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No. You did not prescribe anything. You told them to get it. Prescribe is a word freighted with technical and legal weight, and should not be used lightly.
by hiddencost 3y ago
No.
You did not prescribe anything.
You told them to get it.
Prescribe is a word freighted with technical and legal weight, and should not be used lightly.
- arcticbull 3y agoYou can prescribe supplements - they may have, it’s not fair to assume.
- lazyasciiart 3y agoDoctors can prescribe supplements. They are saying that random not-doctors should not call it prescribing when they tell someone to do something, whatever that thing is.
- arcticbull 3y agoAh yes on re-reading I missed that important bit. My bad.
- hooverd 3y agoNah, you should use it. Physicians need to have their wings clipped.
- qwerty456127 3y agoThey asked me for help (because they know I am an "amateur expert" in this subject), I gave them the pills and said take these and we'll see how it goes (because I know enough to reasonably assume this is very unlikely to cause serious harm in them short-term, incl. because pharmacy-sold FDA-approved supplements are meant to be proven-safe for people who lack specific counter-indications and follow the dosage manual). Surely I'm not a doctor and that's why I mention this whenever relevant, as I did here.
- TeaBrain 3y agoPrescribe can simply mean to advise on taking a course of action. The word is commonly associated with the medical profession, but isn't unique to it.