Answer this question is very difficult, the sale of drugs by prescription is the law, illegal sales of prescription drugs to emergency patients is professional ethics, the relationship between the two is essentially the law in the case of the lesser of the two, it is estimated that all practitioners in the pharmaceutical industry will be in the interest of human life, the principle of people-oriented service to the people, the "illegal" sales of medicines to emergency patients.

People over 50 years old will know that there are many good traditions in China's pharmacies that benefit the country and the people. Many measures were created by the ancients in practice with the aim of putting people first and saving people's lives by treating the sick, and have been inherited and carried forward through the ages, for example, in the early days, there were Chinese doctors in pharmacies who treated the sick while they were open for business. Every pharmacy had a veteran herbalist who processed and brewed the herbs to ensure their efficacy and safe use. Pharmacies must be manned 24 hours a day to ensure that emergency patients have access to medication at night, and each county-level pharmaceutical company must have two or more 24-hour pharmacies with a special nighttime emergency window to serve emergency patients.

Most Chinese under the age of fifty have never seen a traditional pharmacy, and the reason for this is that the traditional culture of the traditional pharmacy does not comply with the current drug laws, is the Drug Administration's outlawing of illegal business practices, such as sitting in the halls of practice of medicine is the illegal practice of medicine. Pharmacies without a license to soak their own herbs is illegal processing. 24-hour night sales of prescription drugs without a prescription and without the presence of a resident licensed pharmacist is illegal sales.

China's long history has many excellent traditional culture, in the inheritance and development of a disconnect with the reality of the policy, especially in the pharmaceutical distribution industry, the reality of the regulations in economically developed areas, in large and medium-sized cities, in economically backward areas, in small cities and the vast rural areas, the implementation of the difficult to unify, and finally specific and then return to the question, no prescription to sell emergency patients medicines, all to start with the actual, for the people is the purpose of the service.

In itself, the pharmacy must sell drugs on prescription is unreasonable, the pharmacy is for the convenience of the surrounding population, besides, the hospital prescription on the outflow is not out, the pharmacy is equipped with a licensed pharmacist is to guide the use of medication. Now the pharmacy must be sold by prescription, where does the pharmacy prescription come from? Internet hospitals, customers buy prescription drugs, first connected to the Internet hospital prescription, and then in the sale of prescription drugs, pharmacies do not have diagnosis and treatment functions, connected to the Internet hospital diagnosis and treatment is this legal? What is the difference between this and the medical institutions, directly replace all pharmacies with medical institutions. Pharmacy pharmacists have no role, there are doctors to guide a few people to find your pharmacist. Pharmacies also need pharmacists to review the prescription, that medical institutions do not need? Two standards for the same thing? Who will review the prescription in the medical institution? Pharmacy reform is meaningless and adds to the burden of the customer.

Strictly speaking, you must have a prescription to sell prescription drugs.

In November 2019, two stores of a chain in Shandong were shut down for six months and fined about $50,000 for selling prescription drugs without a prescription. Pharmacies are operating in violation of the law if they sell it.

Similarly, how can one confirm that a patient should take a certain medicine? Because it is not a doctor who naturally has no right to diagnose, take the right one, the customer thinks it is normal, take the wrong one and you are in trouble.

Not for sale for safety reasons. Because if something goes wrong, you have to take the double whammy of violating the law and harming people. And no one will pay for you if you do it wrong.

A. If by pharmacy you mean a retail pharmacy, you can buy drugs without a prescription ((Provided the drugstore has to have it):

Since the implementation of prescription drugs and non-prescription drugs since the classification and management, the people to buy drugs a lot more convenient, a lot of OTC drugs in the doorstep pharmacy can buy. And prescription drugs in order to ensure the safety of medication, the need for a licensed physician or licensed physician assistant prescription can be deployed, purchase and use of drugs, but in the actual implementation process, many prescription drugs, as long as the drugstore (retail drugstores) have a general can be purchased, and there are only some controlled varieties are only registered ID card (when the strict control) limited to the sale. So the kind of problem you mentioned in the pharmacy generally will not have difficulties, after all, they are for profit.

Moreover, like some chronic diseases that need to be controlled and treated with fixed drugs for a long period of time, as well as emergency and first-aid drugs, under the premise of guaranteeing the safety of drugs for the public, and in order to facilitate the use of drugs by the public, the State permits the drug supervision and management departments of each province (autonomous region and municipality) to rationally carry out the work of categorization and management in accordance with the development of the local society and economy, as well as the actual situation of the public's access to medical care and the use of drugs. It can be seen that the State's implementation of drug classification and management is first and foremost aimed at ensuring the safety of the public's use of medicines while also taking into account the convenience of the use of medicines.

