Gilbert Gutknecht: “I believe that is correct. That was a study that was done at the University of Minnesota, and I believe the gentleman's…”

“I believe that is correct. That was a study that was done at the University of Minnesota, and I believe the gentleman's numbers are correct; that literally tens of thousands of Americans become seriously ill or die every year from not taking their medications correctly. And we do not know at this point, based on that study, how many of them were cutting their pills in half or were mixing medications that they should not have mixed. Which brings me back to the point I did make before the gentleman came over, and that is our vision is to keep the pharmacists involved. We believe that the pharmacist is a very important component in the health care delivery system. They are the ones who know how drugs interact and how these drugs should be taken; whether they should be taken at mealtime or before bed, whether they should take a whole glass of water or drink with milk. There are a number of different things that are important; and we know an awful lot of people do become ill, thousands, tens of thousands, because they take the drugs incorrectly or they mix and match drugs they should not.”