How AI Is Quietly Changing My Daily Practice

As a doctor, I sometimes forget how much of the medicines I prescribe today are shaped by AI working behind the scenes in pharma. It’s no longer just futuristic — I see it in daily practice.

Consider antibiotics. With resistance rising, I often worry if I’m choosing the right one. Now, pharma companies are using AI to predict resistance patterns and design smarter molecules. That pipeline reassures me — because I know new drugs are coming before the old ones completely fail.

Even in routine prescribing, AI is creeping in. Some pharma-backed apps help me check for drug–drug interactions instantly when a patient is on 5–6 medicines. Instead of flipping through books or guidelines, I get alerts in seconds. That saves me time, and probably saves patients from avoidable side effects.

What excites me most? The idea that AI could soon personalize dosing — analyzing genetics, liver function, and other data to say, “This patient needs 40% less of this drug.” If that becomes mainstream, we’d move from population medicine to truly individual medicine.

For doctors, pharma’s AI revolution is not about replacing us — it’s about giving us sharper, faster, safer tools to treat our patients.