Not too many years ago, if you got sick, you went to see your family doctor, who maybe prescribed some medicine to make you well. You took your prescription to the corner drugstore, where you knew the guy behind the counter and he knew you, writes Eric Harrison in Wednesday’s Family section.
Health-care experts agree that the pharmacist is the best gatekeeper in keeping track of what might interfere with something else, and to keep the patient and physician fully informed about the options. See Wednesday’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for more.