A man comes in with a private script for Roaccutane 10mg.
Noticed it was the same doctor that we called last time regarding the same problem we had with another patient.
The doctor didn't care when we told him the legislation. He didn't believe us. His argument was 'if i wasn't allowed, then why does my prescribing software allow me to do that. You don't know what you're talking about and they've changed the legislation."
We refused to dispense it.
One week later, the doctor writes Roaccutane script for another patient. Didn't even bother calling the doctor again. Just told the patient the dr is not authorized and they need to go see a specialist. They go why? "My explanation was simply: Your doctor is a GP. There are some medicines that they can't prescribe. There are some rules that GPs need to follow." In other words, stop thinking your doctor is GOD and prescribe anything.
After that, I decide to call Department of Health to complain and confirm the legislation. Legislation still remains the same - no changes. Told the Duty Pharmaceutical Officer there's been an increased influx of those scripts written by GPs in the area. DPO said just refer them to the legislation. I said I have but the doctors haven't heard of it. I told DPO they should print out a letter or something to clarify this with the doctors in our area coz they don't believe us. Some even prescribe Concerta and Ritalin which is a health issue to the public. She asked me if there are specific doctors that do it, I go there's a lot of them so there's no one particular one.
Hopefully they will do something about it.
If that Roaccutane doctor does it again, I'll be reporting him. I told him once, if he doesn't get it, let the Department of Health deal with it.
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