“Walmart and our pharmacists are committed to helping overcome the iopioid crisis that has affected many.”
“Unfortunately, some DOJ officials are now more focused on pursuing headlines than on resolving the crisis. Now that they are threatening a completely unreasonable lawsuit against Walmart, obscure pharmacists claim that otherwise validated opioid prescriptions should be prescribed.” It was written by a lot of doctors. That the federal government still allows prescriptions to be written. “
In its complaint, the company asked the court to “resolve the dispute” with the DOJ and DEA regarding the pharmacist’s obligations under the Controlled Substances Act, the pharmacist’s obligations under the law that regulates the possession, use and distribution of certain drugs and other substances.
If a pharmacist refuses to fill out a prescription written by a DEA-licensed doctor due to concerns about the doctor’s judgment, the pharmacist will make a decision without a medical license or the patient’s knowledge, which could result in them losing their license, Vartmart said in the complaint.
Walmart says its pharmacists have, in fact, “refused to pay thousands for problematic opioid prescriptions” and the company has prevented “concerned” doctors from filling io pioid prescriptions in its pharmacy, according to court documents.
“Because of this, Walmart and its pharmacists face lawsuits for interfering with state investigations and medical practices – that is, for going too far by refusing to pay opioid prescriptions,” the complaint states. “And the DOJ has now stated that it will not sue Walmart for continuing to fill opioid prescriptions of certain licensed doctors, many of whom have been authorized by the DEA to prescribe opioids to date.”
Walmart said in its complaint that the DEA, rather than pharmacists, should be responsible for evaluating doctors prescribing pyodes, and making sure they do so properly.
In his plea for relief, Wartmart asked the court to make several declarations regarding the Controlled Substances Act, in which pharmacists are not required to re-evaluate the decision of a licensed doctor about a prescription, and are not required by law to document pharmacists. According to court documents, the reason for filling the prescription was appropriate.
“Walmart and our pharmacists are torn between the demands of the DEA on the one hand and health agencies and regulators on the other, and are caught between patients,” the company said in a statement. “We need a court to clarify the role and legal obligations of pharmacists and pharmacists in filling opioid prescriptions.”
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