Pharmacists say no to dispensing birth control

[Kevin]

Originally posted by SilverTurtle
I'm glad that other people are as pissed off at this as I am. Until a few months ago, the company I worked for was privately owned. Had I refused service to customer based on something like this... I would have had a law suit. Period.

Private organizations can do this kind of thing. You don't have to like it. Your choice is just to shop somewhere else.

It's not like anyone has a monopoly on te pharmaceutical retail business.

[mu_agd]

Originally posted by ktsnake
Private organizations can do this kind of thing. You don't have to like it. Your choice is just to shop somewhere else.

It's not like anyone has a monopoly on te pharmaceutical retail business.

yes, but not everyone has the option of shopping elsewhere. not everyone has the time to drive that 30 or so minutes that you say they should take the time to drive to get a prescription. if a patient has a medicine prescribed by the doctor, the pharmacist shoudl fill it regardless of why they are taking the medicine.

just b/c you have the time or option of going to another pharmacy, that doesn't mean that everyone else does as well.

[Jill1228]

True that, but if you live in BFE and they are the only pharmacy, and you don't drive or have a car...you are screwed!

Originally posted by ktsnake
Private organizations can do this kind of thing. You don't have to like it. Your choice is just to shop somewhere else.

It's not like anyone has a monopoly on te pharmaceutical retail business.

[Kevin]

Originally posted by mu_agd
yes, but not everyone has the option of shopping elsewhere. not everyone has the time to drive that 30 or so minutes that you say they should take the time to drive to get a prescription. if a patient has a medicine prescribed by the doctor, the pharmacist shoudl fill it regardless of why they are taking the medicine.

just b/c you have the time or option of going to another pharmacy, that doesn't mean that everyone else does as well.

Mail order, internet, etc.

There ARE options.

And you can get a ride to someplace 30 minutes away. It's not like if you live in BFE, you don't know anyone going to the closest Wal-Mart.

Just hitch a ride.

Yeah, he's inconvenienced some people, but look, he's still in business, so apparenlty enough people in his town support him in this. For all we know, it might be a great marketing ploy to get customers back from Walgreens.

[Lady Pi Phi]

This is slightly off topic but...

I don't know about you but I don't really trust these online/mail order companies. You can never be sure that they are sending you right drugs, there are also delays in the postal system. Now with brith control it's really not much of an issue (other than possibly having to wait till your next cycle before taking your pill again), but for people who need medication right away, mail order/internet is not exactly a viable option.

[AXO Alum]

Originally posted by Lady Pi Phi
This is slightly off topic but...

I don't know about you but I don't really trust these online/mail order companies. You can never be sure that they are sending you right drugs, there are also delays in the postal system. Now with brith control it's really not much of an issue (other than possibly having to wait till your next cycle before taking your pill again), but for people who need medication right away, mail order/internet is not exactly a viable option.

Completely off topic, but I must say, I love my mail-order pharmacy for the pill. My doc writes it for 3 at a time, so I pay an $8 copay for all 3 and in about 6 days they show up in the mail, along with the next order form.

But yes, for Eli's colds and other medical problems, I have to go to a pharmacy in town. I just have to decide who is giving a free gift card for a new prescription! Dang, I wish Target would do that more often

As for the pharmacist - I too have been on the pill since a very young age, and have already been told that I will never be able to go off the pill as long as I want to know when to expect the "friend of the month" and as long as I want to keep some level of sanity about me (hubby says that this would be a good thing - apparantly living with me for 3 months w/out the pill while trying to get pregnant wasn't too great )

[Kevin]

Originally posted by AXO Alum
Completely off topic, but I must say, I love my mail-order pharmacy for the pill. My doc writes it for 3 at a time, so I pay an $8 copay for all 3 and in about 6 days they show up in the mail, along with the next order form.

So there ya'll go

Let the morally superior man in the pharmacy do as he pleases. Let him try to make a living when no one buys from him anymore.

Or maybe he'll get more business from the church crowd. Who knows? Who really cares though. The point is, if you don't like a shop, don't buy from 'em.

[Peaches-n-Cream]

Originally posted by AXO Alum
Completely off topic, but I must say, I love my mail-order pharmacy for the pill. My doc writes it for 3 at a time, so I pay an $8 copay for all 3 and in about 6 days they show up in the mail, along with the next order form.

But yes, for Eli's colds and other medical problems, I have to go to a pharmacy in town. I just have to decide who is giving a free gift card for a new prescription! Dang, I wish Target would do that more often

As for the pharmacist - I too have been on the pill since a very young age, and have already been told that I will never be able to go off the pill as long as I want to know when to expect the "friend of the month" and as long as I want to keep some level of sanity about me (hubby says that this would be a good thing - apparantly living with me for 3 months w/out the pill while trying to get pregnant wasn't too great )

Can you tell us what your mail order pharmacy is and give website address if possible? Thanks in advance.

Here are some similar threads about pharmacists refusing to fill prescriptions for birth control or the morning after pill:

http://forums.greekchat.com/gcforums...threadid=48927

http://forums.greekchat.com/gcforums...threadid=46203

http://forums.greekchat.com/gcforums...threadid=46652

[SilverTurtle]

Originally posted by ktsnake
So there ya'll go

Let the morally superior man in the pharmacy do as he pleases. Let him try to make a living when no one buys from him anymore.

Or maybe he'll get more business from the church crowd. Who knows? Who really cares though. The point is, if you don't like a shop, don't buy from 'em.

ktsnake,

I don't disagree that, being a private pharmacy, he has the right to refuse service to anyone.

The big issue I have with it is that it deals with a person's health. Something he's not qualified to determine - he's the expert on the medicine itself. The article doesn't specify how he determines what people are using it for, so maybe that needs clarified, too, since he claims to dispense it to people that use if for 'other' medical reasons.

[Kevin]

Originally posted by SilverTurtle
ktsnake,

I don't disagree that, being a private pharmacy, he has the right to refuse service to anyone.

The big issue I have with it is that it deals with a person's health. Something he's not qualified to determine - he's the expert on the medicine itself. The article doesn't specify how he determines what people are using it for, so maybe that needs clarified, too, since he claims to dispense it to people that use if for 'other' medical reasons.

Let's be clear. I don't think what he's doing is right. I'm just supporting his right -- as an American to be an asshole and an idiot if he wants to be.

It's his choice to sell it or not to sell it, and the public's choice to frequent his shope or not to frequent his shop. To me, it's as cut and dry as that.