Discuss this assertion in the context of the pharmacist's role in the supply and use of medicines.
2006-07-01 22:26:17 · 11 answers · asked by BrightStudent 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
are medicines any different from the goods bought and sold in the course of our daily life?why?why not?
2006-07-01 22:32:31 · update #1
canadian_beaver_77, i just wanna know what people think about this issue..it's good to know what others have to say so you can think in a wider perspective. There's no right or wrong answer for this type of questions for your information..this is very subjective..instead of just asking for opinions from people in my own circle..might as well get opinions from others across the world.....different people think differently.
2006-07-11 18:19:00 · update #2
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2006-07-11 12:48:59 · answer #1 · answered by canadian_beaver_77 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well, since we have to have a prescription to even need a pharmacist...i would say that they are not ordinary items.
when one goes to the doctor and there is a need for medicine that you cannot get over the counter, the pharmacist should look at the prescription and the dosage recommended and fill the prescription as prescribed...
i think, too, that the pharmacist should deny filling a prescription if they feel there is something wrong, if maybe only in THEIR opinion...
there is a supply and demand in the pharmaceutical profession...and there should be a code of ethics as well
2006-07-15 22:23:11 · answer #2 · answered by uranus2mars 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are protected from most products on the market by products liability law. Pharmaceuticals are different because the manufacturer cannot put them on the market without knowledge to a substantial certainty that they are going to injure at least some of the users. That is why prescription drugs are so heavily regulated, and the pharmacist's role is only one part of that system of regulation. The pharmacist's ethical obligations don't differ too much from any other professionals. She has an obligation to carry out to the best of her ability those professional services which she claims to the public she is qualified to perform. In terms of "use" of medicine (???), obviously the pharmacist is as eqally ethically obligated as you or I to avoid the misuse of prescribed drugs (taking without a prescription, selling on an aftermarket, etc.).
2006-07-11 19:34:36 · answer #3 · answered by muskeagle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
medicines sure are not the ordinary items of commerce! medicine can make us feel better but if use wrongly it can bring us to death. medicine are make to improve human health and the process to make a very effective medicine is very uneasy. if not, why lots of experiment have to undergo before a product is make. why the pharmaceutical company has to use a lots of money to invent a effective medicine.
pharmacists play their role in supplying the medicine to PATIENT.
pharmacists have their knowledge in the use of medicine, the side effects of the medicine, and the pharmacists also can provide adequate information of the medicine to the PATIENT over the counter. a ethical pharmacist will not simply supply a medicine without concern about the health and the need of the PATIENT.
2006-07-10 22:18:53 · answer #4 · answered by kinki_ace 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are products.
Pharmaceutical companies develop a drug and then they market it.
They advertise it on TV and in medical journals and have salesmen distribute samples.
What could be simpler?
The pharmacist role is to distribute the medicine.
They are worker bees.
"discuss this assertion"
LOL
2006-07-15 12:29:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup. Controlled by DEA.
Food is not.
A pharmicist has no role in supply, except to reorder. They do have an expectation to furnish literature or oral warnings if it applies. I don't think any laws apply. That's the responsibility of a doctor.
If this is a legal matter, consult an attorney.
2006-07-10 16:15:23 · answer #6 · answered by ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The role of the drug store is to comply with all know laws
the controling factions are your public helth dept when applied to the general public helth dept. has more power than home land secuerty.
2006-07-15 00:34:36 · answer #7 · answered by stillhappy89 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An agent of the pharmaceutical supplier
2006-07-12 09:42:11 · answer #8 · answered by Ω Nookey™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
medicines are no different than anything else one might buy..you pay the price..you get the goods
2006-07-15 23:35:25 · answer #9 · answered by jim g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anything of a medicinal nature is or should be regulated by the FDA, and they already have a code of ethics that you can refer to. gh...
2006-07-13 19:12:42 · answer #10 · answered by gregg h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