Re: Doctors Versus Pharmacists/Who Is More Qualified To Prescribe Drugs?
They point out the risks after they look at their computer and check it all up something with the right software we could all do at home. Doctors are trained to diagnose and prescribe, even nurses are not allowed to do so.Re: Doctors Versus Pharmacists/Who Is More Qualified To Prescribe Drugs?
Pharmacists are highly qualified, pharmacy is a science-oriented profession, and prerequisites for training include several courses in physics, chemistry, biology and advanced mathematics, such as calculus.Re: Doctors Versus Pharmacists/Who Is More Qualified To Prescribe Drugs?
Doctors are people who prescribe medicines about which they know very little to people about whom they know even less.Re: Doctors Versus Pharmacists/Who Is More Qualified To Prescribe Drugs?
I often pick my chemists brains ... wouldn't be without him. I've had some very good advice over the years ... including the time when it was a chemist who actually told me the item prescribed on my prescription hadn't been available for years and we were both a little surprised that my doctor didn't know that.Re: Doctors Versus Pharmacists/Who Is More Qualified To Prescribe Drugs?
When my children were small, I worked part time for the local pharmacist.Re: Doctors Versus Pharmacists/Who Is More Qualified To Prescribe Drugs?
The good thing nowadays is that the pharmacist, or usually the technician/dispenser (who I might add does the work) can cross check it to make sure it's compatible with anything you're taking already. Doctors don't always have time.
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