Ark. pharmacist arrested after 'violent episode' at Walmart

[SheltieLover]

https://wreg.com/news/local/ark-pharmacist-arrested-after-violent-episode-at-walmart/

HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. (WREG)— Chaos at the Helena-West Helena Arkansas Walmart lands a pharmacist in jail.

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“She has just given the name of her daughter, to pick up the prescription, and his words were ‘You’re a demon’ and that ‘I’m going to ‘f***ing kill you,'” said Laura Wheeler.

According to Laura Wheeler’s daughter, the pharmacist started trashing the pharmacy, threw objects at the pharmacy’s plexiglass windows, and then took his unexplained rampage into the main part of the store.

“Everyone was running,” Wheeler said. “He was still cussing and kicking things. She was able to go one way. They ushered her out the door.”

More at link. Several people injured. Name of pharmacisg not released. The lady was picking up her infant daughtrr's rx.

Religious freak? Use of "demon" leads me to believe ghis is a possibility.

[Grokenstein]

1. Somebody's been sampling the inventory.

[SheltieLover]

3. Sounds like it, doesn't it?

Psychotic split?

[wnylib]

15. That's what it sounds like to me.

Drug induced psychotic episode or a psychotic episode from someone who has regular medication but went off of it, e.g. bipolar disorder.

[ShazzieB]

32. This.

Definitely this. His behavior has all the earmarks of a psychotic break of some sort.

I hope he gets the help he needs, because he needs a LOT of it.

[2naSalit]

27. I wonder if it was...

The pretty pink ones or the orange ones.

[pnwmom]

28. Exactly what I thought. nt

[H2O Man]

51. That was my first thought.

[PortTack]

2. Pharmacists can be a kooky group. I know they have ventilation hoods when needed, but I think

They are still exposed to a lot of chemicals.

[SheltieLover]

4. Never thought of exposure

Nobody here wears masks or hoods, but I guess it's possible.

Thx for sharing.

[Jerry2144]

10. The christofscist ones doe wear hoods

But not for protection against chemicals...more like old pillow cases

[ProfessorGAC]

17. I Am Countering That Assessment

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The pharmacies do very little formulating with anything volatile or very friable.
I've been in plants that make tablets, capsules & caplets. Most pills using wet blending (sometimes dry for hydrolyzable active ingredients), but even then benign solvents like glycerol are used.
The pills and caplets are created in a die with dozens of pounds of pressure. They are not friable and the active ingredients generally have incredibly low vapor pressures at room temperature.
Then, a large % are coated, often with a polysaccharide, but sometimes an edible wax.
The exposure level to pharmacy workers is very low. OSHA has exposure standards for that workplace & the standard is perilously close to zero.
Handling pills is unlikely to cause measurable exposure. It's during manufacture that the risks are measurable.
This guy isn't acting out because of exposure to meds. He's either a maniac, a major jerk, or both.

[pnwmom]

29. This doesn't rule out his exposure to pharmaceuticals that he helped himself to. n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

38. That's Not Workplace Exposure!

That's a self-inflicted wound!

[electric_blue68]

47. Heh!

[electric_blue68]

46. That was interesting.

👍

[SheltieLover]

49. Ty for weighing in, Professor

How is Vincent? Still growing?

[LiberalArkie]

25. I wonder if it is a compounding pharmacy?

[mopinko]

31. at a walmart?

[ShazzieB]

33. No way.

Not at a Walmart.

[SheltieLover]

50. Not at Walmart

Esp in Arkansas.

[PortTack]

52. Sure

[Frasier Balzov]

5. Counting pills all day can make anyone snap.

Drink an Ensure and give yourself a Fleet.

[alphafemale]

18. They still count them?

Digital scales to the gram would be better than a human zoned out from monotony.

[Frasier Balzov]

20. They use optical pill counters now I guess.

Didn't know that before this thread!

[frogmarch]

6. After reading you post, at first I thought

he was this guy:

FBI: Vaccine saboteur believes earth is flat, sky is not real
"The earth is flat; the sky is not real, rather it is a shield put up by the Government to prevent individuals from seeing God," a coworker told investigators pharmacist Steven Brandenburg believed.

But it turned out good ol' Steve is from Wisconsin.

https://www.wisn.com/article/fbi-vaccine-saboteur-signed-email-confession-believes-earth-is-flat/35376052#

[AllaN01Bear]

7. change pharmas stat. i hate walmart pharma. grrr.

[SheltieLover]

8. Me, too, along with Walgreens & CVS (Target included)

[Rebl2]

21. Don't like my local

Walgreens pharmacy. Rude to me and the people that work in it act like they would rather be elsewhere. Do like my cvs pharmacy though. They have always been polite and kind to me and my husband. There are no independent pharmacies near me anymore and Costco is to far away. There is a grocery store that has pharmacy, but am very happy with my local CVS.

