Peter A. Kreckel, RPh

Overwhelmed pharmacists are no longer scared of speaking up to managers.

This occasional “reward” hardly makes up for the belligerent customers, insurance issues, and—yes—stressed-out pharmacists.

Money isn’t everything in this profession.

In an opinion piece, pharmacist Pete Kreckel highlights the ways that women have been leading the COVID-19 vaccination effort.

“If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that you are just feeding the crocodile hoping he’ll eat you last.” – Ronald Reagan

In the absence of rock-solid data to the contrary, wearing a mask seems to be a small sacrifice to protect each other’s health.

This small, 1200-square-foot drugstore will take care of the patients and their problems that the big-box guys could care less about.

From Pete Kreckel, why chain pharmacists have answers that chains are looking for.

"I’ve yet to meet a pharmacist who ever had this covered in pharmacy school," writes Kreckel. 

We need to stand up for anywhere our profession has a profound impact on healthcare, writes Kreckel. 

PBMs are making it nearly impossible to navigate the waters of healthcare, writes Kreckle. 

Figuring out the equations for quality technicians.

Pete Kreckel discusses how he is always working to improve the workflow in his pharmacy. 

"Our jobs change, our families change, our kids change, and whether we realize it or not, we change."

Note the physiological signs of stress and consider necessary changes.

The key to job satisfaction lies in your perspective.

You probably can’t find your perfect job-you’ll have to make it.

There are a lot of factors that go into medication errors-pharmacists are stepping up, but the FDA must also act.

It’s time to fix the disconnect between what students are taught and what’s needed to practice.

Pharmacogenomics helps pharmacists recognize how every patient requires a different approach.

High drug prices are caused by a variety of forces-but pharmacists always seem to get caught in the crossfire.

What one pharmacist suggests President Trump should do to help pharmacists and their patients.

Chicago proposed legislation requiring minimum pharmacy technician hours. Should other municipalities follow suit?

Peter Kreckel recently tried to explain DIR fees to students. Here’s how it went.

The Father of Vitamins was an incredibly important person who went unthanked-just like pharmacists.

Explaining the high price of a drug to a customer is hard enough, but its worse when its your mother.

Anxious new pharmacists get a shot in the arm from columnist Pete Kreckel, RPh.