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		fallingknife on Oct 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Family medicine is in decline I had a prescription for 1 20mg pill a day. Pharmacy didn't have 20mg but they had 10mg. They couldn't give me 2 10s instead of 1 20 because regulations didn't allow that. Yeah, we need less regulations.

phil21 on Oct 28, 2024 [–]

There is likely no regulation that says this. Doctors and pharmacists have very broad legal authority to prescribe whatever they see fit.

It’s almost assuredly an insurance/PBM billing issue, not a regulatory thing.

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