Has a Pharmacist Lowered Your Pain Medication Without Your Physicians Permission?

Pharmacist are telling patients all over Arizona they can't fill a prescription for 6 pain pills, only 3-4 and lowering the patients dose without contacting the physician first?

FILE a COMPLAINT with the Arizona Board of Pharmacy at the link in the email below....

Send email to the governor and Kam Gandhi, PharmD the Executive Director of the Arizona Board of Pharmacy and ask why this is allowed to happen. Her email address is  kgandhi@azpharmacy.gov

I asked Kam Gandhi – Executive Director Comments: Can a pharmacist change a patients prescription dose without contacting the prescribing physician? If not please send me a complaint form..

Copy of email

Kamlesh Gandhi

 to me

May 17

Hello,

A pharmacist needs to call the practitioner to change the dose (strength) on a prescription.

Below is a link to file a complaint.

https://pharmacy.az.gov/complaint

Thank you,

Kam Gandhi, PharmD

Executive Director

602-771-2740

KGandhi@AZPharmacy.gov

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Your Name: Jay Fleming Email Address: leapspeaker@gmail.com Phone Number: Business Name: Select Staff Member: Kam Gandhi – Executive Director Comments: Can a pharmacist change a patients prescription dose without contacting the prescribing physician? If not please send me a complaint form..