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Do you have any evidence to show the blame lies somewhere in the middle? As far as I can tell, a retail pharmacy’s role is to dispense medication per a prescri
by lotsofpulp 3y ago
Do you have any evidence to show the blame lies somewhere in the middle?
As far as I can tell, a retail pharmacy’s role is to dispense medication per a prescription, while avoiding errors caused by mixing medicines and advising people how to take medicine.
A retail pharmacy’s role is not to be the de facto front line workers for the DEA. So when our government collects fines from businesses for not policing their customers, expect the business to start discriminating against the customers, due to the lack of liability shield the government has.
An even simpler way to put it is, why would a business that earns money selling things want to sell less of those things (legitimate prescriptions)? The answer has to be the risk of selling is too high.
- fifteen1506 3y agoWell yes, because OxyContin was oversold and the company's behaviour was unethical. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/health/purdue-opioids-oxycontin.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/health/purdue-opioids-oxy...
- lotsofpulp 3y agoI cannot read the article. What is the pharmacy’s role? OxyContin requires a prescription, so did the pharmacy sell without prescriptions? Bottom line is, do you want pharmacies to be making non medical judgment calls on which prescriptions to fill and not fill? If so, then don’t complain when they exercise judgment. I, for one, would rather not deputize everyone I interact with.
- fifteen1506 3y agoYou do have a point. MDs should have been prosecuted. Execs should have been prosecuted. But alas, they did not. https://www.wsj.com/articles/founder-of-purdue-pharma-made-a-fortune-from-addictive-painkiller-oxycontin-donated-generously-to-charity-1500647400 https://www.wsj.com/articles/founder-of-purdue-pharma-made-a...
- zackangelo 3y agoPrescription drugs are dispensed by a pharmacist for a reason. In the US, they are legally required to report any unusually large, frequent or suspicious orders to the government. Many pharmacies were found to have neglected that responsibility so they could sell more drugs.