AAPS Objects to Pharmacists Prescribing Paxlovid Without Doctor's Order
July 23, 2022
July 23, 2022
TUCSON, Arizona, July 23 (TNSpol) -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following news release:
In a statement issued July 20, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) objected to the rule issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that allows pharmacists to, in effect, practice medicine by prescribing and dispensing Pfizer's drug Paxlovid(TM) on their own order.
"The FDA does not have the statutory authority . . .
In a statement issued July 20, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) objected to the rule issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that allows pharmacists to, in effect, practice medicine by prescribing and dispensing Pfizer's drug Paxlovid(TM) on their own order.
"The FDA does not have the statutory authority . . .