Who's idea was this statute:
' 5-19-38 Pharmacists - Substitution of drugs. - Pharmacists when
dispensing a prescription shall, unless requested otherwise by the
purchaser in writing, substitute drugs containing the same active
chemical ingredients of the same strength, quantity, and dosage form
as that drug requested by the prescriber from approved prescription
drug products in accordance with the provisions of ' 21-31-16, unless
ordered by the prescribing physician to dispense as written on the
prescription form, or if the prescriber gives oral direction to that
effect to the dispensing pharmacist. The requirements of this section
shall not apply to an order to dispense a drug for immediate
administration to a hospital in-patient. The pharmacist will make a
product selection from approved prescription drug products and shall
pass the savings on to the ultimate consumer, exclusive of the
pharmacist's professional fee. The pharmacist may not charge a higher
or different professional fee for the prescription drug product
dispensed than that charged for the prescription drug product
prescribed. When a drug product selection is made, the pharmacist
shall indicate the product dispensed on the written prescription, or
on the oral prescription, which has been reduced to writing.
What that means is, that if your Dr. doesn't put "dispense as written"
on the perscription you won't get what he perscribed. Don't let a
pharmacist convince you that branded and generic are the same, because
they are not! You always get what you pay for. Cheap drugs are just
that--CHEAP DRUGS!
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