Pill pack

[PikminOC]

Have you seen this? I would like to have my patients use this but the meds may be more expensive this way?

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[mentos]

Have you seen this? I would like to have my patients use this but the meds may be more expensive this way?

Yes. It's not. Google is your friend.

 

[BenJammin]

It's more expensive for first time users. Why not find a local independent offering the same service?

 

[PA_dud3]

Oh no.

 

[disgonbgud]

Have you seen this? I would like to have my patients use this but the meds may be more expensive this way?

The meds are more or less the same price. Your patients would essentially be paying for nicer packaging.

As Benjammin said, you can (almost) definitely find a local independent who does the same thing - although perhaps with less pretty labels. I interned at an independent who was doing the time-based, day-based, and even condition-based unit-dose packaging for patients with local delivery for years before any chain offered such a thing. Doubt they're the only ones.

 

[CetiAlphaFive]

I don't know how many times we've told Tikitorches that independents are superior.

The dude just doesn't want to, I guess.

 

[PikminOC]

It's more expensive for first time users. Why not find a local independent offering the same service?

The local pharmacies are not cheaper for the meds

 

[PikminOC]

What do you guys think of pill pack? Lots of uses for hospitals, nursing homes, eyc

 

[JamesL1585]

What do you guys think of pill pack? Lots of uses for hospitals, nursing homes, eyc

I think you're asking the wrong question. I think you should be asking what we think about Amazon?

 

[PharFromNormal]

What do you guys think of pill pack? Lots of uses for hospitals, nursing homes, eyc

Not really... also depends on the type of home and med adminstration rules. Adherence is not really a problem when you have dedicated nurses administering meds. Packing in pouches like this could create a lot of unnecessary waste in some health delivery environments. If meds are held or D/C’d, now your eating the waste of commingled meds when you didn’t need to

 

[disgonbgud]

What do you guys think of pill pack? Lots of uses for hospitals, nursing homes, eyc

Do you work for Pill Pack or something?
Their packaging system would not work at ALL in an inpatient setting.

 

[RxPreceptor]

You want a service to start wiping someone's ass for them? I don't understand what is so difficult about self responsibility. Just further dumbing down of the general public by catering to being lazy. Please send these patient to independents as others have mentioned; there is no time for such tedious services in retail/chain settings for obvious reasons

 

[BenJammin]

The local pharmacies are not cheaper for the meds

What kind of patients are you talking about? Insurance or cash paying? Your copay is going to be the same no matter if you go to an in-network Walmart or the in-network independent pharmacy. If you want slow service and pharmacists that treat you like trash then keep going to the chains.

 

[SomeOneNew]

What do you guys think of pill pack? Lots of uses for hospitals, nursing homes, eyc

Actually, I spoke with nursing homes before offering to provide similar services to them and was denied. Their reason was because nursing home patients medications and dosages very often due to their decline in age so these packages are not ideal for them. Instead having nurses facilitate their medications on a daily is much more convenient. I believe the same concept with go for hospitals also.

While pill pack/amazon offers a great solution, they lack person to person and counseling which independent pharmacies can provide. Finding a local pharmacy that can help you with similar offers for patients with 6+ medications would be more ideal for patients and local communities.

 

[PA_dud3]

Lol, what if they integrated it into this Alexa stuff or those reordering buttons.

"Alexa, refill my gabapentin and fax the doctor for a new percocet script."

Lmaoooo

 

[PikminOC]

I can order meds myself to dispense and I cant get the price point as far down as walmart and jewel can. Depends on the med.

I do not work for pill pack and i think cvs is going to use them too.

I think it would be especially good for compliance for my patients

 

[PharFromNormal]

I can order meds myself to dispense and I cant get the price point as far down as walmart and jewel can. Depends on the med.

I do not work for pill pack and i think cvs is going to use them too.

I think it would be especially good for compliance for my patients

I don’t think CVS will use the company PillPack. CVS has their own product that is essentially the same packaging of prescriptions that PillPack provides.

