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

[GreenPartyVoter]

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
	4 (31%)
	Pharmacy
	5 (38%)
	Chemist
	2 (15%)
	Some dude on the corner.
	0 (0%)
	Like I can afford healthcare!!
	2 (15%)
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[GreenPartyVoter]

1. New England: Drug store

[CaliforniaPeggy]

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?

[GreenPartyVoter]

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.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

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...

[Betsy Ross]

7. Mail order? nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

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

[Betsy Ross]

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

economics

[Rowdyboy]

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.

[Glorfindel]

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

n/t

[pinboy3niner]

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

And that's my "dealer."

[SoDesuKa]

15. VA Pharmacy

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

[rppper]

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

K&R

[Lasher]

51. You can order refills now on the intertubes

if you sign up at Myhealthevet. This is new.

[petronius]

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)...

[Kali]

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.

[MiddleFingerMom]

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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[Archae]

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.

[Archae]

11. Drug store across the street...

Old-fashioned family-owned.

They even have free delivery.

[marzipanni]

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.

[Kennah]

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.

[RebelOne]

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

[chknltl]

16. Pharmacy, VA Medical Center Lakewood Wa.

[taterguy]

17. Other, street corner

[HopeHoops]

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.

[trof]

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.

[HopeHoops]

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.

[geardaddy]

19. Drug store - Minnesota

[tjwmason]

20. Chemist - England

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

[trof]

33. Boots?

[Bertha Venation]

22. pharmacy

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.

[OriginalGeek]

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.

[NightWatcher]

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

[emilyg]

30. Kroger pharmacy - same reason.

[RebelOne]

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.

[Wait Wut]

27. Canada.

No health insurance, so we self-diagnose.

Over the counter I get from Vitacost.

[kcass1954]

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.

[hobbit709]

29. I get mine in the mail from the VA

[IcyPeas]

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

[whistler162]

36. Grocery store....

well the pharmacy in the store.

[fizzgig]

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.

[FloridaJudy]

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....

[LiberalEsto]

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!

[Kennah]

44. What happens when you drink that shit?

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

[LiberalEsto]

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

[Kennah]

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

Run for President and lose?

[ProfessorGAC]

40. Northeast Illinois - Pharmacy

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

[Polly Hennessey]

41. Medications

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

[Liberal Veteran]

43. All of the above?

[bigwillq]

45. I usually go to CVS

I live in New England.

[Nikia]

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.

[Honeycombe8]

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

[handmade34]

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)

[WCIL]

53. In my part of the midwest

we say drug store.