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Re:Have a complaint about CVS? So do pharmacists: Many just ... by TylerE on Friday September 29, 2023 @03:46PM (#37709240)
Not really.

Two complicating factors - latency, when I’m sick, I need antibiotics now, not tomorrow afternoon. B - It isn’t legal to mail some classes of drugs. These includes, but os not limited to, pain meds, anxiety meds, and sleep meds.

My local CVS was offering free mail delivery for the first year or so during Covid. My experiences were generally good, but I have a couple meds in the unable-to-be mailed category, so I end up having to by there every couple weeks anyway.

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Re:Have a complaint about CVS? So do pharmacists: Many just ... by hotnfresh on Friday September 29, 2023 @03:58PM (#37709387)
Many ADHD meds, too. Between two very-ADHD kids, we lose tens of hours a year to screwing around with their prescriptions, plus the paid time various professionals lose to it. Some of it’s unavoidable (if you insist on the level of safeguards they apply to these) but a ton of it’s just because the processes are terrible and nobody’s bothered to make them better. One of those hidden costs of our healthcare system.

Last few insurance plan sheets I’ve looked over have also all had higher copays (like 3x higher, iirc) for mailed drugs. Not sure why.

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Re:Have a complaint about CVS? So do pharmacists: Many just ... by mh- on Saturday September 30, 2023 @04:32PM (#37719481)
>higher copays (like 3x higher, iirc) for mailed drugs.

They were probably 90-day supplies. Most mail order is.

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Re:Have a complaint about CVS? So do pharmacists: Many just ... by hotnfresh on Saturday September 30, 2023 @05:47PM (#37720205)
Oh—maybe. I just see it listed as like “$15, $40 by mail” on the summary sheet, or something like that. I’ve never tried it to see what happens.
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Re:Have a complaint about CVS? So do pharmacists: Many just ... by tpmx on Friday September 29, 2023 @04:23PM (#37709674)
Not even legal to ship those classes of drugs to a "manned" (personelled?) pick-up place with mandatory ID verification?
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Re:Have a complaint about CVS? So do pharmacists: Many just ... by TylerE on Friday September 29, 2023 @04:28PM (#37709715)
At that point you might as well just go to the pharmacy. The US doesn't have such infrastructure.
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Re:Have a complaint about CVS? So do pharmacists: Many just ... by mh- on Saturday September 30, 2023 @04:33PM (#37719494)
Yes, but the personnel who verifies ID has to be a licensed pharmacy technician. And the facility must maintain the legally required audit logs and secure storage for the drugs while they await pickup.
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