EXACTLY, he isn't a doctor and has no idea why she was prescribed the medicine that her DOCTOR wrote for her. If he wants to pick and choose what meds people take, he should have became a DOCTOR. Pharmacists shouldn't be able to intervene in anyone's meds unless the combination they are prescribed is dangerous.

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Posted by Boss

Member since Dec 2007

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Posted on 6/25/18 at 8:07 am to shawnlsu

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If he wants to pick and choose what meds people take, he should have became a DOCTOR. Pharmacists shouldn't be able to intervene in anyone's meds unless the combination they are prescribed is dangerous.

Unfortunately, that is exactly what pharmacists are charged with. State DEAs see pharmacists as a cog in the wheel of fighting opiate addiction and expect them to be the judge and jury in dispensing drugs.

Have you seen the latest lawsuits against all of the doctors for overprescribing opiates? No? Me neither. However, counties across the country are suing Walgreens, CVS, and PBMs for opiate abuse. If they are just supposed to dispense the damn drug, why are they the ones being sued?

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Posted by Tiguar

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Member since Mar 2012

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Posted on 6/25/18 at 8:10 am to shawnlsu

Oh look, this argument again.

Pharmacists are in fact legally obligated to not fill prescriptions they don't clinically agree with. That is their job. If they fill something harmful, they can be sued/disciplined just like an MD.

This particular instance is dumb because obviously the pharmacist didnt understand the drug he was being requested to dispense.

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