PSA: Fire Your Pharmacy and Find One That Respects and Takes Care of You - eviltoast

K, so I see posts wayyyy to often where the OP is crying and miserable about the way their pharmacy treats them like shit and never is on top of making sure they have your meds available and/or ready for you come refill day.

If this is ever the case, you need to fire your pharmacy and find a better one. Usually, smaller mom+pop or smaller local chains will appreciate your business and help you ideally with these things without you even having to ask (or only requiring one-time orientation on what your preferences are as they relate to servics they usually do or should be offering:

  • fill your meds automatically without you having to ask

  • ensuring it is in stock without you having to worry in order for them to fill said refills

  • advise you of any complications or further steps required of you to help them make sure you’re taken care of and consistent with refills

  • remind YOU about shit, not the other way around. My pharmacy might as well be my unpaid intern/executive assistant with all things medical as they pertain to my business/the privelege of getting said business I grant them

  • delivery: this is non-negotiable. If they ain’t delivering, I ain’t playin’. My pharmacy knows that to be my drug dealer, they gotta come to me. Cuz I ain’t leaving the couch to get my drugs

  • deal with dr for you if any discrepancy or error is in the way. This is the beauty of medical practices with adjoining pharms. Ethics be damned, vertical/horizontal integration 4 the win!

That is all. Your pharmacy should feel so lucky to have a good get like AD(H)D patients, I would rather have that then a money printer if I was a pharmacy owner.

Spread the word and f all that noise. You are worthy to be waited on and catered to, controlled substance or otherwise.

Not sure if this is cogent but I take rhe 2nd rarest (prescribed/available) medication next to Desoxyn and I’ve never had an issue getting it filled, even in the depths of the Great Adderall Shortage although it wasn’t Adderall so not sure how relevant my n=1 is this context

      • QualifiedKitten@kbin.social
        5·
        11 months ago

        The WebMD article does indicate that the specifics vary by state, but it sounds to me that delivery of a 1 month supply is legal in all 50 states.

        Because they’re schedule II drugs, you may not be able to get a bulk delivery. State regulations on prescribing these types of medications vary, so you may be able to get only a month’s worth of your ADHD medication at a time and need a new prescription for each refill. Some states also require an electronic prescription be submitted by the doctor.

        https://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/adhd-med-home-delivery

    • ickplant@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      11 months ago

      TIL, I’ll look into this. It would be nice to get it shipped. What pharmacy do you use, if you don’t mind me asking?

      Edit: Please note that apparently you can get stimulants delivered through mail.

      • QualifiedKitten@kbin.social
        3·
        11 months ago

        Yeah, it’s been super awesome, and I’ve never run into any shortages. I’m with Kaiser and they really push their patients to use their pharmacy, so I have a suspicion that’s not the case for you. I’ve heard that many insurance companies have a preferred mail order pharmacy, so you might want to dig around with your insurance company to see if they have a preferred partner. If that doesn’t work out, searching “mail order adderall” seems to turn up some possibilities, but I can’t vouch for any of them. Your prescribing doctor may also have suggestions.

        • ickplant@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          11 months ago

          Got it, yeah, Kaiser is a different beast, but I’ll see if I can do anything on my end. My insurance’s preferred pharmacy is CVS, and I stopped using them cause they never had any Adderall during the shortage.

            • ickplant@lemmy.worldEnglish
              21·
              11 months ago

              Oh thank you, I appreciate it. I’m able to get my doctor visits be virtual, and he is allowed to prescribe 3 months at a time, so I have to see him every 3 months. I remember when I had to go in. It would be nice to get the meds delivered, I’m just worried about the shortage, but I hear it’s getting better.

              • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
                2·
                11 months ago

                I don’t know if they’ll mail you all three months at once, it might be a monthly-type deal I would imagine.

                • ickplant@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  21·
                  11 months ago

                  Oh yeah, I imagine it would be monthly. I don’t mind going to my pharmacy because i shop at Costco anyway, and they provide great service. But it would be nice to just “set it and forget it” with a mail0in prescription.