(UNDATED) As use of prescription drugs continues to rise and Wisconsin�s population ages, there�s concern there won�t be enough pharmacists in Wisconsin to handle demand.
Some say a perfect storm caused by a changing society is to blame for a shortage of pharmacists. Jeanette Roberts is Dean of the state�s only pharmacy school, located on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. She says there are so many more drugs for so many more things and it�s become a part of their normal management. The Hospital Association�s Warmuth says there�s a good reason for that. She says it�s so much better for patients if they can be treated with pharmacological intervention so that is the first approach that�s always taken.