Impatient patients

[Ben_Who]

I think if a med is life threatening that your doctor will provide it before you leave the office. I once had a condition causing extreme pain, so the doctor gave me two - and only two - knock-me-on-the-head pills to tide me over until I could fill a prescription featuring a much less powerful version of the same stuff.

I get nervous filling painkiller prescriptions because I usually look like I dressed out of a hamper, shave about as often as Gregory House, and I'm dragging around a three-foot ponytail. So I put in my prescriptions as early as is humanly possible, partly to avoid suffering and partly to provide ample time for verification. If it takes two hours, it takes two hours - it's my responsibility to account for that and budget my time appropriately. (Fifteen minutes? What planet is this? Mine's never taken less than 25.)

Of course, there are times when I've just taken the prescription, gone home, and regretted it later...

Love, Who?

[infinitemonkies]

If you're trying to avoid looking like a drug-seeker (as opposed to someone with a legit prescription) first thing in the morning is a bad time to do it, around here anyway. That's when there's a huge line up of some of the sketchier members of society come for their methadone dosage. The worst I've seen working nights downtown isn't as uncomfortable as being near a pharmacy a few minutes before opening time, and twice in the last year I've had guns pointed at me.


Y'know, it might not be a bad idea to charge a 'service fee' (SC tax) on prescriptions that are to be filled right away. Just like 1 hour photos, if you need it right away, you pay a bit extra, otherwise, drop it off and come back later.