re: The Prior Authorization Process for Medicine

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A pharmacist can fill any prescription that is written - unless it is Ivermectin and then they act like providers giving their opinion.

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Pharmacists have recently been on my shite list. Tried to get a medication filled and they filled it, then wouldn't let me pick it up. It was an extended-release version of a med in the same class of a medication that I already take and it's also extended-release. I've had them fill it in the past without issue. The pharmacist told me she can't fill it and to switch to an immediate-release version, instead. I explain that the extended-release version is much smoother and has less side-effects for me and that they've filled it in the past, but she didn't give a shite. She didn't think that it was appropriate for me to be on two extended-release meds in the same class.

I'm thinking, "Bitch, if you wanted to be in charge of my health then you should have gone to med school. Just do your job and fill the prescription."

Pharmacists on power trips thinking they should get to play doctor are one of my ultimate pet-peeves.