re: Pharmacy: This Is What Happens When You Oversaturate A Market

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It’s almost as if they want you to take on more student debt

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Could easily find a semester or two worth of classes to remove from the curriculum

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They want to think they are damn doctors

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A very large part of the profession now have doctorates. I have only came across one that referred to himself as a “doctor” and he was a bit of a douche. I personally have no desire to be an MD. The whole allure of Pharmacy was not having to touch people. I do however find it a bit ridiculous that PA’s can go to school for 2 years as long as they have a bachelor degree in something and get prescriptive authority.

For example, some pharmacies administer flu tests. They give the patient the result, it’s positive, sorry bud, go see your pcp for a script for Tamiflu. I find it ridiculous that we aren’t allowed to prescribe something like that. In some states, pharmacists can write for birth control, and few other things but its very limited and extra training is required. If our profession is to survive long term, we will have to get provider status. It will allow us to bill Medicare part B for services that are allowed under their state scope of practice, essentially opening up jobs in physician offices.

Otherwise CVS will slowly bleed out independents and even other chains (Wags lost 2 billion while CVS profited 2 billion) and take over the retail market.