It's interesting how we now just expect that a pharmacist will question the reasoning behind a prescription. Back when I was a kid doctors were criticized for over-prescribing antibiotics in situations where they supposedly did no good (eg. to treat a cold). Yet I don't ever recall a pharmacist calling up a doctor and demanding he have a legitimate reason for prescribing antibiotics; they just filled the prescription.
Nor did we suspend the licenses of physicians who prescribed them.
It's interesting how we now just expect that a pharmacist will question the reasoning behind a prescription. Back when I was a kid doctors were criticized for over-prescribing antibiotics in situations where they supposedly did no good (eg. to treat a cold). Yet I don't ever recall a pharmacist calling up a doctor and demanding he have a legitimate reason for prescribing antibiotics; they just filled the prescription.
Nor did we suspend the licenses of physicians who prescribed them.