Drug classification and management implementation is a gradual process of improvement, if all prescription drugs across the board are mandatory to purchase drugs with a doctor's prescription, the people will feel too inconvenient to buy drugs. For the people, do not just focus on the convenience of buying drugs, prescription drugs or more consultation with a doctor and then use the best, after all, there are problems, the injury is still their own.

ii,If you are talking about including hospital pharmacies (because some drugs are only available in hospitals) the situation is different:

Hospital pharmacies have the appropriate regulations, no doctor's prescription is not to sell drugs to patients, because the hospital has a set of procedures for the sale of drugs to patients, the lack of any one part will not get the drug: doctor's diagnosis → prescription → payment → pharmacy to get the drug, which is responsible for the patient, but also for the hospital is responsible for. Even if the situation is urgent, for the pharmacist, there is no doctor's prescription will not be issued, because there is no doctor's prescription and the risk is greater, once the problem is no defense. So, you may ask, is the patient waiting to die without the medication? Of course not, because the hospital's emergency department for emergency medicine will have prepared medicine, and for patients with special circumstances will open a green channel, rescue life is the first.

Saving lives and helping people is the vocation of doctors, but there are no rules, any profession or organization has a set of corresponding regulations to maintain his operation and protect public safety. You can imagine if a hospital without a doctor's prescription can just go to the hospital pharmacy to get the medicine, no doctor's orders you will use the peace of mind?

Therefore, the first thing you need to do when purchasing emergency medicine is to make sure that you are using the right medication, otherwise it will be counterproductive. In the purchase of drugs in hospitals and retail pharmacies at the same time to consult, do not be a fly on the wall like a headless fly around the delay, at the same time it is best to call 120 emergency.

The question itself is faulty!

Patients requiring emergency care should be taken to the nearest hospital at the first opportunity and resuscitated by a doctor. At this time, all medical actions are the responsibility of the hospital, and the patient and his/her family are not responsible for the purchase of emergency medicines.

Is it possible that some emergency medicines are out of stock in hospitals?

No way! If this happens, it is an accident of responsibility! All departments of the hospital have emergency vehicles, which are always stocked with emergency medicines in accordance with national regulations, and the lack of them during resuscitation is an accident of responsibility.

Pharmacies have both prescription and over-the-counter medications, and emergency medications are generally not stocked or allowed to be sold. First aid medications are prescription medications, and regular pharmacies are generally not even allowed to sell injections. Are there any oral medications for first aid? Yes, they must be sold with a prescription! For example, if a patient has acute chest pain and the pharmacy has nitroglycerin, can it be sold to the patient? Not allowed! Without a doctor's prescription, what if it's not angina but aortic dissection? It is absolutely not allowed to give the patient unauthorized use, will only harm the patient!

So the only thing a patient who needs emergency medical attention can do is call 120 and take them to the hospital!

Pharmacies sell drugs according to the rules, people live and die pharmacy does not care, no prescription pharmacy is not possible to sell prescription drugs to you, the pharmacy can not afford to punish

This is a very good question, which involves the treatment of the relationship between laws and regulations and the change of circumstances in the case of courage. It is summarized below.

Prescription drugs sold in pharmacies with a doctor's prescription

According to China's "Drug Administration Law", "Drug Administration Quality Management Standard" and other relevant laws and regulations, China's pharmacy retail drugs are categorized into prescription drugs and non-prescription drugs. As the name suggests, prescription drugs are drugs that require a prescription from a licensed doctor before they can be sold in pharmacies.

Over-the-counter drugs, also known as OTC drugs, are licensed drugs that can be sold without a doctor's prescription.

Over-the-counter medications at the pharmacy do not require a doctor's prescription

Pharmacies sell over-the-counter medicines, generally in the packaging with the "OTC" English logo, which is the abbreviation of the English Over The Counter, translated into Chinese means that the drugs can be sold directly behind the counter.

Although OTC drugs are also licensed drugs (health food with different food and health numbers), why is a doctor's prescription not required? Because OTC drugs are a class of drugs with high clinical safety and few adverse reactions, patients can take them on their own according to their own symptoms and in accordance with the indications and dosage methods set out in the instruction manual of the drugs. Most of these diseases are common and frequent diseases that can be diagnosed and treated on their own, such as colds, coughs, dyspepsia, headaches, fever, and so on.

In an emergency, saving lives comes first. Formalities come later.

