Disclaimer - This reply is NOT about ivermectin. It's about the law, ethics and professional licensing when it comes to pharmacists and filling prescriptions or refusing to do so.
Once the script was given to the pharmacist to fill (called in, walked in, faxed in, electronically sent, etc), it became the pharmacist's responsibility, and NOT just "between him and his doctor."
The pharmacist's license to practice is then on the line.
CA, very protective of patients/rights, for example:
Can the pharmacist refuse to fill my prescription?
Yes, a pharmacist in his or her professional judgment may refuse to fill a prescription."
https://www.pharmacy.ca.gov/consumers/faqs.shtml
There are several reasons why a pharmacist won't fill a script. Some examples: Here’s Why Your Pharmacist Won’t Fill Your Prescription — and What You Can Do About It
Another example - Depending on the state, pharmacist's can refuse to fill birth control pills on moral grounds[1].
Just FYI.
I was prescribed some worm killer years ago for worms in my feet that I got in Barbadoes. Luckily my doc had seen it in Vietnam and knew what it was. So he gave me a bottle and I spread it on my feet 2x a day.
After a week or whatever the worms are still there (can see tracks in the soles of my feet and itching). So the doc prescribes another week more of medicine.
I get home from the pharmacy and it says on the bottle “Take 2 tablespoons orally”. I call them up and say are you sure I’m supposed to take it orally? “Yep - we’re sure.”
I pour it into the spoon - and it is the same stuff I put on my feet -yuck! I figure I’ll call my doc in the morning before I drink it.
He said it would have been okay to drink - it is usually prescribed for intestinal worms - but it wouldn’t have helped me. Just spread it on my feet as before.
He didn’t seem upset, but I sure was. I called the pharmacist (small town place) and asked what was going on. “Well, the doc’s instructions did say apply to feet, but I had never heard of that before so I changed it to take it orally like it always is.”
I told him how I can’t believe he changed things without checking with the doctor, etc.
The older I get the more I realize that the best person to take care of your medical decisions is yourself! Obviously with a doctor’s care - but you need to educate yourself.
Very interesting - thank you. I hope Mike Gallagher has learned of that. I’m not sure where he does his show - seems like yesterday he said he was going BACK to NY.
I’ve grown so tired of the TV news - which isn’t news - and have gone back to the radio so this is the first week I’ve heard him.