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Although it is against the law (at least the Rules of the Board of Pharmacy - Rule 64B6-27.700(2), Florida Administrative Code) to dispense compounded drugs from physician offices, doctors (in Florida and otherwise) dispense compounded drugs all the time (due to lack of enforcement from the state department of health.
Some pharmacies, notably Auro Pharmacy d/b/a Central Drugs Compounding Pharmacy, try to obfuscate the rules by calling this dispensing "Centralized Pharmacy Filling", and teach physicians how to break the law in a way that confuses investigators. Centralized filling occurs between pharmacies, not between a pharmacy and a physician office!
In addition, doctors will set up kickback deals with pharmacies where they write a script, fax it directly to the pharmacy (eliminating the patient's choice of pharmacy), collects payment from the patient, but pays the pharmacy a lower "wholesale price" at the end of the month for all the drugs they prescribed, and then the pharmacy mails the drugs to the patient. Sounds a lot like an illegal split-fee relationship, doesn't it?
All the HCG Diet clinics use compounded HCG, and they all are makin money from selling Compounded HCG to their patients. Why doesn't the State Departments of Health stop this? Because they are lazy and don't enforce the laws on the books.
Kenneth Woliner, MD
www.holisticfamilymed.com
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