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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 05:45 PM Apr 2015

Milledgeville (GA) Pharmacist Refuses to Fill Prescription for Miscarriage Patient

Last edited Mon Apr 13, 2015, 06:41 PM - Edit history (1)

http://www.wgxa.tv/news/local/Milledgeville-Pharmacist-Refuses-to-Fill-Prescription-for-Miscarriage-Patient-299421801.html

Brittany Cartrett recently learned some bad news from her doctor about her pregnancy. She miscarried around five or six weeks along....

The doctor's office called the Milledgeville Walmart to fill the prescription but they were told no and they were not given a reason.

"So we found another place to fill it but I still had to go up there to get another prescription so when I went up there she asked if I had any questions about this prescription I said no I don't but I do have a question about the other one. And she looks at my name and she says oh, well...I couldn't think of a valid reason why you would need this prescription", Cartrett said.

The drug in question is Misoprostol, which can also used to induce abortions.


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Milledgeville (GA) Pharmacist Refuses to Fill Prescription for Miscarriage Patient (Original Post) KamaAina Apr 2015 OP
Scum. winstars Apr 2015 #1
Walmart. Always the low morals. KamaAina Apr 2015 #2
Valid reason? tammywammy Apr 2015 #3
^^^This.^^^n/t Gormy Cuss Apr 2015 #10
Asspie shouldn't be a pharmacist if she doesn't want to fill prescriptions. City Lights Apr 2015 #4
That pharmacist was not privy to all of that patient's medical records. Lars39 Apr 2015 #5
It's just crazy... Phentex Apr 2015 #9
I agree. LisaL Apr 2015 #12
Religious freedom! Kber Apr 2015 #6
revoke his license....now. spanone Apr 2015 #7
I believe he is a she KamaAina Apr 2015 #8
Milledgeville, GA Glitterati Apr 2015 #11
Yelp shows several KamaAina Apr 2015 #13
LOL, unless you look closely Glitterati Apr 2015 #14
Small town, yes. BKH70041 Apr 2015 #17
It's Walmart. 99Forever Apr 2015 #15
I've had to take that twice maryellen99 Apr 2015 #16
What I'd really like to see, if pharmacists can "deny" prescriptions... jmowreader Apr 2015 #18
The Midgeville Pharmacist should lose their license to practice for refusing to provide a trauma Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #19
She needs to file a complaint with the pharmacy board. Vinca Apr 2015 #20
When an MD prescribes a drug, every pharmacist is obligated to fill it, period. That is the oath Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #21
If you have a "moral objection" to dispensing prescribed medication DirkGently Apr 2015 #22

Lars39

(26,117 posts)
5. That pharmacist was not privy to all of that patient's medical records.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 05:54 PM
Apr 2015

It is practicing medicine as a doctor without a medical degree.

I bet that pharmacist would have an absolute conniption if she took her bald-tire car in and was denied new tires because the owner of the car place didn't think she needed them. Fuck these nosy fundamentalist.

Phentex

(16,334 posts)
9. It's just crazy...
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 09:29 AM
Apr 2015

there are often prescriptions for medicines that treat different things. Why the hell should the pharmacist be allowed to make any decision about it? You are right: it's like they are practicing medicine themselves.

LisaL

(44,974 posts)
12. I agree.
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 11:01 AM
Apr 2015

If doctor prescribed it, pharmacist should fill it.
It's not the pharmacist's job to decide if the patient needs the prescription or not.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
8. I believe he is a she
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 06:42 PM
Apr 2015
"So we found another place to fill it but I still had to go up there to get another prescription so when I went up there she asked if I had any questions about this prescription I said no I don't but I do have a question about the other one. And she looks at my name and she says oh, well...I couldn't think of a valid reason why you would need this prescription", Cartrett said.


Even worse!
 

Glitterati

(3,182 posts)
11. Milledgeville, GA
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 10:58 AM
Apr 2015

One horse town where the only thing that keeps it alive is GCSU - Georgia College and State University. (My daughter did joint enrollment junior and senior years of high school at GSCU.)

