Long hours have been a way of life for the past 40 years. There was a period of time where Pharmacies (both chains and independents) made enough gross margin to support a staff large enough to handle the work load adequately. I have owned Grays for the past 24 years. During that time "I had a dream" that someday I would be in a position to have a full time Pharmacist and take a little pressure off of me. Then the insurance companies and Government took control, not the Boards of Pharmacy, and reduced the gross margin to a point that relief is not on it's way(if I'm experiencing this, so aren't the chains).

So here we go again. More rules and regulations on how we are to take care of patients because some still have not got the message. We're having to do more with less in order to survive!

If the Boards of Pharmacy want to survive as an vital part of the practice of Pharmacy then take control and make it a little easier on us rather than more difficult thru more regulations. Suggestioin: Board members should only be Pharmacists that are in the trenches each day-we know what's going on and know how to fix most things!