pharmacists refusing requests

[Busyman]

Too much vitamin A killed some explorer or other that ate a Polar Bear's liver on an Arctic expedition. Taking a lot of paracetamol is bad for you.

So a Boots employee decided not to sell something that could be bad for a person's health.

Sounds like he or she was being responsible - or in the case of the paracetamol, obeying the law.

The paracetamol yes, I guess...neva hoid uv it. Is it prescribed or otc?

The other stuff, no but there again is a difference between the UK an America.

OTC medication is just that. I bought buy 1 get 1 free vitamins at CVS and some "overlapped".
Another instance the pharmacist needing some mindyourbusinessism is the fact that colin can take 2 multivitamins at a time to exceed his RDA.

To much meddling.

Furthermore if a record of colin's purchases are not kept (like prescriptions) then the Boot's employee was just being a dick if colin could come back on a shift change and get the same product.....again.

What a waste.

[Arm]

A Boots assistant once refused to sell me multivitamins and cod liver oil tablets at the same time, saying that if I took both at the same time I would be exceeding my Reccommended Daily Allowance of something or other...

Quite often they refuse to sell me more than one packet of paracetamol capsules at a time too. (must be that miserable expression on my face when I've got a migraine... )

That sounds like bullshit to me. If I wanted to talk to a health care prefessional then ide go see my doctor. It's bad enough when my doctor refuses to prescribe me stuff (I swear I have legit medical use for all of them) I dont need to have that shit from pharmacy people too.

That assistant (and whoever came up with that law) is under the very flawed assumption that your gonna shove all the drugs down your throat the second you walk out the store. Not take them in moderation and take one at a time.

And for the person who argues that pharmacies can prescribe whatever they want, medicine is not a commodity.

[Busyman]

i believe that many companies have policies like that. it may seem like meddling but there are reasons under the policy. Some times it does seem silly though with rules like only selling one bottle of asprin at a time.....just go next door and buy another bottle there. I believe i read somewhere that many on the shelf drugs are supplied in smaller packets as well (25 tablets instead of 100)

In my state one is carded (has to give ID) to buy alcohol and tobbacco..... even if you are obviously in you late 70s.
Home depot will not sell adhesive, spray paint or many cleaning products to anyone under 18 here. I assume that may not just be local policy.

Well some of those are easily explained.

colin's is a case of adult treated like a child syndrome. At some point personal responsibility takes effect for OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATION.

The alcohol carding is too remain consistent and who's going to boycott Home Depot for not selling those things to children?
There won't be many protesters if so.

As far as Boots...here some immortal words for them.

"Im a grown-ass man, dawg"

[manker]

The paracetamol yes, I guess...neva hoid uv it. Is it prescribed or otc?

The other stuff, no but there again is a difference between the UK an America.

OTC medication is just that. I bought buy 1 get 1 free vitamins at CVS and some "overlapped".
Another instance the pharmacist needing some mindyourbusinessism is the fact that colin can take 2 multivitamins at a time to exceed his RDA.

To much meddling.

Furthermore if a record of colin's purchases are not kept (like prescriptions) then the Boot's employee was just being a dick if colin could come back on a shift change and get the same product.....again.

What a waste.

Paracetamol is an over the counter drug.

I guess it does seem like pedantry not to sell 2 lots of multivitamins but if the assistant sold Colin the tablets and he got poorly then decided to sue Boots for not warning him that it could happen, the assistant's employers wouldn't be best pleased.

The assistant was doing her job correctly. Her boss was protecting his company's interests.

I'm kewl with that.

[Busyman]

And for the person who argues that pharmacies can prescribe whatever they want, medicine is not a commodity.

The bad part is....pharmacies shouldn't prescribing a damn thing.

Just hand me what's already been prescribed (or definitely OTC) and try to answer MY FUCKING QUESTIONS. (there's my rehash)

[Snee]

So if I open a shop in your town, I am required to offer everything? No, I offer what I want.

You don't like it, go elsewhere.

If you open a pharmacy here?

Then yes, you are.


If you open a supermarket or a shoestore, or something else, then you can chose what to sell and what not to sell.



Pharmacies aren't regular shops here, and that's the law.

There are stores that call themselves "natural pharmacies" (direct translation) here as well, but such places are limited to selling vitamins and alternative medicine.

From what I remember from medschool anything classed as medication can more or less only be sold at a licensed pharmacy. Some things you might associate with pharmacies, however, (like condoms) can be bought in other places.

Pharmacies, like liquor stores, are controlled by the government here, and aren't really part of the private sector. Sort of state-run monopolies. You can run one, and I guess in a sense own one, but you can't dictate store-policies on your own.

Pharmacists have to have a license, and they have to be properly educated to be eligible to work in a pharmacy. Incidentally, it's possible to start off via medschool, and do the basic training there, as the curriculum entails pharmacology, and then specialize in the field of pharmacology and thus become a pharmacist further on, or you can start off doing natural sciences and then become a pharmacist that way.

Pharmacists are also bound by an oath of confidentiality, and are required to have signed the same kind of agreements that doctors do regarding confidentiality.

The british system is somewhat different, but some of the same rules also apply there, at least regarding ethics and duty.

[bigboab]

The bad part is....pharmacies shouldn't prescribing a damn thing.

Just hand me what's already been prescribed (or definitely OTC) and try to answer MY FUCKING QUESTIONS. (there's my rehash)

In the UK people are advised to go to a doctor as a last resort. They are asked to go to their local pharmacy to see if their problem can be resolved there. If the pharmacist thinks that the patient requires to see a doctor he/she will say so. Exempting emergencies, I can see this becoming mandatory soon.

[Busyman]

If you open a pharmacy here?

Then yes, you are.


If you open a supermarket or a shoestore, or something else, then you can chose what to sell and what not to sell.



Pharmacies aren't regular shops here, and that's the law.

There are stores that call themselves "natural pharmacies" (direct translation) here as well, but such places are limited to selling vitamins and alternative medicine.

From what I remember from medschool anything classed as medication can more or less only be sold at a licensed pharmacy. Some things you might associate with pharmacies, however, (like condoms) can be bought in other places.

Pharmacists here have to go through certian training too but so do barbers.

If I go to pharmacy in your example and I want headache medicine the pharmacy must supply it.
What if it's not in stock? What about certain brand names? Is that dictated by the government?

[Busyman]

In the UK people are advised to go to a doctor as a last resort. They are asked to go to their local pharmacy to see if their problem can be resolved there. If the pharmacist thinks that the patient requires to see a doctor he/she will say so. Exempting emergencies, I can see this becoming mandatory soon.

Gotcha.

Pharmacies prescribe medicine.

[vidcc]

If I go to pharmacy in your example and I want headache medicine the pharmacy must supply it.
What if it's not in stock? What about certain brand names? Is that dictated by the government?

they have no obligation for over the counter/ on the shelf drugs. they can stock whatever brand they wish.

as to presciption drugs being in stock any good business would keep a good supply of high traffic items such as antibiotics, but they don't have to have everything in stock at all times. They do however have to be able to get the item in a reasonable time.

Gotcha.
Pharmacies prescribe medicine.

they can recommend over the counter drugs but not prescription only drugs. If you need those they will direct you to your doctor