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Re:The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company by aledalgrande on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @07:04PM (#25936016)
I don't know if it's because of this, but as a European I was flabbergasted the first time I went to a pharmacy in US with a prescription and they told me "come back in an hour". Like what? In Europe you talk to the pharmacist, give the presciption and 5 minutes later you're out.
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Re:The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company by rootusrootus on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @07:12PM (#25936141)
That varies by location quite a bit. I can generally walk in my local pharmacy and have a prescription filled in a few minutes. Maybe more like 15 minutes if it's a controlled substance. But as a practical matter I just walk in, pay, and pick it up, my doctor sends the prescription over electronically. And lately, any recurring prescriptions are handled by mail anyway.

Have I ever experienced that "come back in an hour" phenomenon? You bet. Then I went to a different pharmacy.

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Re:The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company by Jweb_Guru on Thursday January 28, 2021 @05:11AM (#25940155)
That's not true at all. I've been told to come back in many hours multiple times in Germany.
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Re:The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company by aledalgrande on Thursday January 28, 2021 @11:47AM (#25944655)
Then sub that with Italy, Spain and UK.
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