Sugar free cough syrup for pharmacy technician
Can a pharmacy technician recommend a sugar free cough syrup instead of sugar cough syrup ?
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I think he technician not allowed to recommend anything , it’s the pharmacist role so nothing else except reading whats on the drug if needed @mohamedhabash
I agree with @rawan-ee
I Believe the technician should not express his medical opinion or recommend any therapy of any kind to any patient
Maybe if the patient asked him: is this syrup sugar free? In this case he can answer him
i think no
No, a Pharmacy Tech. is not allowed to counsel patients.
no , he cannot give any clinical advice
Do you consider this as a medical advice?
We have some herbal cough syrup considered as OTC containing herbals, right?
In my question ,I say recommend for a patient the same drug but sugar free type.
He can do that while the assistant can not do.
I do consider this as medical advice since it’s a recommendation.
That’s bit confusing
It is just a sugar free product, he does not change the medication.
Where is the medical advice or the medical decision ?
It’s all about the word “recommend”
recommend sugar free VERSUS sugar cough syrup.
He does not recommend cough syrup
So recommending sugar free syrup (already prescribed by physician or pharmacist ) is acceptable . Even though the patient has Diabetes its still considered just recommendation and not medical intervention?!
yes, it is just a recommendation and 100% the final decision will be taken by the pharmacist.
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