In the unlikely event that a patient in need of first aid is encountered, but time is of the essence and a doctor's prescription cannot be provided, what should the pharmacy staff do? The specific process is as follows:

1. Saving lives comes first. Do everything you can to provide emergency treatment, including the need for prescription medication for first aid;

2. At the same time, call 120 and contact the hospital for treatment;

3. Collect as much personal information as possible about the emergency patient;

4. After the patient leaves, report to the pharmacy at the first opportunity;

5. As soon as possible to go to the Department of Pharmacy, submit a written report material.

In other words, in case of emergency, first aid can be given without a prescription, but the documents must be filled in afterwards.

However, the determination of this emergency situation is not based on the patient's self-reported circumstances, but on the objective circumstances at the scene.

Summary: When encountering the objective need for emergency treatment of patients, pharmacies can use prescription drugs to patients without a doctor's prescription for first aid purposes, but after the fact to make up for the material, and report to the drug regulatory authorities in a timely manner.

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Sold by prescription, of course. Usually okay, in order to sell more than a blind eye, involving first aid, human life is at stake, must be in accordance with the provisions to. And the patient (family), the condition of the need for emergency not to go to the hospital, but also not to play "120", single to your pharmacy want to do not follow the regulations, the purpose of what? Thoughtful and fearful. Let your kids read "The Farmer and the Snake" again.

That's a strange reason. If a patient needs first aid, do they have to run to the drugstore? Shouldn't they go to the hospital?

Maybe you are referring to a heart attack or something like that. In this case, nitroglycerin or something like that may not be available at the drugstore, so don't worry too much about it. Call 120, or if the hospital is close, directly to the hospital is the first choice.

And again, in this case, the pharmacy is actually more likely to get into trouble if they just sell you the drug. Because no one knows if what you say is true or not. Taking the wrong medicine, who is responsible for, likely to find the pharmacy responsible, who you do not have a prescription to sell me? I said in a hurry you sell ah, you sell drugs in violation of the law, I have to find you compensation. This and blackmail hospital is the same reason.

Usually these types of first aid are cheap, if it's really urgent. Sorry, if I were the owner of the store, I wouldn't sell it to you, I'd give it to you. No money.

Two there are two ways to dispose of this problem, one is that the pharmacy has a prescription for the drug, but can not sell it. Because of the law, the pharmacy does not have the right to prescribe, sell to you is illegal. If something happens, the pharmacy is legally responsible. Secondly, the pharmacy has prescription drugs, there is also a prescription software, drug buyers have to software doctor for video consultation, and then issued an electronic prescription, the pharmacy can sell drugs. Now the Drug Administration requires pharmacies to install software with electronic prescriptions. There are two types of pharmacies, one is a qualified pharmacy that can sell prescription and non-prescription drugs, and the other can only sell non-prescription drugs. If a patient happens to encounter a pharmacy that only sells over-the-counter drugs, he certainly cannot buy prescription drugs. If the patient encounters a pharmacy that sells prescription drugs, but the pharmacy does not have prescription software installed, the patient will still not be able to buy prescription drugs. Unless the pharmacy sells drugs illegally for the sake of turnover. This is also one of the reasons why the prices of drugs in various pharmacies are not the same, in principle, there is electronic prescription software pharmacy, / its retail prescription drugs prices to be higher by several percent, this is because the electronic prescription software service fee to spend more than a thousand dollars a year, the doctor who issued a prescription to charge prescription fees, another place to invest in the printer of the electronic prescription, but also at any time to deal with the inspection of the drug regulatory control, a year down the cost of management would be The management cost will increase by one to two thousand dollars a year. Therefore, the management cost of these prescription drugs will be high, and naturally, the retail price of prescription drugs in pharmacies will be high.

If pharmacies with electronic prescription software are installed, they will of course save lives first. If pharmacies without electronic prescription software, or pharmacies without the right to operate prescription drugs, they will not dare to sell prescription drugs at will.

Now there is a traceability system for the sale of drugs, that is, the wholesale company must wholesale drugs to qualified retail pharmacies, retail drugs can only be purchased from qualified wholesale companies, and then the drugs must be entered into the electronic ledger system. Like prescription drugs, the requirements are more stringent, from the drug factory to the wholesale company, then to the retail pharmacy, until the hands of the purchaser, all the links can be traced in place. For example, the purchaser's time of purchase, contact number, name and quantity, batch number, date of manufacture, and even which doctor wrote the prescription can be traced. This is to prevent shoddy drugs from harming patients. But the corresponding increase in a lot of trouble, the pharmacy sells drugs is actually both salesman, but also financial operators, porters, quality inspectors, cleaners, and even the boss and licensed pharmacists, computer operators. Sometimes sell a drug, only earned a few dollars, but nagging down to spend a lot of time in doing a bunch of chores. It's exhausting!