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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Asher Wolf‏Verified account @Asher_Wolf Jun 13

      “We should encourage a program where pharmacists chat to customers about options to use long-acting contraceptives!” Uh huh. Thank you but I’ll take my trip to a chemist without the lecture

      16 replies 16 retweets 185 likes
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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jun 13
      Replying to @Asher_Wolf

      It's weird, because from a public health perspective I totally get the importance of pharmacist advice but also as a patient most of the time pharmacists give me condescending, worthless information that assumes I know nothing about my condition 😕

      9 replies 5 retweets 61 likes
    3. Kamil Pabis‏ @Aging_Scientist Jun 13
      Replying to @GidMK @Asher_Wolf

      I feel the same way, but that is an illusion, because we are part of the elite. It is sometimes easy to forget that not everyone is an academic and most academics have no background in the life sciences.

      4 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jun 13
      Replying to @Aging_Scientist @Asher_Wolf

      Not really, I've received mental health advice from pharmacists who didn't even ask me how long I'd been taking the medication. Just "I don't think this is good for you" without any knowledge whatsoever about any aspect of my life

      6:16 AM - 13 Jun 2021
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        2. Asher Wolf‏Verified account @Asher_Wolf Jun 13
          Replying to @GidMK @Aging_Scientist

          I take particular medications because I have complex illnesses. I don’t wish to discuss why my GP or specialists gave me a script for it with the local pharmacist

          1 reply 0 retweets 15 likes
        3. BangTheDrumEhlersDanlos‏ @EhlersAintEasy Jun 13
          Replying to @Asher_Wolf @GidMK @Aging_Scientist

          My pharmacist cannot wrap her head around me taking a PPI and an H2 blocker. In her head they do the same thing, so I only need one...

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        1. Kamil Pabis‏ @Aging_Scientist Jun 13
          Replying to @GidMK @Asher_Wolf

          Oh, of course and they sell homeopathy as well! The incompetence of (many) pharmacists is a totally different story. Doesn't change the fact that discussing medication and giving basic health advice is (and should be) their job. Vote [X] better training

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