I heard on a news program that machines are fixing to take over the job of
actually putting the pills in the bottles.   No mistakes, that way.  That
may make pharmacists obsolete, or it may allow them to do the
advice-type-work better.  But eventually, the information will be available
from a computer of some type, which will be useful in cases like you
described.

At 02:12 PM 3/1/1998 -0600, you wrote:
>Speaking of pharmacies and choosing a good one..... did anyone see the
>report on Dateline (I think it was Dateline.)  last week about pharmacy
>quality control??
>
>It was VERY scary.  They went to pharmacies all over the country and
>filled two prescriptions that should not be taken together.  They got
>everything from "sure, go ahead" type advice to personal calls home
>after the fact to warn of the problem.
>
>I will think twice from now on when I go to ANY pharmacy.
>
>Deborah
>
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