Role of Pharmacists in dispencing drugs-coming up on cpan-2 Wash-

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Journal after this break. Sounds interesting.

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1. Has the Congress/US gov. weighed in on this issue yet? I know many

states have.

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2. Pharmists role is NOT to dispense drugs that cause harm but also

some pharmacists bring in their personal issues.

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3. pharmacists should decide before what there stance is on an issue-such

as the morning after pill BEFORE-they get into the situation. Now that is the best advise I have heard so far!!

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4. This person says her association does not support lecturing a patient

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5. Women is from the American Pharmacists Assoc. Really only a few

incidents where pharmacists have said I am not to give you these pills because it will KILL the baby.

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6. says pharmacists should 'step away" and NOT step into a situation

where they impose their personal views on the patient.

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7. She says a pharmist can step away and let another pharmacist handle

a patient who wants BC pill. It does not have to esculate to a major problem.

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8. caller in says a perscription is between the Doctor and Patient and NOT

the pharmacist. She is right on.

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9. Wincker says the pharmist is the 'safety net'--between the pt and the Dr.

Pharmist role is to work with dr and pt. to prevent problems.

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10. caller in is talking of Viagra for younger men-this is not being made

an issue. Says this is a moral issure also--Viagra.

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11. just to clarify-this caller is talking of youger men to get Viagra-so that

if they happen to drink too much they can still get an erection. She says she works in the 'drug industry' and that Viagra was never intended for this group of men!!

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12. talking of how people mix up morning after pill and call it an abortion

pill.

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13. caller in saying in that it is a big issue in S. Calif--pharms not even

dispensing the pill (much less the morning after pill).

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14. caller in saying her activist group has tried to work with particular

pharmacies and have withdrawn support. Good for her! and her group in S. Calif.

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15. also talked of how the FDA has repeatedly delayed approving the

moring after pill.

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16. talked of how some provinces in CA where can by-pass Dr. and dispense

the morning after pill (Europe does this for years). The drug is safe, it is just the Bush adm. interfering (my opinion).

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17. pharmacists should not legislate morality--says a caller in.

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18. she said her association do not allow pharmacists to ignore pt/dr

request to dispense certain drugs. Instead she says they advocate stepping away and letting another pharmist deal with the issue.

[tanyev]

19. Thanks for the summary!

Wanted to let you know you weren't just talking to yourself. :hi:

[NMDemDist2]

20. agreed, thanks for the thread n/t