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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American pharmacist here.
Behind the counter we are inputting your script in the computer, billing your insurance, checking for drug interactions, insuring the provider didn’t write something stupid that’s going to kill you (happens more often than you think), counting the medication, packaging the medication, running quality assurance to make sure everything is being dispensed correctly, and finally selling you the medication. In my state I am also legally required to speak to you about the medication if the drug is new to you.
In addition to all of that, we are answering the phone, calling insurance companies when they’re being stubborn about payment, calling for refills, calling doctors for prior authorizations on insurance, dealing with technology that breaks way too often, dealing with pain in the ass drug seekers/problem customers, giving vaccines, etc.
Always lots going on in a busy pharmacy space. There’s more than this that goes on but involves a lot of industry lingo that’s beyond an eli5.
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