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Originally Posted by astrahl
The standard MD understands most medications, but when it comes to interactions and knowing exactly HOW they work...I'll prefer to trust a pharmacist, thanks.
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That's certainly your option, but there are many MDs (endocrinologists come to mind) who have a specialized knowledge that is almost certainly lacking in most pharmacists.
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And while morals DO belong in science, if it means withholding medications simply because of personal beliefs...that is NOT cool. I should not have to explain to a pharmacist that the BCPs I was prescribed when I was 17 were not for sexual activity, but for dysmenorrhea. How humiliating to have to justify that?? Deciding what to give out and to whom is feeding a god complex we don't need in medicine. Yes, many MDs have a god complex too, but that is not who we are talking about now.
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That sounds like an argument for allowing MDs to dispense medications.