NSTletters: Doctors and pharmacists strive to give the best service to patients, where doctors diagnose and pharmacists dispense.
Doctors and pharmacists strive to give the best service to patients, where doctors diagnose and pharmacists dispense. BernamaI REFER to the statement “Pharmacies, especially chain outlets, are dispensing antidepressants and antipsychotic drugs without a doctor’s prescription”, by former Malaysian Medical Association Penang branch chairman Dr Tan Chee Khuan on Dec 11.Doctors and pharmacists strive to give the best service to patients, where doctors diagnose and pharmacists dispense.
Pharmacists work and get along very well with general practitioners, in referring and assisting patients to achieve their optimal health.Patients are often on more than one medication but not always being only on anti-depressants or psychotics.Community pharmacists have extended roles when it comes to the wellbeing of patients.
If you were to combine a supplement like St John’s Wort with antidepressants like SSRIs , you could end up with disastrous results.This can result in serotonin syndrome, which causes side effects. Serotonin syndrome can even result in death.
Community pharmacists have come a long way and have shifted from being product oriented to service-based.
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