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I use the Walmart Pharmacy. Too many issues with Rite-Aid. They never answered their phones so I had to physically drive there. I asked about it but they said they are always short staffed. No excuse. They made me waste my time and gas to drive there all because they wouldn't answer the phone. Also I wasn't getting my auto refills when I needed them.

I frequent the Rite Aid within walking distance of my house. It's my go to place for prescriptions because of the location.... a mid distance par 4 as the crow flies.

Something strange. We don't have Rite Aid in Canada, but for the past couple of years Rite Aid branded products have been showing up in the Dollar stores here.

TC Talks wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:04 pm

Why? I don't get Drug Stores.

Pharmacies and Dollar General is all we need

Delete pharmacies and add Hobby Lobby, and you are Audiophile.

Matt wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:47 pm

TC Talks wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:04 pm

Why? I don't get Drug Stores.

Pharmacies and Dollar General is all we need

Delete pharmacies and add Hobby Lobby, and you are Audiophile.

How can Audiophile support Hobby Lobby when that corporation is against Abortion rights?

Initial store closing list for Michigan - only 19 currently open locations are affected:

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/busin ... 227762007/

As noted in my earlier post, there have already been some one-off closures.

WalMart Pharmacies usually close during lunch in many locations. It probably has to do with the salaries and benefits of Pharmacists, unless there are two or more in a really busy location. I think there has to be a supervising Pharmacist present and on duty to dispense at least some prescription drugs, certain Schedules.

Some OTCs like Pseudoephedrine even require a Pharmacist to be present as I recall. Some other decongestants were marketed as being just as good, but they were recently found to be ineffective, specifically Phenylephrine.

Salaries of Pharmacists in Michigan.

https://www.pharmacytechnicianguide.com ... -Michigan/

Other countries may not be as restrictive.

Collapse of Viagra and vaccine revenues may be contributing to closings too.

Some OTCs like Pseudoephedrine even require a Pharmacist to be present as I recall.

Indeed, those items are kept behind the pharmacy counter because sale of such items is regulated. ID is required and quantity purchased is tracked.

Claritin-D is one such example.

I think it was TC Talks, expert on everything, who claimed here years ago that the new decongestant formulations with phenylephrine were just as good. I knew they weren't. Many people switched to Benadryl instead, though it does cause drowsiness. I wonder where TC Talks studied Pharmacology.

One thing that TC may not know is that some drug tests cannot distinguish between metabolic products of pseudoephedrine and products of methamphetamine.

Ben Zonia wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 20, 2023 8:20 pm

I think it was TC Talks, expert on everything, who claimed here years ago that the new decongestant formulations with phenylephrine were just as good. I knew they weren't. Many people switched to Benadryl instead, though it does cause drowsiness.

The only thing I'll take now for congestion/allergies/hives/etc is Quercetin/Bromelain caps. I have some food allergies that trigger hives, and if I feel any even starting to form, I just take one or two of those and they're stopped dead in their tracks within 10 minutes. For me they basically work as good as Benadryl but with no side effects whatsoever.