Canada Prescriptions –
The Big Debate about Who Should Issue Them
If you are in need of Canadian prescriptions, you will have to get them from your doctor. He or she is the one that is aware of your medical situation and is trained to find the right solution for it. However, there is a big debate going around about whether or not pharmacists should actually be the ones who prescribe drugs for patients. They are, after all, the ones who have to go to school specifically to learn about different drugs on the market. Shouldn’t they be the logical ones to write prescriptions? There are two sides to this argument, both of which will be explored below.
On the side of supporting the pharmacists, the biggest point is that pharmacists are more knowledgeable about the drugs in the Canadian prescriptions. They have to go through years of schooling to learn about side effects, drug administrations, dosages, and more, and then they have to pass countless exams to get their license. Thus when they come into their career, they know the ins and outs of most every drug they have to work with. Doctors don’t have that knowledge because it was not a part of their education.
On the doctors’ side, the debate spawns from the fact that doctors are more apt to diagnose patients. They go to school to identify a problem that a person is having and come up with the right Canadian prescriptions to provide relief. Pharmacists just know the solution part of all of this. They are not trained to pin point the issues that are causing the symptoms. They can merely look at the symptoms and fix them, or try to. In other words, doctors can work at the core and pharmacists only work at the surface of the issues.
With all of that in mind, who should be giving out Canadian prescriptions? Should it be the diagnostic doctor or the detail oriented pharmacist? Perhaps the answer lies in both. While a doctor can provide an overall diagnosis and a suggestion for a solution, he or she might need the assistance of a pharmacist to get the exact drug that will work for a patient. Consultations like this may not always be necessary, but they can provide an extra layer of assurance for patients needing a second opinion. For now, both respective parties just have to continue their jobs as they are. Adjusting responsibilities may be in store for the future though.