Can a Catholic work in a pharmacy (drug store)?

[Blue_Rose]

I wouldn’t mind working as a Pharmacy Assistant but I would have to serve people buying contraception.
What do you think I should do? Or should I think of a different job?

 

[pensmama87]

Is this something you want to do as a career? Or just something to bring some money in for the time being?

(IIRC you’re in Australia, so it may be different than in the US, but in the US, a pharmacy assistant is primarily going to be dispensing oral contraceptives - other items are going to be fetched by regular cashiers. Oral contraceptives are occasionally prescribed for off-label, non-contraceptive purposes. I don’t think you’d have a way of knowing WHY such and such was being prescribed.)

If your interest is in pharmacy, I’d think there were things you could do that involve the same kind of knowledge but not putting you in an uncomfortable position like that.

 

[JSSD]

(IIRC you’re in Australia, so it may be different than in the US, but in the US, a pharmacy assistant is primarily going to be dispensing oral contraceptives - other items are going to be fetched by regular cashiers. Oral contraceptives are occasionally prescribed for off-label, non-contraceptive purposes. I don’t think you’d have a way of knowing WHY such and such was being prescribed.)

Correct. If you were a pharmacy assistant (or tech or clerk), you would probably not know for sure the indication of the product. You could make an educated guess. These are extremely common prescriptions, but certainly not what keeps the business afloat.

You may also ring up condoms or other sexual miscellany. $0.02

If your interest is in pharmacy, I’d think there were things you could do that involve the same kind of knowledge but not putting you in an uncomfortable position like that.

You could also work in a hospital, LTCF, or home IV. Even in a hospital, though, including a Catholic one I worked at, (this is going to sound absolutely terrible), mothers who delivered were typically given a depo-provera dose soon after delivery.

 

[babydoc33]

After my miscarriage I was given birth control pills to try and get my periods regular again. They are used for more than just preventing pregnancy. Some women are put on them for a short period of time to get their cycles regular or to start infertility treatments. If you have issues filling these types of meds see if you can ask someone else to fill them.