Abstract

FEAR OF WORST IS WHAT MAKES PHARMACIST A BAD PATIENT

Panjwani Pooja*

ABSTRACT

Medication phobia, also known as pharmacophobia, is a fear of the use of pharmacological treatments. In severe, excessive and irrational, cases it may be a type of specific phobia. Many a times we have seen pharmacist suffering from the same. What happens when a pharmacist gets ill? Pharmacist first tries to diagnose him and second self - medication and if then there is no effect, he will try to find an alternative using an Internet the last option he will keep is visiting a doctor. Pharmacist fraternity makes them the worst patient, they are difficult to handle most of the times.

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