re: OT Docs - how do doctors determine how much of an antibiotic to prescribe?

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Amazing some people have no idea how the world works.

Doctor sends in a prescription, pharmacist checks it to make sure dosing is appropriate and directions are clear. Half of your family med clinics have an LPN send in an electronic script that was mistyped or put in for the wrong dose or quantity

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My wife is a ER Pharmacist at Sarasota hospital and has been in that position for 24 years. I promise you I do know how it works


You Keyboard jockys kill me

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That’s nice. I also work inpatient. I can promise you pharmacists at CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, etc are not setting the dosages for antibiotics patients bring in. Occasionally they will call and ask for help, but its not often.
Hospital pharmacy is different. We get consults all the time for antibiotic dosing

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I cant tell you what retail pharmacist do but I can tell you what she does because I hear about it every day from her and her dorky friends who hang out at my house all week.

I have made fun of her profession (light heartedly) for many years telling her that she could be replaced by a vending machine but in reality, they do a lot more than people think at her job. No need to explain, it appears most hear already know more about it. LOL. She works in the ER on a crisis team and I promise you she doses many of the drugs that is administered

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They shouldn’t make you go to the doctor when you know you only need antibiotics. Money grab

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So the doctor should risk missing something, like a pneumonia, or worse because you don't want to be truly checked out? Trial lawyer's field day.

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They shouldn’t make you go to the doctor when you know you only need antibiotics. Money grab.

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So antibiotics should be OTC?

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Doctors dont. The pharmacist formulate most dosages.

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They have a little wheel that they spin.