K, so I see posts wayyyy to often where the OP is crying and miserable about the way their pharmacy treats them like shit and never is on top of making sure they have your meds available and/or ready for you come refill day.
If this is ever the case, you need to fire your pharmacy and find a better one. Usually, smaller mom+pop or smaller local chains will appreciate your business and help you ideally with these things without you even having to ask (or only requiring one-time orientation on what your preferences are as they relate to servics they usually do or should be offering:
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fill your meds automatically without you having to ask
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ensuring it is in stock without you having to worry in order for them to fill said refills
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advise you of any complications or further steps required of you to help them make sure you’re taken care of and consistent with refills
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remind YOU about shit, not the other way around. My pharmacy might as well be my unpaid intern/executive assistant with all things medical as they pertain to my business/the privelege of getting said business I grant them
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delivery: this is non-negotiable. If they ain’t delivering, I ain’t playin’. My pharmacy knows that to be my drug dealer, they gotta come to me. Cuz I ain’t leaving the couch to get my drugs
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deal with dr for you if any discrepancy or error is in the way. This is the beauty of medical practices with adjoining pharms. Ethics be damned, vertical/horizontal integration 4 the win!
That is all. Your pharmacy should feel so lucky to have a good get like AD(H)D patients, I would rather have that then a money printer if I was a pharmacy owner.
Spread the word and f all that noise. You are worthy to be waited on and catered to, controlled substance or otherwise.
Not sure if this is cogent but I take rhe 2nd rarest (prescribed/available) medication next to Desoxyn and I’ve never had an issue getting it filled, even in the depths of the Great Adderall Shortage although it wasn’t Adderall so not sure how relevant my n=1 is this context
I currently use a Walgreens that has been quite good to me. I tried switching to a local independent pharmacy, but they said they couldn’t fill my Adderall prescription because they were only getting enough for their current patients. Seems like a sign they probably have great service if you can become a customer.
So they kinda made the decision for you. And if the Walgreens is good to you, regardless of it being a big chain, that’s awesome. I’m not saying “don’t be a customer at a big chain” or “no Costco pharmacy”, I’m saying that if a pharmacy treats you poorly and makes you do their job/worry about anything, find a better pharmacy who understands+appreciates the value of your perpetual monthly business.