Pharmacists have expressed concern over the new drug bill which will allow medical practitioners besides pharmacists to prescribe dangerous drugs.

Mr Worawit Kittiwongsunthorn, a member of Pharmaceutical Council and a member of the legal affairs of the council, said Monday that the bill which was already endorsed by the Council of State and will soon be sent to the National Legislative Assembly for deliberations would put members of the public at risk of being prescribed with the wrong medicines and would also have widespread repercussions on the country’s drug dispensing system.

Medicines are normally grouped into three categories namely the specially-controlled medicines which require prescription, dangerous medicines which have to be dispensed by pharmacists and common medicines which can be bought over the counter.

The new bill, said Mr Worawit, will allow medical practitioners such as doctors, nurses, dentists, veterinarians, therapists and traditional medical practitioners to prescribe dangerous medicines instead of only the pharmacists as it is the case now.

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