CVS, Walgreens and Walmart Fueled Opioid Crisis, Jury Finds

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/health/walmart-cvs-opioid-lawsuit-verdict.html

by kungfudoi • 5 years ago

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wyrm• 5 years ago

I can't open that link (thank you, paywall), but a great read on the subject is Dopesick by Beth Macy.

relbeek23• 5 years ago

Why is it the pharmacist’s job to verify the medical need for the drug? Isn’t that what the doctor is for?

Let’s say you have high blood pressure like most Americans. Does your pharmacist also need to check your blood pressure before you can get the meds?

verdverm2• 5 years ago

Pharmacies can see trends and should have known something was amiss. Silence doesn't exclude you from wrong doing.

relbeek23• 5 years ago

But If a doctor prescribed the drug, why would the pharmacy refuse it?

At a micro level, the doctors have the same access as pharmacies to know prior drug usage and are the ones directing the pharmacy.

At a macro level, are the pharmacies supposed to work together to combine data sources to find the trends? That sounds like a HIPAA nightmare.

A better approach is to have a government agency watch for trends in drug usage. This is exactly what the DEA is supposed to be doing, so why aren’t they at fault.

CVS, Walgreens and Walmart Fueled Opioid Crisis, Jury Finds

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