Tales from the Funny Pharm

[LadyAndreca]

My prescription is $20 for the generic, $80 for the name brand. Since it's for migraines, I really prefer not to go without it, so the one time my pharmacy was out of stock I was willing to pay the extra. Instead, they gave me 5 days worth of the name brand and told me to come back for the rest after they'd gotten their shipment. They helped me get on auto refills when I came back, and made sure it was marked that my husband could pick up my pills, too. And they've also called my doctor for me when I didn't notice I was out of refills.

I like my pharmacy.

[Shalom]

How the hell did they get away with that? In New Mexico at least, you have to be a certified, licensed tech to do any of that.

This was 2002; there were no tech registrations in New Jersey at that time. Basically anybody could call themselves a tech and work behind the counter. That was the situation up until maybe last year at the earliest.

[AccountingDrone]

My prescription is $20 for the generic, $80 for the name brand. Since it's for migraines, I really prefer not to go without it, so the one time my pharmacy was out of stock I was willing to pay the extra. Instead, they gave me 5 days worth of the name brand and told me to come back for the rest after they'd gotten their shipment. They helped me get on auto refills when I came back, and made sure it was marked that my husband could pick up my pills, too. And they've also called my doctor for me when I didn't notice I was out of refills.

I like my pharmacy.

I was hiding in the car with my head wrapped in a jacket while my hubby went in to pick up my meds once, the 3 letter store was out in all 4 of the closest branches, so they were on the phone with my doc until they figured out something I could take [imitrex ramps my BP up dangerously high] but the best they could do was order the stuff for the next day and my doc called ahead to the ER and told them to give me something specific while Rob and I drove over. I got a written apology from the pharmacy manager for not being able to help us so I sent a letter back to management complimenting them on how hard they tried to get me relief for the migraine.

I have a good relationship with my pharmacy - I dropped off a couple of prescriptions a couple days ago, at a little before 5 pm. I was 4th in line at the window and obviously the people in front gave her a hard time. So when I pulled in, I said I needed my pills *immediately*, by 5pm *tomorrow afternoon* which got her laughing. If it hadnt been a new scrip I would have just renewed it online. I love being able to schedule stuff online.

[Tama]

Wow, I didn't know you could do that online. Then again, you can do almost anything online now...