I hope there are no pharmacists who decide that my ulcer has a right to be in my stomach and that I can no longer take Prevacid.
Now, the woman that missed her pill must of been stupid. One phone call would of got her doctor (during business hours) to fax a prescription to any other pharmacy in a matter of seconds. No need for a piece of paper.
If pharmacists are so morally opposed to contraceptive drugs, why do they take a job from a company that sells these immoral drugs to women in the first place? Isn't the pharmacist taking a check from evil company? Why is he or she working with in an industry or for a company that sells these evil drugs they are so morally opposed to? Makes their stance look foolish and makes them look like their out for attention because if they were really seriously offended by the abortive drugs, they wouldn't be working there with other pharmacists that hand them out or for a company that hands sells them.
The Pharmacist's ONLY RESPONSIBILITY is to ACCURATELY FILL that "Doctor's Prescription." If the "Pharmacist" decides NOT to fill a Legitimate Prescription from a Duly Licenced Physicion, THAT Pharmacist is "Functioning as" an "Unlicensed Physician"---Making Medical Decisions WITHOUT the "Credentials" to Do So!!"
While the "Pharmacists" believe that they are "Avoiding Liability," they FAIL to see the "Down Side!!"
IF a Patient is DENIED a Medication DULY Prescribed by a Licensed Physician, by a Timid Pharmacist, & ANY "untoward Effect" occurs for Lack of that Prescribed Medication, the PHARMACIST is 100% LIABLE for the Event!!
SOMEHOW, the "Pharmacists" believe that if they REFUSED to dispense a Legally Prescribed Medicatiom, they are NOT LIABLE for the "Outcome!!"
WRONG!!
If I--as a Licensed Physician--Write for a Medication that a Patient Needs (Phenobarbital for an Epileptic) that a "Pharmacist" doesn't "Approve of,"--& refuses to "Fill;"--the PHARMACIST becomes "Liable" for the "Outcome!"
Despite "PC," there is a REASON that Physicians spend THREE TIMES as long in School as "Pharmacists!"
Americans are NOT YET STUPID;--We're NOT YET ready to let the "Inmates Run the Asylum!!"
Pharmacists are NOT YET trained to "Second-guess" physicians!!
When the "Pharmacists" are ready to "Take On" my Physician Responsibilities & Care for my Patients, I'll GLADLY "Step Down," & let the "Druggists" "Have a Go at It!!"
ONLY,--WHO will THEY "Blame" when "Things Don't work out??"
You can be SURE that I--as a 'Doc--Won't be on the side of the "Defense" when your "Local Pharmacist" mistakes a "Headache" for a Brain Tumor!!
The Pharmacists SURE WANT the "AUTHORITY;"--are they Willing to take the RESPONSIBILITY??
Doc
With the arrival of FDA approved online pharmacies there is no issue here.
Just as a pharmacist does not have to dispense for assisted suicide or executions, there should be no issue with this since there is competition and alternatives.
Besides this is a VOLUNTARY medication for RECREATION.