THE NSW Department of Health has warned pharmacists to ensure they check the validity of prescriptions for fentanyl patches with prescribers, after a spate of forged scripts were presented and dispensed at some pharmacies.
According to an update from the NSW Pharmacy Guild, the department has highlighted private scripts and in particular where the quantity requested exceeded the maximum PBS supply.
Pharmacists should also beware of scripts for drugs at risk of abuse if the "prescriber" has contacted the pharmacy by phone to authorise the dispensing, or if the script is presented by a person claiming to be an agent for a third person or group of people, NSW Health added.
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