I’m extremely confused... you realize PillPack is a company that packages prescriptions in a way that is not proprietary and not unique. Many pharmacies around the country already provide this type of packaging. I don’t think many pharmacies are going to outsource their business of filling and dispensing prescriptions to a competitor that fills and dispenses prescriptions.

Can’t tell if troll, but you are really good if you are.

 

[genesis09]

Pill pack actually uses an uniquely wasteful version of pill boxes/bubble packing. They uses bags for each dosing time. You can reuse pill boxes.

 

[catalyzt]

CVS is using their own specialty location in Virginia to fulfill all unit-dose pack orders.

 

[JamesL1585]

You folks know Pill Pack has only aroun 50,000 patients? They are ready for scale, and I believe Amazon will bring their expertise in to help with that.

 

[PikminOC]

I just saw an ad on tv for it and it looked cool.

 

[CetiAlphaFive]

I can order meds myself to dispense and I cant get the price point as far down as walmart and jewel can. Depends on the med.
I do not work for pill pack and i think cvs is going to use them too.
I think it would be especially good for compliance for my patients

Your state allows for physician dispensing?

Wow

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

Your state allows for physician dispensing?

Wow

All but like 2 do

 

[FinallyOnTrack]

I can order meds myself to dispense and I cant get the price point as far down as walmart and jewel can. Depends on the med.

To be honest; that’s probably because you’re not buying in volume like the pharmacies are... the more you buy, the cheaper the meds are...

Also Walmart sells meds at a lose (some $4 generics) just to get you in the door to buy other meds/groceries...


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[CetiAlphaFive]

All but like 2 do

It was a bad joke.

I was going to to point out that a hobbyist who buys 1 electric motor for an RC airplane isn't going to pay the same amount for the motor as a factory assembing the planes.

 

[PikminOC]

To be honest; that’s probably because you’re not buying in volume like the pharmacies are... the more you buy, the cheaper the meds are...

Also Walmart sells meds at a lose (some $4 generics) just to get you in the door to buy other meds/groceries...

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[PikminOC]

I saw the technology for pill pack and it is pretty amazing. It can put in supplements and medications. A pharmacist off site checks the packs as pictures are taken of the pills and the printed list of meds.

 

[JamesL1585]

One of my close friends works at one of the "off-site" pharmacy solution agency's contracted with pill pack. I was amazed to hear this. It's insane.

 

[Carboxide]

Seen em, love em. It's great for seniors or people with tons of meds that have a hard time keeping track of them. It's better than a pill box because they don't bring it in to the hospital and go "here they are, I take the white one at night and the green one is the blood pressure one..." etc. You wouldn't be able to put warfarin in it, though. Too much titrating.

 

[PikminOC]

I found out pill pack doesnt cost more thru cvs, at least for now. Need to be on 5 or more meds/supplements to get it.

 

[PikminOC]

Not really... also depends on the type of home and med adminstration rules. Adherence is not really a problem when you have dedicated nurses administering meds. Packing in pouches like this could create a lot of unnecessary waste in some health delivery environments. If meds are held or D/C’d, now your eating the waste of commingled meds when you didn’t need to

Lots of diversion there tho. These systems are in place in many places already

 

[PharFromNormal]

I found out pill pack doesnt cost more thru cvs, at least for now. Need to be on 5 or more meds/supplements to get it.

Buddy, PillPack is a pharmacy that dispenses prescriptions in a type of packaging that is used at many other pharmacies. PillPack doesn’t go through CVS. Like PillPack, CVS and many, many, many independents offer prescriptions packaged in a similar/exact same way. PillPack was not the first but they probably carry the most brand recognition to the layperson on this type of packaging.

An loose analogy to try to explain this would be google and search engines. Google is known for their search engine. There are also other search engines. One does not “google” something through yahoo...

 

[Chrish]

A pharmacist off site checks the packs as pictures are taken of the pills and the printed list of meds.

Reckon this is the future of all retail pharmacies..

 

[sozetone]

I think you're asking the wrong question. I think you should be asking what we think about Amazon?

I agree with James, As a walmart manager , I can vouch, Amazon is already taking a dump on us....health and wellness is gearing up for the e-commerce revolution to begin.