<quote> I also believe that pharmacists' having a "choice" in whether or not to fill a prescription is ridiculous. </quote>
But in reality, they have this "choice" because they are a business. Having a wife and a son with long term medical conditions, I have run many times into this conundrum. Individual pharmacies do not carry all possible medications, they choose which ones they want to for business reasons. The real world result is that I had to become more aware of what the doctor was prescribing and why and then work with a pharmacy to get what was perscribed, an equvilent but different brand medication, or go to a pharamcy that caried what was needed. And I've had to do all three. So, I have no problem with individual pharmicist making these choices, just as long as they don't prevent the customer from choosing a different pharmicst. Since the single phramicist phramacy is a very rare creature anymore, large chains are definatly the norm, I suspect one could get around this by demanding a different pharmicist to deal with in most of these cases. I suspect the large chains aren't going to make global policiy's like this. But then I'm an true optimist always looking and expecting the best outcome. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete any copies of this message. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:135177 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
