A 39-year-old member asked:
What is better for q on drug reaction, this site, a pharmacist or an emergency medicine physician?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Kevin Meyeranswered
Emergency Medicine 25 years experience
It depends: Physician if its a management question. Pharmacist if looking for detailed drug information.
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A 29-year-old member asked:
How to know what is better , a pharmacist or an emergency medicine physician?
3 doctor answers • 8 doctors weighed in
Dr. John Leander Poanswered
Infectious Disease 19 years experience
Loaded question-: I'll interpret this question as - who is better to answer detailed questions about a prescribed drug during a busy period in the ed? Better to go through and check drug-drug interactions with the patient , explaining why each interaction occurs? Better in verifying what medication is covered by an insurance plan? To all these questions, it's the pharmacist- not the overworked ed physician.
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Last updated Sep 8, 2013
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