what do pharmacist do anyway? Every time I go to the pharmacy, I see a lineup of people behind the counter doing something I’m sure they’re counting up pills, but did they do anything else?
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Pharmacist here.
Short answer is doctors make mistakes and many people don’t have the literacy (not just in complicated stuff, in general) to know what they’re taking and how.
We make sure the stuff you get is not only correct for you, but also compatible with your other meds. We also make sure you know what you’re taking and how to take it. We are also stupidly accessible which businesses like but is it’s own bees nest of problems.
If it was as simple as putting pills in a bottle it wouldn’t be a doctorate level degree (now at least) that pays 6 figures (in the US at least). Legally we are the second half of the puzzle if you want medication. A doctor has to write the script and a pharmacist has to fill it, and outside very few circumstances that’s it. It’s the only way.
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