In one of our meetings, a senior pharmacist in-charge of the outpatients pharmacy outlet informed us about an incident regarding a doctor who prescribes by writing only the brand name of the drug on the prescription pad.
The pharmacist did not fill the prescription and asked the patient to get a correct one. The doctor was irritated and told the pharmacist that if his prescriptions were to be returned to him just to make him indicate the generic name of the drug, he might as well instruct the patient to buy the medicines outside the hospital.
What does this mean?
It means that while some of us do our best to follow the provisions of the Generics Act, violative prescriptions are still being filled in many drugstores and pharmacies instead of being rejected and/or reported to the Department of Health, as required by law.
When the Generics Act was enacted in 1988, then Secretary of Health, Alfredo R. A. Bengzon, M.D., issued Administrative Order No. 63 series of 1989 whereby "associations of affected professionals are enjoined to promote compliance in order to achieve a smooth transition to the next phase of full implementation" of the law. (Section 9)
After almost 19 years since the enactment of the said law, I think that the Philippine Pharmaceutical Association (PPhA) and its affiliate organizations and societies have a lot more to do.
The PPhA's Code of Ethics states that "A pharmacist, in coordination with the government and other health professionals helps in the formulation and implementation of health care policies, standards and programs designed for the benefit of society."
I wish that like in the Philippine Medical Association (PMA),* the Code of Ethics for Pharmacists has implementing provisions against unethical and unprofessional conduct as grounds for reprimand, suspension or expulsion from the PPhA.
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6 comments:
totoo yan. hay nako. dapat mas maging vigilant ang pinoy pharmacists para magimprove nmn ang pharmacy practice dito sa pinas.
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