Honestly I’ve always been surprised how much education is required to be a pharmacist when all they do is put pills into a bottle (obeying whatever the doctor wrote on your prescription) and pass it to you through the window. Then imagine going through all the years of University to get a master’s degree to work in the back of a CVS.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Seriously? They source the drugs, in the correct dosage, or they have to compound a drug, they have to know what other drugs you are on for conflicts that could kill you. They also teach you how to take the drugs correctly.
Why do people who have no fucking clue make comments?
MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 4 days ago
As an outsider to the field it seems ridiculuous that being a doctor does not include this bit of knowledge. If a pharmacist is expected to do all this and able to override an MD (who can get the prescription wrong)… seems like a circus to me.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
A pharmacist is much more qualified to give you that information that a fucking Doctor. The pharmacist instructions are for the exact drug in you hand, when you get the drug.