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In reply to the discussion: Where do you get your medications? (And please reply with your answer and where you are from.) [View all]HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)18. Actually, I try to get them at the drug store but the damn insurance company makes me do mail-order.
It's only for the "maintenance drugs" that I have to use mail-order, but it's a royal pain in the ass and more expensive than going to the counter. My newest one was $50/mo at the counter and now the mail-order part says they're going to charge $75. I'm not happy. On top of that, the pharmacy has no way to cross-reference with the mail-order even though they have the same name, so the automatic "conflict" checks I relied on are null and void now. I have to do my own research on-line. They don't all come from the same doctor. I keep a spreadsheet with everything I'm taking, dosages, number of times a day, etc. and always take a fresh copy with me to whatever doctor I have to see.
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Where do you get your medications? (And please reply with your answer and where you are from.) [View all]
GreenPartyVoter
Jul 2012
OP
Peggy, I meant are the words interchangeable because I am fascinated by that sort of thing. But
GreenPartyVoter
Jul 2012
#3
I get them from my pharmacist at the drug store....or is it my druggist at the pharmacy?
Rowdyboy
Jul 2012
#5
I get prescriptions filled at the pharmacy, but if I'm going to that store for any
petronius
Jul 2012
#8
I go to the pharmacy inhouse at my grocery store (Fry's) here in Tucson.
MiddleFingerMom
Jul 2012
#10