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what does a pharmacist do?

To what extent do you think its necessary for pharmacists to dispense medicine prescribed by doctors? Could doctors not just dispense the medicine they prescribe themselves?

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  • Lea
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    We check to make sure your physician did not choose something which would hurt/kill you. Physicians should not dispense medication because they'll be no one to check them. It'll just increase the number of drug errors. Most physicians do not want to get into the business of dispensing medications. It is very expensive and with a small margin of profit.

    Source(s): pharmacy student
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Doctors have to do the diagnosing.

    Pharmacists are there, at a local level, to dispense medicines, and went through years of schol to be qualified to do so.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Docters diagnose, pharmacists just give you the medications=]]

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