woman working setting up tools and supplies for surgeries with caption 'Making $80/hr setting up surgeries' (l) surgeon in car with caption 'Making 12/hr performing surgeries:' (c) woman working setting up tools and supplies for surgeries with caption 'Making $80/hr setting up surgeries' (r)

‘I def do it for the love of surgery bc the money is not good’: Doctor claiming to make $12/hr performing surgeries reacts to scrub tech making $80/hr

'Where in the world are they paying $12 an hour for surgeons?'

On Jan 27, 2023 by Phil West

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‘The amount of money I would have saved on past animals’: Woman shares PSA for getting cheap pet medication

'You might've just saved my dog's life!'

On Dec 4, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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young woman with caption 'me when my fridge gets unplugged during dorm checks over thanksgiving break after i wrote 'insulin inside please don't unplug' on the fridge' (l&r) pink sticky note with handwritten 'Insulin inside pls don't unplug' (c)

‘Insulin inside please don’t unplug’: College student says her fridge holding her 27 insulin vials was unplugged

‘I’d be FUMING.’

On Dec 1, 2022 by Alexandra Samuels

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TikToker speaking with hand up caption 'Why I have Black Bones' 'like the bones in my body are black' (l) Minocycline pill bottle with blurred spilled pills on pink background (c) TikToker speaking with caption 'Why I have Black Bones' 'and it's because I have something called minocyclone' (r)

‘My skeleton is really cool’: TikToker says acne medication turned their bones black

'I kind of want archaeologists to find my really goth skeleton one day.'

On Nov 20, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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‘I had to choose between not wanting to kill myself, or having sex’: Mental health meds can make it more difficult for women to cum. Doctors don’t care

'I wish people would speak about it more, it is not as rare as we think it is!'

On Oct 24, 2022 by Dania Quadri

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woman speaking into earbud microphone caption 'today there is no medicine in the medicine ball at Starbucks (l) woman holding Starbucks Honey Citrus Mint tea in front of chalk board (c) woman speaking into earbud microphone caption 'it's called a honey citrus mint tea' (r)

‘I had to tell someone it wasn’t medicinal’: Starbucks barista calls out customers who come in sick and order a ‘medicine ball’

'One time this lady came in & asked me if I had the tea that cured covid.'

On Oct 7, 2022 by Melody Heald

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woman wearing scrubs and stethoscope with caption 'if i had a dollar for every time a patient tells me tylenol doesn't work for them and they need something stronger' (l&r) woman in room (c)

‘You are the type of provider that I would never want’: Physician blasts patients who say Tylenol doesn’t work

'Tylenol doesn’t even work for menstrual cramps.'

On Sep 7, 2022 by Tricia Crimmins

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woman speaking (l) Benadryl allergy relief in bottle on blue background (c) Dr. Ethan Melillo speaking (r)

‘I’m appalled how many people don’t know this’: Doctor exposes Benadryl and generic sleep aids

'Medication marketing is crazy! It gets so confusing with all the different brands that are basically the same medication.'

On Aug 19, 2022 by Lauren Castro

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‘What’s their game plan now?’: Accutane users say they were told to terminate pregnancies. What happens post-Roe?

'It is critical that patients be able to access needed medications as prescribed by their doctors.'

On Jul 13, 2022 by Tricia Crimmins

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nurse in hallway with captions 'lost a patient today' and 'shake of off, you have 5 more hours'

‘Ain’t no way the first thing that came to her mind was to make a TikTok’: Nurse mocked for making TikTok after patient allegedly dies

'The last thing I'd do is make a video. What the hell?'

On Jul 7, 2022 by Charlotte Colombo

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man on couch with caption 'Why do y'all trip on medical bills bro I literally blocked the hospital phone ### and ignored mine for 6 years and it finally disappeared my credit score went up 40 points lmaoooo' (l&r) medical bill (c)

‘Why do y’all trip on medical bills bro?’: Man says credit score went up 40 points after he blocked hospital’s phone number, ignored medical bills for 6 years

‘I straight up just don’t pay mine then go to different hospitals.’

On Jun 29, 2022 by Linda Hamilton

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woman holding RX AMERICA coupon caption 'let me show you a coupon that's *usually* better than goodrx' (l) Woman with mask on caption 'last day as a pharmacy tech let me show you a coupon that's *usually* better than goodrx' (c) woman holding RX AMERICA coupon flipped to back caption 'works for pets too' (r)

‘Screenshot it’: Pharmacy tech shares coupon that’s ‘better than GoodRx’ on her last day on the job, sparking debate

'The fact that we need coupons for our prescriptions.'

On Jun 28, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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‘It sounds way too good to be true’: Uninsured TikToker saved over $200 on medication using Mark Cuban’s pharmacy, sparking debate on big pharma

'We’re conditioned that those skyhigh prices were the norm.'

On Jun 10, 2022 by Victoria Gagliardo-Silver

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woman upset speaking caption 'What the $&@? Did You Just Say?!' (l) tiny shopping cart with pills inside wooden blocks 'ADHD' adjacent on light blue background (c) woman speaking upset caption 'I do believe medication for adhd is a cop out. They just need to learn ways to focus better and have avenues to release that energy.' (r)

‘You want a diagnosis so you can just shove pills in your kids’ faces’: Mother says her child’s new doctor wouldn’t give him his medication, sparking debate

'Within five minutes of being there, this man says, ‘Your son is not autistic and he does not have ADHD.''

On Jun 10, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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‘I have to go through more steps to refill and pick up my Adderall prescription’: Teacher says it’s easier to buy a gun than it is to fill her Adderall prescription

'I've purchased both and can confirm it's easier to buy a gun.'

On Jun 6, 2022 by Grace Stanley

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