[wils1245]

Speaking from the US, it's too bad that pharmacists are so disempowered here. I was just in France, and my friend came down with an eye infection. He went to a pharmacist, who just gave him antibiotics and told him to come back in three days if it didn't go away.

We both agreed it would never have been so easy in the states.

[remarkEon]

While I agree that kind of ease of access to an Rx that would have otherwise required a doctor’s office visit sounds great, antibiotics is probably a bad example. Over-prescription of antibiotics is a known problem. Was your friend seen by a PA or nurse or something? Maybe that model makes sense but I hesitate to give pharmacists the added power of diagnosis.