It was only unconstitional or illegal to do what he did being that it was the only pharmacy around and therefore he KNEW that the prescription was nontransferable to another pharmacy as his was the only one within a reasonable distance.
indeed the actual written law was violated ... but in addition, the pharmacists\' code of ethics was violated ... when you become a professional in the medical field, you take upon the responsibility of making the right decision regardless of standing opinions and beliefs. this pharmacist served as a road block between the patient and her healthcare... the absolute antithesis of what a pharmacist is there for....
As for 80 yr old men having sex if you deemed it to be a health risk to the patient would you still give the Viagra to him? What if he obtained the scrip from a Dr. other than his normal Dr. because that Dr. told him \'have sex, your heart will explode\'.
Another Gray area it seems to me.
....welcome to my job. it is the responsibility of the pharmacist to monitor things like that -- if the patient is taking drugs for congestive heart failure, then yes, they should not be getting viagra... we would not fill the prescription until we had an OK from the physician... had we dispensed a medication that knowingly would have caused fatality, and someone died, the pharmacist would be liable...
.. indeed this industry is *full* of gray areas which is why we go to school for 6 years to become pharmacists -- in addition to the scientific aspect of the industry, there are many more factors that go into this practice. in my studies there has been a tremendous focus on patient care and developing into professionals who can make competent decisions, based on the needs of the
patient, rather than the pharmacist... the behavior of the pharmacist in this case fundamentally goes against everything i\'ve learned, which is why i found it so offensive...
