 B.C. pharmacists given power to renew prescriptions Pharmacists in B.C. will have the ability to renew prescriptions, alter dosages and dispense substitute drugs without the oversight of a doctor beginning in January.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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I know I trust my local pharmacists more than three of the doctors
on call at the local hospital emerg. dept. My own doc, fine, but
some of them, OMG.
Good job BC!
It's a potentially disastrous idea. It turns pharmacists into suppliers. This conflict of interest has the potential of putting profits before health. It also short circuits the fundamentals of capitalism, why may a better product when you can corner the market on pharmacists directly instead so that they eat out of your hand alone?
We already have that problem with doctors. Obviously we need the professionalism of pharmacists.
It's a potentially disastrous idea. It turns pharmacists into suppliers. This conflict of interest has the potential of putting profits before health. It also short circuits the fundamentals of capitalism, why may a better product when you can corner the market on pharmacists directly instead so that they eat out of your hand alone?
well said. it wont take long for the shortcomings and corruption to pop up.
That is a great idea and a long time coming. It will at least free up doctors from having to see patients to refill prescriptions meaning less waiting times.
Good job BC!
"The province is following Alberta's lead, which started the practice last year as a way to increase access to medication despite the shortage of doctors."
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/n ... f7&k=96871
City pharmacists writing, not just filling, prescriptions
"More than 90 per cent of Alberta pharmacists can already adapt prescriptions or prescribe in an emergency."
I'll bet last year the response would have been different
That is a great idea and a long time coming. It will at least free up doctors from having to see patients to refill prescriptions meaning less waiting times.
Good job BC!
"The province is following Alberta's lead, which started the practice last year as a way to increase access to medication despite the shortage of doctors."
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/n ... f7&k=96871
City pharmacists writing, not just filling, prescriptions
"More than 90 per cent of Alberta pharmacists can already adapt prescriptions or prescribe in an emergency."
I'll bet last year the response would have been different
You would be wrong because I have been saying this was something we should be adopting way back when I first joined.
BTW, pharmacists writing perscriptions or altering them is a bad idea but renewing perscriptions is another matter.
It's a potentially disastrous idea. It turns pharmacists into suppliers. This conflict of interest has the potential of putting profits before health. It also short circuits the fundamentals of capitalism, why may a better product when you can corner the market on pharmacists directly instead so that they eat out of your hand alone?
We already have that problem with doctors. Obviously we need the professionalism of pharmacists.
And oversight which is already sorly lacking if the methadone maintenance program is any indication.
Simply put suppliers already provide heavy incentive to use only their drugs to doctors. The pharmacists will have no compunction whatsoever to get kickbacks and the only way it will be monitored is by the ministry of health which is already understaffed and has zero budget allotted to monitor for the potential of graft. I would be more in favor of this if there was some stipulation in place to monitor the system for abuse. As it stands the only way that is going to happen is when people end up dead.