It's a college town. More college students than residents of the godforsaken one hick town.

It's entirely likely there isn't even another pharmacy in Milledgeville except for Walmart.

And Walmart is only there because the students provide a customer base. It's very likely the girl didn't even have a car to get to another pharmacy.

Oh yeah, and getting to Milledgeville..........watch your speed because every town between I20 and the college is a speed trap. Another cottage industry thanks to the college students.

If the students at GSCU would boycott this Walmart, they'd go bankrupt.

 

Glitterati

(3,182 posts)
14. LOL, unless you look closely
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 01:32 PM
Apr 2015

Kroger Pharmacy
1962 N Columbia St
Milledgeville, GA 31061
Permanently closed

CVS reviews are all like this:
The worst service I have ever had at a pharmacy. Called multiple times on a simple birth control monthly re fill, they even blamed my insurance for the problems. Finally had my original cvs call them and they said they had it. When I went to pick it up I still had to wait over an hour to receive my prescription. When I asked to speak with the Pharmacist he did not even apologize.

And none of the other pharmacies are in walking distance of the school.

BKH70041

(961 posts)
17. Small town, yes.
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 02:01 PM
Apr 2015

But there's lots of history there since it was the original capital of GA. There's Ga Military School, the Ga power plant, a rather large chalk mine in nearby Sandersonville, Lake Sinclair, etc.... The town did just fine up until GCSU exploded in attendance and would have continued to do so. And the appeal is there for as many students to be going as there are.

And if you don't want a ticket on 441, don't go over 60mph and slow down through Madison and Eatonton. Easy peasy.

maryellen99

(3,789 posts)
16. I've had to take that twice
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 01:51 PM
Apr 2015

I have a very narrow cervical opening and about 3 years my periods were happening every 3 months. My ob/gyn tried to do a endometrial biopsy in the office which he couldn't perform and I had to take misoprostal twice for both my d&cs(the first one failed). Thank god I didn't have to deal with a fundie pharmacist at CVS

jmowreader

(50,566 posts)
18. What I'd really like to see, if pharmacists can "deny" prescriptions...
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 02:27 PM
Apr 2015

Any man who acts like an asshole when he's in the store gets his prescription for boner pills denied.

"Gosh sir, I can't think of a valid reason why you would need this prescription, no woman would voluntarily have sex with you anyway."

But misoprostol? According to its Wiki page, it also starts labor (like, say, you're eight and a half months pregnant and you want to have the baby so her grandmother, who's over in the hospice house with less than a week to live, can hold her at least once), prevents and treats stomach ulcers, and treats postpartum bleeding. While I'm not in the medical profession, I'd say there are several "valid reasons" why you'd need that prescription.

Gee, Milledgeville Walmart Pharmacy Lady, there's NOT an abortion doctor behind every tree.

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
19. The Midgeville Pharmacist should lose their license to practice for refusing to provide a trauma
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 02:34 PM
Apr 2015

victim, yes miscarriage is a trauma, her recovery meds!

Having had 5 miscarriages due to Lupus, this burns me up one side and down the other!

Shame on Walmart, again and again and again and again!!!!!!

I'm boycotting Walmart, period!

Vinca

(50,313 posts)
20. She needs to file a complaint with the pharmacy board.
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 02:35 PM
Apr 2015

I'm sick and tired of politicians, religious zealots, pharmacists, etc. playing physician.

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
21. When an MD prescribes a drug, every pharmacist is obligated to fill it, period. That is the oath
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 02:41 PM
Apr 2015

they take. If they can't abide by that then don't go to school to become a Pharmacist.

DirkGently

(12,151 posts)
22. If you have a "moral objection" to dispensing prescribed medication
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 02:46 PM
Apr 2015

... you have no business being a pharmacist. Or a doctor or nurse for that matter.
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