A dear friend died of a drug interaction that he was not warned about. He was prescribed the drug by a doctor for back pain. He died after taking the prescribed dose of two medications and having a glass of wine before bed. He was 40. I see absolutely no reason why pharmacists shouldn’t be charged with being required to warn patients about possible drug side effects and interactions.
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Yea, I've gotten some good info from the pharmacist that the doctor failed to mention. Like the availability of an OTC version of a med Mr wtg's doc had written a prescription for. I would have paid $65 bucks for something I could buy OTC for under $10 if the pharmacist hadn't alerted me.
I thought it was great service and even filled out one of those employee appreciation cards.
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Let me throw in a good word for compounding pharmacists. They've saved me a fortune when the doctor prescribes a particular proprietary medicine that is really no more than a combination of two generic ones.
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