Who can request non child-resistant drug enclosures???

[aboveliquidice]

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According to the PPPA of 1970 = Prescriber (annotated on Rx) and Patient

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (which enforces the PPPA) = Patient only

The patient-only via the CPSC is only listed as an answer from a practice test. I was under the impression that both a prescriber and patient could request this.

So which one is it?

 

[Sparda29]

Not sure. I've never seen a prescriber request that a patient get non-safety caps. I prefer non-safety caps also.

 

[aboveliquidice]

Not sure. I've never seen a prescriber request that a patient get non-safety caps. I prefer non-safety caps also.

This is a non issue in real practice - almost all oral dosage legend Rx have em... If the patient doesn't want them - they tell you.

But the law is very specific on what is kosher / what isn't - and the MPJE doesn't care about the real world.

 

[Vitamin K]

According to the PPPA of 1970 = Prescriber (annotated on Rx) and Patient

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (which enforces the PPPA) = Patient only

The patient-only via the CPSC is only listed as an answer from a practice test. I was under the impression that both a prescriber and patient could request this.

So which one is it?

The patient can request them for a single fill or for all future fills. I believe the prescriber can request them for a single fill but not for all fills. The big thing they want you to know is that a pharmacist can NOT make that decision.

 

[ucrx]

The patient can request them for a single fill or for all future fills. I believe the prescriber can request them for a single fill but not for all fills. The big thing they want you to know is that a pharmacist can NOT make that decision.

That was my understanding when I was studying for my first MPJE. What about patient's representatives?