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perhaps it might be better to have doctors prescribe for a specific issue (eg: needs something for allergies) and then leave it up to the pharmacist to decide w
by joshAg 14y ago
perhaps it might be better to have doctors prescribe for a specific issue (eg: needs something for allergies) and then leave it up to the pharmacist to decide which specific pill and dosage level as opposed to prescribing the specific pill themself (eg allegra). I mean, it's not like the pharmacist isn't going to already look over the prescribed medication to make sure it won't negatively interact with the patient's other medications
of course, that's assuming that the doctor and the pharmacist will be able to see each other's notes and that egos won't get in the way. but it's not like doctors don't alredy farm certain tasks out to specialists (eg radiologists for reading x-rays or neurologists for reading ct scans).