I seem to see this problem more often - patient counselling gets drilled into us left, right and centre at uni, but in practice, I hardly see it done. The exceptions to this being advising patients not to take alcohol with penicillin and metronidazole, and to complete antibiotic courses (even this isn't always told). I know its on labels and I don't expect pharmacists to counsel patients on everything they dispense but from what I've seen a lot more could be done.

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