Category: dilemma

  • ethics

    A patient presents to the community pharmacy with a new 7-day Norco prescription from the emergency department for acute pain. When I check MAPS, there is no prior opioid history. The pharmacy manager suggests telling the patient that we do not carry Norco because the patient appears nervous and edgy. This situation creates an ethical…

  • ethics

    A patient presents to the community pharmacy with a new 7-day Norco prescription from the emergency department for acute pain. When I check MAPS, there is no prior opioid history. The pharmacy manager suggests telling the patient that we do not carry Norco because the patient appears nervous and edgy. This situation creates an ethical…