Recently I blogged about a email that I received from a pt in FLORIDA… https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/?p=11269 where the pt made a complaint against a Pharmacist for refusing to fill the pt’s opiate medication and the BOP’s response was the “Pharmacist’s behavior was unacceptable” but no law was broken.. According to
Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, DPS, FASHP, President of the Institute for Safe Medicine Practices (ISMP) -in this video, claims that BOP’s readily charges Pharmacists with unprofessional conduct for making medication errors or mis-fills..
Some of us believe that there is no difference between sending the pt away from the pharmacy counter with the wrong medication as is sending them away without their medically necessary medications… in both cases.. the pt does not have what their prescriber deemed was medically necessary for the pt.
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Again my question is, how can a pharmacists legally deny medications that are prescribed by a licensed physician? Judging from this video it sounds like pharmacy’s like Wag, CVS and Rite Aid want to be like Burger King with their service and customer turn atound, but they don’t allow you to have it your way.