[Iona]

Why do people who receive a prescription from their doctor never ask the provider what the medication is for? I work in a national pharmacy chain. Every day I have people come up to me and ask, “Why did my doctor prescribe me this medication?” How do I know? What did you see the doctor for? I can tell you what the medication is generally used for, but I can’t tell you why the provider prescribed it. I don’t know your medical history or what is wrong with you. Are people afraid to ask their provider questions? Do they feel the doctor is too busy?

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Name : Iona, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Gay, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 31, City : Jacksonville, State : FL, Country : United States, Occupation : Pharmacist, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

[Stacee27900]

I always question my doctor in depth about any medications she prescribes. However, I also usually ask my pharmacist about my medicine as if the doctor had not told me anything about it. This way, my doctor’s comments can’t influence what the pharmacist tells me. I like to double or triple confirm information about my medications, especially any possible interactions with my oral contraceptive. By the way, my pharmacist knows all my allergies, a good portion of my medical history and how previous medications have affected me, and I have changed both doctor and pharmacists when I felt they thought they were too busy to talk to me.

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Name : Stacee27900, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 31, City : Houston, State : TX, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, 

[joshua goldin]

Books such as The Pill Book are readily available, as well as medical web sites, etc. It is very easy to find out just about everything you could possibly want to know about any given medicine. It might even be a good idea for a pharmacy to have a couple of these reference books available for the customers to look at.

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Name : joshua goldin, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Humanist, Age : 60+, City : College Park, State : MD, Country : United States, Occupation : teacher, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, 

[Josh]

I think a lot of people are intimidated by the provider they are seeing. In many cases the provider is also under a tremendous amount of pressure and there is a feeling of urgency to end the visit, often without asking what’s on his or her mind.

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Name : Josh, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Gay, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 22, City : Salt Lake City, State : UT, Country : United States, Occupation : Data Management, 

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