I have a very expensive anticoagulant drug that was prescribed but then not needed. Someone could use it and I could offset part of the price.
2006-12-21 08:00:01 · 18 answers · asked by mgbutler18 2 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
I am afraid not. A one-way trip to federal prison.
2006-12-21 08:02:24 · answer #1 · answered by Sir J 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No it is not legal. The reason is that once a drug leaves the pharmacy, there is no accounting for it. What's to stop you from adulterating it or replacing it with something else (not that you would). It is really for the protection of everyone. Would you want a prescription that someone took home and returned to be given to you? What if they spilled it on the floor and put it back in or sneezed on the pills? What if the emptied the syringes and filled them with saline solution? There are crazy people out there. I know it seems like a wast of expensive medicine, but better safe than sorry.
2006-12-24 15:27:32 · answer #2 · answered by Dr. Okram 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO! Any exchange of prescription drugs is illegal. The prescription has the person's name on it IT STAYS WITH THAT PERSON ONLY!!! Selling it you would be in even more trouble.
Destroy your leftovers if you do not need them.
2006-12-21 08:02:16 · answer #3 · answered by Golden Ivy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it is NOT legal. You have to have prescriptive authority and dispensary authority to do so. Are you a doctor? Are you a pharmacist as well? Be smart, either donate the med to a clinic, or throw it out.
2006-12-21 08:02:13 · answer #4 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Tell me HOW DOES JAIL TIME SOUND? Oh by the way that is my answer as they would get you so fast on line. You are not a doctor or a pharmacy. No different than Meth
2006-12-21 08:10:19 · answer #5 · answered by Nani 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is illegal to sell prescription drugs without a license. ex: MD, DO, PHD etc.
2006-12-21 09:35:25 · answer #6 · answered by tiny1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its soooooo illegal, selling any drugs is probably illegal without proper authority, and prescription drugs aren't even supposed to be shared with family members
2006-12-21 12:12:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no. the only way it would be legal is if you were a licensed pharmacist and the buyer had a prescription for the medicine.
2006-12-21 08:02:59 · answer #8 · answered by wrldzgr8stdad 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Give them to someone that can't afford to buy them. It is not nice to sell something that you got free.
2016-05-23 06:35:45 · answer #9 · answered by Shivani 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. but if its in an unopened bottle and it hasnt been that long, the pharmacy may take them back and give you full credit. ask them.
2006-12-21 11:11:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