Do Pharmacists have the right to deny??

[slugshooter]

Re: Do Pharmacists have the right to deny??

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so, slugg, according to your theory, all doctors must perform abortions, or find another profession? if a car salesman is told to sell a known lemon to an unsuspecting old lady, he must or change professions? if a fireman is told don't put out the fire at a home because the homeowner won't pay his taxes... you get the idea

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All Doctors aren't going to perform abortions because not all of them are OB-GYN's or whatever area of medicine that performs them. Could you imagine going to a podiatrist and saying, hey, you're a doctor, I want an abortion. There are specialized areas in medicine, there are none in the pharmaceutical industry, well, a cousin of mine is a Nuclear Pharmacist, but he does cancer research.

Pharmacists go into the profession knowing they would have to dispense certain types of drugs. Like I said, it is hypocritical for the same pharmacist to refuse to fill a birth control script but have no problem filling a highly addictive painkiller, and if they did refuse to fill that, then there aren't many drugs left to fill, except anti-biotics.

[wtnhunt]

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Have heard of pharmacists not filling scripts for pain killers for addicts. Have been in a dentists office when a person came in and had a serious fit because the dentist would not write a prescription for a pain killer. That dentist got on the phone and called around to pharamacies while I was sitting write there in the waiting room warning that this personwas an addict and that they might try to get a script at another dentist. Does the dentist have the right to make that type call? I think so. Think pharamacists do have the right to use their discretion. As far as going against their beliefs and moraljudgements, I bet that does not happen all that often.

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That dentist got on the phone and called around to pharamacies while I was sitting write there in the waiting room warning that this personwas an addict and that they might try to get a script at another dentist. Does the dentist have the right to make that type call? I think so. Think pharamacists do have the right to use their discretion

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Thats an alltogether different scenario, giving narcotics like painkillers out without a medical reason to do so isnt a judegement call, its illegal to do so.Had he filled the guys prescription for painkillers just because the guy demanded him the dentist could have lost his license.In a case like that the pharmacist also has the right to question the prescription.If a guys bringing in illegaly obtained prescriptions and the pharmacist notices he shouldnt fill them, its against the law.But the key word here is illegal

My uncles kind of a loser and awhile back he got hooked on painkillers.It was crazy how easy it was to get them.If you goto different doctors and skip around to a few different pharmacies to get them filled you can get massive quantities of this crap for years before anyone notices.He was going to emergency rooms up to 5 hours away to get new prescriptions before someone finally caught on to what he was doing.

[wtnhunt]

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In a case like that the pharmacist also has the right to question the prescription.

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Denial is denial. If the guy got a script from another dentist or physician and went to the pharmacist who had recieved the call, does that pharmacist still not have the obligation to fill the script? According to what some are saying in this thread the pharmacist has no right to use his/her own judgement and information they may gain on a certain customer to not give them meds. I personally think they should be able to use their own discretion to some degree.