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Why might the pharmacist be the one to notice that a patient is taking a potentially harmful combination of drugs instead of the

primary care doctor?

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snow_tiger [21]3 years ago

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The primary care doctor may not know all of the medications being taken. The pharmacy is the watch dog for interactions between medicines

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