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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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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I would also like to point out that pharmacists can also have what are called collaborative practice agreements with providers, often involving a common type of patient, which allows the pharmacist to borrow their authority in a way. This is often limited but can allow us to essentially take over the practitioners role in certain uncomplicated disease states. Most often I see it used for diabetes and warfarin clinics for pharmacists to be allowed to order labs and prescribe the necessary medicine or dose adjust without a doctor’s involvement unless needed.