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Monday, November 18, 2024

n Alberta, in some situations, licensed pharmacists can modify a prescription or prescribe on their own, she explains. Meaning: you can take your child to a local pharmacy for an assessment and, if necessary, get a rapid strep test -- then get prescribed the necessary treatment on-site -- instead of struggling to find an available doctor. ...

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Sure, and here in the USA most retail pharmacist have little time for counseling. Mine consists of 'any questions?' Your co-pay is X thank you very much. All vaccines are given by a tech. There are good studies that show having a pharmacist do most of the counseling and prescribing for HBP they get better results. But they currently cannot prescribe or get paid for the counseling piece, so CVS or Walgreens won't be doing it.

#1 | Posted by mattm at 2024-11-18 08:57 AM | Reply

It's like that in France.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-11-18 11:18 AM | Reply

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