Introduction
Many people I interact with in a daily basis in the healthcare world feel that it is not right or even legal for the pharmacist to refuse the patient any medication for any reason. Especially if the medication in question is prescribed by a licensed health care Physician. There are several reasons why a pharmacist may deny any patient a medication but should there reasons be legally allowed on a federal or state level.
Floridians living with pain are finding it increasingly difficult to get their legal and legitimate pain medication prescriptions filled. For people who struggle to live with their pain, including some who are physically disabled, find them selfs spending countless hours driving around in their vehicles and work …show more content…
Dollars per year. This is easily our number one public health issue, affecting more people and costing more money than cancer, heart disease, and diabetes combined. On the other hand, government surveys show that only one in ten as many people, about twelve million, abuse or use prescription pain medicines for pain relief without a prescription each year. Florida has had an issue with prescription pain medicine abuse, but we can’t lose sight of the fact that its large number of older adults also means it has more than its share of people with chronic pain. It is unethical for pharmacists and other healthcare professionals to coldly turn their backs on these people instead of helping them find relief from their pain. (Twillman, 2015) There can be several reasons why a pharmacist may deny a particular patient there medically needed medication. A majority of the time pharmacist will deny prescriptions by using specific diversion techniques to help identify if the medication(s) are for the purpose of intoxication or resale to others. Robbery, theft, physician shopping and “faking” illness are important components of the prescription drug diversion
Many people I interact with in a daily basis in the healthcare world feel that it is not right or even legal for the pharmacist to refuse the patient any medication for any reason. Especially if the medication in question is prescribed by a licensed health care Physician. There are several reasons why a pharmacist may deny any patient a medication but should there reasons be legally allowed on a federal or state level.
Floridians living with pain are finding it increasingly difficult to get their legal and legitimate pain medication prescriptions filled. For people who struggle to live with their pain, including some who are physically disabled, find them selfs spending countless hours driving around in their vehicles and work …show more content…
Dollars per year. This is easily our number one public health issue, affecting more people and costing more money than cancer, heart disease, and diabetes combined. On the other hand, government surveys show that only one in ten as many people, about twelve million, abuse or use prescription pain medicines for pain relief without a prescription each year. Florida has had an issue with prescription pain medicine abuse, but we can’t lose sight of the fact that its large number of older adults also means it has more than its share of people with chronic pain. It is unethical for pharmacists and other healthcare professionals to coldly turn their backs on these people instead of helping them find relief from their pain. (Twillman, 2015) There can be several reasons why a pharmacist may deny a particular patient there medically needed medication. A majority of the time pharmacist will deny prescriptions by using specific diversion techniques to help identify if the medication(s) are for the purpose of intoxication or resale to others. Robbery, theft, physician shopping and “faking” illness are important components of the prescription drug diversion