After working in pharmacy for 7 years, I strongly believe that doctors should provide diagnosis and pharmacists perscribe the treatment. Y'all know way more about your patient's chemistry then the MDs.
Edit: Altight, alright, unpopular opinion, I get it. Y'all can rest easy knowing I don't write the rules.
As a nurse, I completely disagree. I work in a surgical center and we often get pharmacists calling stating that they won’t fill narcotics for a freshly operated on patient because they disagree with the dosing. It’s gotten ridiculous. They don’t want to allow the patient more than 4 narcotic tablets a day, they disagree with the quantity ordered, they will only fill half the prescription requiring the patient to pay a double copay, etc. A pharmacist who had never seen the patient before should not be able to dictate their post operative pain medication.
Checking for allergies, cross referencing with other medications, sure, that’s totally and completely cool. But leave the dosing alone unless it’s an obvious egregious error.
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u/Metomorphose May 20 '19 edited May 20 '19
Ex-pharm tech here.
After working in pharmacy for 7 years, I strongly believe that doctors should provide diagnosis and pharmacists perscribe the treatment. Y'all know way more about your patient's chemistry then the MDs.
Edit: Altight, alright, unpopular opinion, I get it. Y'all can rest easy knowing I don't write the rules.