Thank you.
I'm very concerned about the number of patients who have adverse drug reactions, which are the fourth leading cause of death in North America, 70% of which are preventable. I have tremendous respect for pharmacists. I wish you had more power in your scope of practice to challenge doctors' prescriptions. But I am concerned that some drugs like Remicade, for example, which, if memory serves me well, is approved for up to three months for rheumatoid arthritis, which is prescribed off-label by doctors for longer periods of time for Crohn's disease, and 11% of patients who take Remicade long term will get cancer, or may get cancer. Are pharmacists allowed to prescribe off-label? And are they allowed to continue prescriptions or renew prescriptions that are off-label?
If you can give me a short answer, I have one more quick question.