While this statement seems to throw up a barrier to the good, productive collaborative relationships that best benefit patients, and that pharmacists, physicians, and patients have all grown to appreciate, it’s important to look at what was at its root: this nation’s drug abuse problem. The AMA’s statement is a response to the efforts of some pharmacies in light of the federal government’s stepped up enforcement to prevent diversion and better control the epidemic of prescription drug abuse. Certain pharmacies, in response to enhanced scrutiny and enforcement efforts by the Drug Enforcement Administration, are calling and faxing to verify the legitimacy of every controlled substance prescription before filling
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