PHARMACIST STEVE

Reporter with The NEW YORK TIMES -looking for pts having trouble getting their meds » Screenshot 2023-01-30 at 12.16.12 PM

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   BRENDA, on June 23, 2025 at 1:24 am said:

   Yes I have had trouble getting several prescriptions from Walgreens in Oklahoma. Once it took me more than 2 weeks. I lost count of days after that. Not only that but NOW, if a dr sends in a prescription more than 2 days before. They won’t fill it until you call in and say you want it. Then they will order it, usually delaying it even more.

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     Pharmaciststeve, on June 23, 2025 at 7:59 am said:

     The doctor can put on the Rx DO NOT FILL BEFORE MM/DD/YY. Most modern pharmacy computer systems has the ability to put a Rx in a “queue” the label should come out on a specific date. If the pharmacy you use is ordering via the electronic CSOS ordering system. Presuming the wholesaler has inventory, the pharmacy can send in a CSOS order before the wholesaler’s daily cut-off (typically 5-6 PM), the pharmacy will receive the CSOS order the next day. Orders can be sent in Fri-Sun and those items would be received on Monday AM. What I am hearing that wholesalers having adequate C-2 inventories have been inconsistent.
     Here is the Pharmacist’s Oath – maybe pts need to give the “troublesome pharmacist” a copy of it

     Oath of a Pharmacist

     The revised Oath was adopted by the AACP Board of Directors and the APhA Board of Trustees in November 2021. AACP member institutions should plan to use the revised Oath of a Pharmacist during the 2021-22 academic year and with spring 2022 graduates.

     “I promise to devote myself to a lifetime of service to others through the profession of pharmacy. In fulfilling this vow:

     I will consider the welfare of humanity and relief of suffering my primary concerns.
     I will promote inclusion, embrace diversity, and advocate for justice to advance health equity.
     I will apply my knowledge, experience, and skills to the best of my ability to assure optimal outcomes for all patients.
     I will respect and protect all personal and health information entrusted to me.
     I will accept the responsibility to improve my professional knowledge, expertise, and self-awareness.
     I will hold myself and my colleagues to the highest principles of our profession’s moral, ethical and legal conduct.
     I will embrace and advocate changes that improve patient care.
     I will utilize my knowledge, skills, experiences, and values to prepare the next generation of pharmacists.

     I take these vows voluntarily with the full realization of the responsibility with which I am entrusted by the public.”

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