[ShazzieB]

37. I've used CVS for the last few years, ever since we moved close to one.

It's less than half a mile away and has a drive-thru, so it couldn't be more convenient, and I've never had any problems with them so far. I'll probably stick with them as long as I'm living in this location, unless something unforseen occurs.

[XanaDUer2]

9. Bipolar?

Hope no one was hurt

[SheltieLover]

11. Maybe psychotic split?

Extreme stress can cause this type of break with reality.

But "demon" assertion leads me to believe rogue pharmacist might be a religious nut.

[Irish_Dem]

14. Yes it is a psychotic break of some sort.

Many acute psychotic breaks have some reference to the devil, etc.
So may or may not be a religious nut, but today who the heck knows.

He is violent, paranoid, manic, homicidal, clearly psychotic.

This kind of psychotic break is quite dangerous, references to demons and threats to kill people.

He could also be under the influence of something, but I would think he is either a very heavy user or using along with a pre-exiting mental illness.

[wnylib]

16. Bipolar and off of meds was my first thought.

[Irish_Dem]

19. Yep, my thoughts as well. Bipolar, manic episode, off meds.

Maybe he is doing amphetamines on top of that as well. With long term amphetamine abuse there can be paranoid psychosic symptoms.

Yes obviously he has advanced degrees and passed state boards with interviews.

Job interview was passed as well. So he has been medicated at some point in the past and stable.

Went off meds, maybe some stress at home or work and here we are.

He is quite dangerous it appears and should be restrained for his own welfare and the welfare of others. He could become suicidal when jailed.

[SheltieLover]

36. The voices never tell them to buy wife flowers or kids to clean their rooms

Always this bizarre, harmful type of behavior.

[Irish_Dem]

44. Well sometimes people in a manic episode will go on a buying spree or cleaning binges.

But it is usually dysfunctional behavior because it is so excessive and causes problems.
So the guy would buy a whole flower shop instead of one bouquet. Or a woman will clean her rug to the extent it becomes moldy and rotting.

But yes typically voices are telling people to do bad things. These are command hallucinations which are typically quite dangerous. When God is telling you that there are devils to be killed, who wants to disobey God??

But your point is taken, voices are not usually telling a person to do reasonable, nice actions.

[SheltieLover]

48. Yes, of course.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

54. Maybe a statin involved, too?

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27747681/

[Irish_Dem]

55. I have not seen statins by themselves causing psychotic murdering rampages.

But yes they might trigger a manic episode in a pre-existing Bipolar disorder.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Yes it does sound bi-polar, manic episode.

Violent, aggressive, delusional, paranoid.

[IjustDontlikeRepugs]

13. Don't get high on your own supply.

[ashredux]

22. Well, what we would say, back in the day, was bad acid man

[paleotn]

24. Flash back? Could be.

[paleotn]

23. sampling his own meds?

[RicROC]

26. I don't care what the diagnosis is, but

the house should be raided and all guns confiscated. No gun possession for a year.

That's what a 'red flag law' means. If 'we the people' were serious about gun legislation, we would demand that the laws we now have should be enforced.

Some bully in school is taken from the school to the police, that triggers a red flag. Immediately, the house is inspected and all guns removed. Let the judge and lawyers sort it out, not the police or school guidance counselor.

Some girl is assaulted on a college campus? While the perp is trying to talk he/her way out of it to the poh-leese, the college room is searched and all guns removed.

Some unarmed man shot 24 times because of a traffic violation? The houses of all those officers involved are searched and all guns are confiscated until the judge and lawyers do their jobs and decide proper action. Not just police review or mayoral speeches.

[Grins]

30. "Going postal" is now "going pharma"? NM

[SheltieLover]

41. I guess so!

[roamer65]

34. People are really losing it.

The big war (III) isn’t far off, IMO.

[SheltieLover]

40. Gawd...

Weird thing is she was picking up her infant daughter's ex. I.e., a good incubator in the bibls belt...

When I 1st saw headline, I thought rx would've been something perceived to abort an unwanted pregnancy.

[roamer65]

42. I thought the same, then read it.

Weird, weird, weird…life is getting weird.

[SheltieLover]

43. Feeling a bit like Alice in Wonderland...

Weirder & weirder...

[Javaman]

35. Sounds like he was sampling his own product lol

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Fucking religious nut

[SheltieLover]

39. Sounds like it, doesn't it?

[BlueIdaho]

45. First rule of Pharmacy

Don’t get high on the store’s supply.

[Sogo]

53. They ought to be checking what's in every prescription he's filled.

"I'm going to f**ing kill you" could have to do with some lethal substances he has access to....