May
be you are thinking why some pharmacies do not dispense your
prescription orders yet you have a valid document. Do not worry so
much about it because there are reasons to correlate to your
situation. Some pharmacists are careful and following the regulation
so much that is why your prescription was not filled.
Usually
after the patient went to see a doctor, the doctor gives him a
prescription order to be filled by pharmacist for his treatment. The
patient goes to the pharmacy and buy the necessary drug/s there. But
before the drug will be dispensed, there are things that should be
considered most by pharmacists before dispensing the order. The
determination of the pharmacist shall be like these:
- The pharmacist or pharmacy technician reads and interprets the prescription order in the way the doctor wanted for the therapy. Thus, right interpretation of the drug should be done to give the right medicine. Sometimes the inscription of the doctor was hastened-like and cannot be understand by pharmacist, but because of his experience and expertise about drugs he can assess what drug is being ordered by the doctor. He can ask the patient about his ailment, transcribe the direction to the patient to correlate what drug is ordered, the dosage or dosage form and others. However, when the doctor's handwriting was not good and the details of the drug were incomplete or on the direction to the patient stated only “as directed”, the pharmacist shall not dispense the prescription order.
- The prescription order is not FDA approved, thus, the prescription will not be filled.
- The prescription order is a dangerous drug, whereas the ordinary prescription is not appropriate for it or the information about the doctor especially his S2 no. is not written or the prescription is not in triplicate copy.
- The age, weight and condition of the consumer is not appropriate to the written order. Example overweight given a under dose drug.
- The drug is out of stock, no stock, unavailable or not yet available.
- The drug prescribed is under drug recall or comprised status.
- The drug is not available in the country where you are staying and can be bought abroad.
- Drug condition and storage will be compromised when dispensed, especially when the home the patient is far and the drug needs to be in refrigerator or 2-8o C condition.
- Improper prescription order and lacking of the patient's information or doctor's information and signature.
- Laws and regulations interfere with the dispensing of drugs, especially those under FDDC Act and dangerous drugs.
- Pharmacist is not available for the meanwhile, so that no authorized personnel can fill the prescription.
