Tue Jul 31, 2012, 12:38 AM

Where do you get your medications? (And please reply with your answer and where you are from.)

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Is there a regional preference for a particular word or is it completely interchangeable? (I rarely use the word pharmacy, but I do use pharmacist.)

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	Drug store
	7 (33%)
	Pharmacy
	10 (48%)
	Chemist
	2 (10%)
	Some dude on the corner.
	0 (0%)
	Like I can afford healthcare!!
	2 (10%)
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Where do you get your medications? (And please reply with your answer and where you are from.) (Original post)	GreenPartyVoter	Jul 2012	OP
New England: Drug store	GreenPartyVoter	Jul 2012	#1
My dear GreenPartyVoter!	CaliforniaPeggy	Jul 2012	#2
Peggy, I meant are the words interchangeable because I am fascinated by that sort of thing. But	GreenPartyVoter	Jul 2012	#3
No need to feel guilty!	CaliforniaPeggy	Jul 2012	#4
Mail order? nt	Betsy Ross	Jul 2012	#7
I think I could get the meds via mail order, but I'd rather not. n/t	CaliforniaPeggy	Jul 2012	#9
$20/3 months or $20/month	Betsy Ross	Jul 2012	#35
I get them from my pharmacist at the drug store....or is it my druggist at the pharmacy?	Rowdyboy	Jul 2012	#5
I say "pharmacy," too, Rowdyboy - also from Mississippi	Glorfindel	Jul 2012	#21
The VA should be included, as we have many vets here	pinboy3niner	Jul 2012	#6
VA Pharmacy	SoDesuKa	Jul 2012	#15
VA...through the mail, order by phone	rppper	Aug 2012	#49
You can order refills now on the intertubes	Lasher	Aug 2012	#51
I get prescriptions filled at the pharmacy, but if I'm going to that store for any	petronius	Jul 2012	#8
this is my exact same answer!	Kali	Aug 2012	#42
I go to the pharmacy inhouse at my grocery store (Fry's) here in Tucson.	MiddleFingerMom	Jul 2012	#10
I detest Walgreen's.	Archae	Jul 2012	#12
Drug store across the street...	Archae	Jul 2012	#11
OTC- drug store, prescriptions- pharmacy	marzipanni	Jul 2012	#13
I didn't see Blame Canada on the list, but that's where I go.	Kennah	Jul 2012	#14
Same here and the meds are cheaper. n/t	RebelOne	Jul 2012	#26
Pharmacy, VA Medical Center Lakewood Wa.	chknltl	Jul 2012	#16
Other, street corner	taterguy	Jul 2012	#17
Actually, I try to get them at the drug store but the damn insurance company makes me do mail-order.	HopeHoops	Jul 2012	#18
My mail order insurance deal is easy.	trof	Jul 2012	#32
Mine isn't. I have to call it in and read about 6pt. font on the label.	HopeHoops	Jul 2012	#34
Drug store - Minnesota	geardaddy	Jul 2012	#19
Chemist - England	tjwmason	Jul 2012	#20
Boots?	trof	Jul 2012	#33
pharmacy	Bertha Venation	Jul 2012	#22
I use both Drug Store and Pharmacy	OriginalGeek	Jul 2012	#23
Other: Grocery Store and Target	NightWatcher	Jul 2012	#24
Kroger pharmacy - same reason.	emilyg	Jul 2012	#30
From Canada.	RebelOne	Jul 2012	#25
Canada.	Wait Wut	Jul 2012	#27
We get most everything at Walgreens, because they're convenient.	kcass1954	Jul 2012	#28
I get mine in the mail from the VA	hobbit709	Jul 2012	#29
Our firm healthcare plan uses Medco Mail Order	IcyPeas	Jul 2012	#31
Grocery store....	whistler162	Jul 2012	#36
the pharmacy in the grocery store	fizzgig	Jul 2012	#37
The pharmacy	FloridaJudy	Aug 2012	#38
I brew them myself	LiberalEsto	Aug 2012	#39
What happens when you drink that shit?	Kennah	Aug 2012	#44
Well, I hardly need wives	LiberalEsto	Aug 2012	#48
So what does it make the African Violets do?	Kennah	Aug 2012	#50
Northeast Illinois - Pharmacy	ProfessorGAC	Aug 2012	#40
Medications	Polly Hennessey	Aug 2012	#41
All of the above?	Liberal Veteran	Aug 2012	#43
I usually go to CVS	bigwillq	Aug 2012	#45
The place where I get medications has "Pharmacy" in its name	Nikia	Aug 2012	#46
I get mind at a drug store pharmacy. So which do I click on? nt	Honeycombe8	Aug 2012	#47
except for run in with ticks last year	handmade34	Aug 2012	#52
In my part of the midwest	WCIL	Aug 2012	#53

