What kind of pharmacist do you want? A rubber stamper?
You should choose one who helps you with your prescribed
drugs.
Do you want them to tell you about side effects, even if
you might stop taking the drug cause you don’t want those
side effects?
Do you want them to tell you smoking can be harmful?
That overdosing on meds is potentially dangerous?
Suppose you have heard that some herb is good for your
digestion, but you are taking a blood thinner
for your heart condition, and the pharmacist knows that
there might be a drug interaction that might harm you with
those two chemicals. Should the pharmacist just say, “hey,
man, it’s a free country” here’s you’re prescription for
the blood thinner, dude, good luck.” Or should they warn
you, and if they feel strongly enough that the interaction
could be harmful to you, not sell you the drug. What kind
of pharmacist do you want?
In today's world pharmacists are becoming obsolete. I get my drugs on base and guess what? They hand you a computer print-out with your script. I got home, compared it with WebMD.com and they were identical. Suffice it to say I'm not downgrading the Piggly Wiggly pharmacist but I can do my own research.