Do pharmacies write prescriptions?
Are pharmacies supposed to call doctors and tell them they refuse to honor prescriptions?
How is that supposed to work?
Dr.Deepak Chopra said on several occasions this line or similar:
“We put drug pushers in jail but give licenses to doctors to do the same thing. It is impossible to go after them legally in most cases..., July 2, 2009
“I think most physicians are legalized drug pushers. I believe 80% of the drugs that are prescribed are of optional or marginal benefit. Wouldn’t make a bit of ....” 1999 interview quoted in High Times Magazine.
Pharmacists are basically highly educated clerks who fill what the doctor orders. It’s not their job to override the physician.
For the same reason if I get a c=doctor to prescribe Ivermectin for COVID, my expectation is that the only response from the pharmacist is “yes sir.”
Do doctors bear some responsibility for the opioid crisis? I believe they do.
I’ve taken prescription opioids. They work wonderfully at controlling pain and I can easily imagine how some people can get hooked on them. Like everything, they have their purpose and can certainly be improperly used. Go after the doctors who prescribe them too easily.
But the pharmacy? C’mon man