/sci/ - Science & Math

>Pick up prednisone
>Pharmacist mentions to take it in the morning
>"Yeah, insomnia's one of its side effects, so it makes sense."
>Pharmacist asks if I'm studying medicine
>?????
>Question feels so out of left field that I wonder if I even heard him right (he also phrased it like "you in medicine?" or "you studying med?" so it wasn't immediately clear)
>"Huh?"
>Pharmacist says he asked because I knew about that side effect
>"No, the doctor mentioned it."
>"Oh."

I can't tell whose fault it is that that exchange was so awkward. Do doctors usually not tell patients about the side effects of the drugs they prescribe? Or is that knowledge really so esoteric? Do I just LOOK like a med student or something? I'm an extremely short, bald man who was wearing glasses and a mask at the time. I don't think I look like much of anything.

I'm not a med student, to be clear. I just stumbled across this thread and remembered this moment from a few days ago.