Response to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 12:42 AM

GreenPartyVoter (64,722 posts)

1. New England: Drug store

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Response to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 12:43 AM

CaliforniaPeggy (103,997 posts)

2. My dear GreenPartyVoter!

I get mine from the pharmacy. And I'm in SoCal...

I like being able to call and talk to the pharmacist, who knows me. The staff knows me too, and this is helpful, if there's a problem. I'm not just a voice on the phone, and I like that.

I could get them by mail (I think) but I prefer dealing with the local pharmacy.

The pharmacy is all over the country (CVS) so I could get my meds in other states if I needed to.

Is that what you meant by interchangeable?

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Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 12:45 AM

GreenPartyVoter (64,722 posts)

3. Peggy, I meant are the words interchangeable because I am fascinated by that sort of thing. But

I like that you have a good pharmacy that is easy to work with. I've done ok with mine. Mostly Rite Aid, but I had to switch to Wal-Mart for a while when I had no medical coverage. I felt guilty about that.

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Response to GreenPartyVoter (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 12:51 AM

CaliforniaPeggy (103,997 posts)

4. No need to feel guilty!

You do what you have to do when you have no choice. You do whatever you have to, because your health is more important than where you shop.

We have a Rite Aid here, but my CVS had been open forever before Rite Aid came on the scene...

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Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 01:07 AM

Betsy Ross (3,035 posts)

7. Mail order? nt

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Response to Betsy Ross (Reply #7)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 01:09 AM

CaliforniaPeggy (103,997 posts)

9. I think I could get the meds via mail order, but I'd rather not. n/t

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Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #9)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 09:09 PM

Betsy Ross (3,035 posts)

35. $20/3 months or $20/month

economics

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Response to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 12:52 AM

Rowdyboy (20,674 posts)

5. I get them from my pharmacist at the drug store....or is it my druggist at the pharmacy?

Regardless they're good shit!

Seriously, here in the deep south I refer to mine as a "pharmacist" at the "pharmacy" but I'm not sure every one else does.

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Response to Rowdyboy (Reply #5)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 11:13 AM

Glorfindel (3,094 posts)

21. I say "pharmacy," too, Rowdyboy - also from Mississippi

n/t

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Response to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 12:55 AM

pinboy3niner (27,548 posts)

6. The VA should be included, as we have many vets here

And that's my "dealer."

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Tue Jul 31, 2012, 05:02 AM

SoDesuKa (3,173 posts)

15. VA Pharmacy

I get my drugs at the VA. Since "Pharmacy" is one of the choices, that's what I checked.

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Response to SoDesuKa (Reply #15)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 02:36 PM

rppper (2,604 posts)

49. VA...through the mail, order by phone

K&R

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Response to rppper (Reply #49)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 11:43 PM

Lasher (20,476 posts)

51. You can order refills now on the intertubes

if you sign up at Myhealthevet. This is new.

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Response to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 01:08 AM

petronius (19,653 posts)

8. I get prescriptions filled at the pharmacy, but if I'm going to that store for any

other reason I call it the drug store (when I don't refer to it by name)...

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Response to petronius (Reply #8)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 03:58 PM

Kali (33,852 posts)

42. this is my exact same answer!

the store (walgreens, cvs, etc) is a drug store that has low end - dollar store type stuff for sale and it has a pharmacy, like the grocery store does.

