The pharmacist at the Royston GA rite/walgreens refused to fill my script, his name is Chris and he said he couldn’t fill because it was written from my pain Dr in brasselton. He said it would have to be from a local dr. I live in Royston GA an I think this is definitely denied my rights. The is script is valid and I only fill at walgreens ,I don’t use any other pharmacy
The 2010 census population of Royston, GA was 2582 and it was LOWER in 2016 of 2563… and this Walgreen pharmacist expects a pt to find a pain specialist in such a small town ? According to www.healthgrades.com the closest “pain doc” is abt 25 miles away.
I realize that the DEA claims that a pt traveling a “long distance” to get a controlled med prescribed or dispensed… but have they defined what a “long distance is” ?
Is this just another example of a pharmacist … when handed a Rx for a controlled med.. starts looking for a reason to “just say no”… at one time the common excuse was “I’m not comfortable”.. and just what does that mean… they are constipated ?… they haven’t had time to take a restroom break ? The temperature in the Rx dept is too hot or too cold ?
Recently a CVS pharmacist got FIRED because he not only refused to fill a transgender pt a Rx for female hormones but also confiscated the prescription https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/us/cvs-pharmacy-transgender-woman-nyt.html
When is the last time that you saw where a pharmacist got FIRED for refusing to fill a chronic pain pt’s prescription for pain medication… strangely enough both the transgender pt and the chronic pain pt are consider a “protected class” under the Americans with Disability Act. Likewise, the ACLU was “johnny on the spot” when the transgender person got denied.. and how many chronic pain pts have contacted the ACLU about being discriminated against at the local Rx dept and been given some excuse for not interested in getting involved.
Did anyone notice that the DOJ’s Civil Rights Div was AWOL on this discrimination issue with CVS and the transgender pt ? Didn’t AG Session claim that he was going to be a “by the book” Attorney General ? Maybe Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III has some pages missing from his “book” or just hasn’t been able to read “every page” ?
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Steve–
As we know perfectly well, good ole J Beauregard S’s definition of “reading” is, “I cherry pick the parts that back exactly & only what I want to believe & pretend everything else doesn’t exist.” What works with the Bible clearly works with the law, as far as he’s concerned. Really outstanding person to have as our nation’s attorney general (next, how ’bout we nominate maybe Jesse Duplantis as finance minister?).
I’m waiting for Beau to demand that: we all fling stones at non-virgins (Deuteronomy 22: 20-21), ban anyone with any kind of deformity or blemish from entering a church (Leviticus 21:18-21), put to death anyone who cusses at their parent (Leviticus 20:19), cut off hands for various things –a woman defending her husband (Deuteronomy 25:11-12); hand causing you to sin (Matthew 18:18); & a bunch more. Sooo…if you cut your hand off because it sinned you (those darned independent-acting hands!), I guess that means you’re now banned from entering church even tho you followed Biblical dictates. Tough crowd.
Seriously, do you –or anyone– have any idea why the ACLU, normally so eager to leap to the defense of citizens with trampled rights, remains so determined to be silent on this? Are they too terrified to be seen as “defending addicts”…no, that doesn’t apply; they publicly back heroin addicts yet still happily ignore legit pain patients. I do not get it.
All people deserve respect and service from health care providers.