They aren’t licensed to practice medicine. I once had a pharmacist refuse to fill a script with the branded product, instead insisting upon a generic sub.
The physician had written “no substitutions” on the script at my direction. I could get the branded product free, while the Gx version would have cost something.
I had to take the script out of the pharmacist’s had and walk out of the store, and she ran out & tried to stop me. I asked her if she’d like me to report her for a HIPPA violation (which I would have), and that froze the arrogant witch in her tracks.
Screw these arrogant gatekeepers.
That has absolutely nothing to do with not filling a prescription for moral reasons. You also know to never go back to that pharmacist again. Any pharmacist should know that sometimes the generic is NOT the same. A neurologist friend of mine (RIP) told me that the base in a certain epilepsy med was different, and that could cause a problem. (btw, due to the nature of this thread, I will remind readers that I am not a medical doctor, and that my fr name is based on a comic book character)