Prescription's scrawled signature lands woman in jail

[flacky]

You wouldn't be prevented from seeing a doctor if you wanted them to help you with a medical recommendation, you just shouldn't have to.

Kind of like, I don't need a mechanics prescription to buy car parts at Kragen. I can take it to a mechanic or I can work on the car myself. And if you screw up fixing your own brakes, it can be deadly.

The difference is that you can't give people who don't know what they're doing drugs that can kill them.

Indeed. Despite their egotistical nature, they DID work and study damn hard. As you say, I don't think people realise the responsibility that falls on their shoulders. If a doctor makes a mistake - it's picked up by the pharmacist. If a pharmacist makes an error..

Exactly.

 

[Roger&Me]

f a doctor makes a mistake - it's picked up by the pharmacist. If a pharmacist makes an error..

..then it should be picked up by the patient.

Its not difficult to google a medicine for dosages and contraindications before you start munching down pills.

Now of course in a hospital it's a different story, because the patient isn't able to do so.