skullaria wrote:
Yes - there is a lot of education to become a pharmacist. Usually they have a degree in chemistry, then they go to one of the pharmaceutical schools. It is a LOT of chemistry.

Ok, so if we cut the pharmacist out of the equation, the pharmacies will drop that extra person from payroll. The would, in effect, render pharmacies as time-constrained distributors of medicine, filled by minimum-wage grunts in white coats. Lower overhead for CVS, Wal*Mart and the like, but what gain to the consumer? This looks to me like a push by the drug companies for more direct product placement. But how to maintain the control environment while simultaneously lowering over head? I sense a liability issue...

RE: Drug Companies Move to Make Compounded Medications Illegal