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Response to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 01:17 AM

MiddleFingerMom (22,233 posts)

10. I go to the pharmacy inhouse at my grocery store (Fry's) here in Tucson.

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Two different locations (I moved almost 3 years ago) and both have been exceptional as far as
the people/service/personal attention (they remember me) and willingness/ability to work around
my limitations (my previous experiences with two different locations of Walgreen's were nightmares).
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All but two of my 8 or 9 daily meds are on their $4 generic list.
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Response to MiddleFingerMom (Reply #10)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 02:22 AM

Archae (26,391 posts)

12. I detest Walgreen's.

They have one pharmacist, and 3 or 4 teenagers behind the counter.

Last time I had to go to one, (it was the only one open at 2 am,) there wasn't ANY customers in the store but it still took them 40 minutes to fill the scrip.

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Response to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 02:19 AM

Archae (26,391 posts)

11. Drug store across the street...

Old-fashioned family-owned.

They even have free delivery.

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Response to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 03:19 AM

marzipanni (5,058 posts)

13. OTC- drug store, prescriptions- pharmacy

From Massachusetts (but have lived in Northern California >2/3 of my life)

I think of the pharmacy as the part of the drug store where the pharmacist fills prescriptions.

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Tue Jul 31, 2012, 04:28 AM

Kennah (6,739 posts)

14. I didn't see Blame Canada on the list, but that's where I go.

Been buying mail order from Canadian pharmacies for me and the wife going on 2 years now.

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Tue Jul 31, 2012, 12:45 PM

RebelOne (26,835 posts)

26. Same here and the meds are cheaper. n/t

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Response to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 06:54 AM

chknltl (8,745 posts)

16. Pharmacy, VA Medical Center Lakewood Wa.

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Tue Jul 31, 2012, 07:05 AM

taterguy (27,553 posts)

17. Other, street corner

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Tue Jul 31, 2012, 10:28 AM

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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Response to HopeHoops (Reply #18)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 07:52 PM

trof (43,669 posts)

32. My mail order insurance deal is easy.

Hell, I get email REMINDERS when a refill is due.
If my doc prescribes a new/different drug she faxes the request to Humana/RightSource and they fill it.
Same when refills have to be renewed.
I fax the request to her, she faxes script to them and VIOLA!
It's DONE!

I do it all by email and fax.
Easy Peasy.

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Response to trof (Reply #32)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 08:02 PM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

34. Mine isn't. I have to call it in and read about 6pt. font on the label.

It's more expensive, a pain in the ass, takes longer than the counter, and they just leave the shit on the front porch. I hate it (in case you couldn't tell). It saves CIGNA a lot of money but cost me more and takes a shitload more time than going down to the CVS that's a quarter mile from my house. This is NOT a good trend.

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Response to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 10:42 AM

geardaddy (14,313 posts)

19. Drug store - Minnesota

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Tue Jul 31, 2012, 11:04 AM

tjwmason (14,756 posts)

20. Chemist - England

I'd say that it's the most common term over here.

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Tue Jul 31, 2012, 07:53 PM

trof (43,669 posts)

33. Boots?

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Response to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 11:15 AM

Bertha Venation (20,057 posts)

22. pharmacy

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Most from Walgreens, some from CVS. There's a CVS downstairs in my work building; it's very handy when I have a prescription from a doctor here in town (DC). For my doctors near home, I use the nearest Walgreens.

I live in Maryland but am a native Californian.

If I didn't have insurance, my meds would run about $1400 per month.

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Tue Jul 31, 2012, 12:08 PM

OriginalGeek (5,493 posts)

23. I use both Drug Store and Pharmacy

Pharmacy if it's the drug store section of a larger grocery or other store (Like Target, Publix, any of the various -Marts, etc...) and drug store for stand alone stores (even though they may sell other things too like Walgreens, Eckerd, CVS, etc...)

I get my drugs at the pharmacy at Publix and I live in Florida.

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Tue Jul 31, 2012, 12:22 PM

NightWatcher (20,436 posts)

24. Other: Grocery Store and Target

I go to two PHARMACIES to get my pills because Publix pharmacy has one of mine for free and the other really cheap. Target on the other hand has my steroids for 4$.

I never realized that shopping around saves you a fortune if you are a self pay

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Tue Jul 31, 2012, 07:19 PM

emilyg (22,742 posts)

30. Kroger pharmacy - same reason.

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Tue Jul 31, 2012, 12:43 PM

RebelOne (26,835 posts)

25. From Canada.

I don't need a prescription at most of their pharmacies. I can't be bothered going to the doctor to get a new prescription every few months.

