Drug Substitution—How to Turn Order Into Chaos
- 9 August 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 217 (6) , 817-818
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1971.03190060055015
Abstract
During the time that has elapsed since the American Pharmaceutical Association officially adopted a resolution in April 1970 to "seek the repeal of antisubstitution laws," great concern has been expressed by many factions of the medical and pharmaceutical professions regarding the position the APhA has taken. In numerous articles and editorials, including one inThe Journal(212:-1369, 1970), the point has been made repeatedly that the antisubstitution laws were conceived to help restrain the unethical pharmacist and that they place no restriction on the ethical practice of pharmacy. The need for this restraint is no less real today than it was when the laws were first instituted. Repeal of the antisubstitution laws would remove the control the physician now has over the drug product to be dispensed, a disservice to both the physician and the patient. The physician would no longer know for certain that a patient was gettingThis publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: