to the ER now just because I have a cold and need my drugs???”
Whyyyyyy is it so hard with certain customers, whyyyyy....
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Saint John Leonardi
1541-1609
Feast Day: October 9
Patronage: Pharmacists, Clerics Regular of the Mother of God, Lucca
Saint John Leonardi, an Italian who studied to be a pharmacist, but became a priest who's a model for today's clergy. He worked in hospitals and prisons caring for the sick, physically and spiritually. He founded a new congregation of diocesan priests, implemented the Council of Trent reforms, founded a Vatican department now called The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and published a compendium of Christian doctrine. He died while caring for plague-stricken souls.
Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)
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