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Tue Jul 31, 2012, 12:47 PM

Wait Wut (6,173 posts)

27. Canada.

No health insurance, so we self-diagnose.

Over the counter I get from Vitacost.

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Tue Jul 31, 2012, 06:42 PM

kcass1954 (1,625 posts)

28. We get most everything at Walgreens, because they're convenient.

If we get a new prescription, I like to check it against the list at our grocery store. They've got some medications that are free, and included on that list are the only two antibiotics that I can take (drug allergies).

http://www.publix.com/pharmacy/Free-Medications.do

We're in South Florida - Broward County.

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Tue Jul 31, 2012, 07:05 PM

hobbit709 (26,083 posts)

29. I get mine in the mail from the VA

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Tue Jul 31, 2012, 07:44 PM

IcyPeas (3,201 posts)

31. Our firm healthcare plan uses Medco Mail Order

http://www.medcohealth.com/medco/corporate/home.jsp

It's mostly if you have recurring scripts. If it's a one time script the plan picks it up with a co-pay at the regular pharmacy, however if you go over 3 refills... or a recurring script you have to use the Medco pharmacy via mail or pay full price for the script.

I am in los angeles

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Tue Jul 31, 2012, 09:29 PM

whistler162 (5,625 posts)

36. Grocery store....

well the pharmacy in the store.

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Tue Jul 31, 2012, 11:36 PM

fizzgig (17,544 posts)

37. the pharmacy in the grocery store

had my scripts filled at the same king soopers (kroger) for close to 20 years, just recently moved to a closer location.

i don't see any point in going to the drug store if i'm not going to get anything else.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 02:14 AM

FloridaJudy (9,367 posts)

38. The pharmacy

Is inside my local grocery store, so it can't really be a drug store, can it? Well it is that, but they also have a bakery and a deli, so....

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:00 PM

LiberalEsto (16,769 posts)

39. I brew them myself

eye of Newt, toe of Romney, a dash of Prozac, a cup of Estonian sauerkraut, some dried mango slices,

bubble and trouble for 3 hours, and there you are!

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 10:14 PM

Kennah (6,739 posts)

44. What happens when you drink that shit?

3 wives?
11 overseas accounts?
A mellow craving for green eggs and ham, yo brah.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 10:14 AM

LiberalEsto (16,769 posts)

48. Well, I hardly need wives

since I'm straight, female and married

and I don't have a spare nickel to put in an overseas account

and I'm vegetarian, so skip the ham...

but it makes great fertilizer for the African violets

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Response to LiberalEsto (Reply #48)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 11:37 PM

Kennah (6,739 posts)

50. So what does it make the African Violets do?

Run for President and lose?

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:03 PM

ProfessorGAC (23,894 posts)

40. Northeast Illinois - Pharmacy

But, the MS and maintenance meds are mail order. Stupid insurance rules.
GAC

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 02:32 PM

Polly Hennessey (316 posts)

41. Medications

Save-On Pharmacy located inside Albertson's Grocery in Las Vegas, NV (Green Valley).

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 04:38 PM

Liberal Veteran (20,369 posts)

43. All of the above?

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 10:23 PM

bigwillq (59,598 posts)

45. I usually go to CVS

I live in New England.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:19 PM

Nikia (11,345 posts)

46. The place where I get medications has "Pharmacy" in its name

It is privately owned. It is either that or Walmart in town. I originally chose it because it is closer to my house and dr. office.
I have since learned that it has excellent customer service compared to Walmart and actually charges less for some medications.
I'm in Wisconsin.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:20 PM

Honeycombe8 (18,006 posts)

47. I get mind at a drug store pharmacy. So which do I click on? nt

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Fri Aug 3, 2012, 01:05 AM

handmade34 (9,490 posts)

52. except for run in with ticks last year

and a necessary dose of anti-Lyme medication... I have not had any medication for about 20 years (plus no insurance to be able to afford it if I needed it) ... if I were getting drugs- it would be from a local drug store (CVS or such)

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Fri Aug 3, 2012, 12:32 PM

WCIL (306 posts)

53. In my part of the midwest

we say drug store.

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