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Medication misuse and abuse: duties and responsibilities of dispensing pharmacists
C Berland-Benhaïm1, D Giocanti, C Bartoli
1Service de Médecine Légale, Faculté de Médecine, Université de La Méditerranée, F-13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France. caroline.benhaim@univmed.fr
Abstract:
Misuse of medications can have major consequences for the consumer or patient's health. In the case of a drug delivered only on medical prescription, the misuse usually results from an error or negligence on the part of the prescribing doctor and/or the pharmacist dispensing the medication. But whereas, under French Law, doctors are regularly prosecuted for their irresponsibility, pharmacists frequently avoid any legal charges. This is even more surprising in view of the fact that French Legislation controls the practice of pharmacy very strictly. The authors discuss four cases that illustrate this issue and present a study of comparative pharmaceutical law requirements.
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