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Can a bams practitioner prescribe the allopathic medicine suppose if he has enough of practical knowledge but not mbbs degree?

Please not that

# BAMS means Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery.

# MBBS means Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.

# Though both BAMS and MBBS are different disciplines. As BAMS deals with Ayurveda medicines and techniques while MBBS deals with Allopathic medicines and methods.

# It is expected that an BAMS doctor can prescribed only ayurvedic medicines. On the other hand, an MBBS doctor (or allopathic doctor) can prescribed only allopathic medicines.

# But in reality, an BAMS doctor is authorized to prescribed general/common allopathic medicines but not permitted to prescribed strong allopathic medicines.

# Similarly an MBBS practitioner also permitted to prescribed only general/common medicines but not permitted complex ayurvedic substitutes.

# It is worthwhile to mention here that an BAMS practitioner has to undergo six month (one senester) of study out of complete five and a half years study in allopathy compulsory.

# Today, both BAMS doctor as well as MBBS doctor enjoys the same priviledges, salary packages, ranks, etc.