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Got to be honest. Y'all were kind of unnecessarily harsh to OP. Lmao.
Not really. Pharmacist need to get paid for services, and the question is presumptuous.Got to be honest. Y'all were kind of unnecessarily harsh to OP. Lmao.
It cost about 17 dollars to fill a prescription before any profit. Everyone in the profession needs to get an essential understanding of medical economics.Quite frankly if you are getting lot of scripts for OTC items, it’s a good idea to fill them as a script and switch it to cash if not covered by the insurance (they aren’t that expensive anyways).
We don’t get a lot of Tylenol but we do get a lot of Zyrtec, Vit C, Aspirin, Zinc, Claritin, Allegra etc. and we order 100 count bottles for these to fill them as prescription. I have yet to have anyone argue about the cash price.
Also, if you don’t fill aspirin as a script and simply put it on hold without notifying the patient, they may not even purchase it OTC. This can result in negative consequences if they are supposed to take it as a blood thinner. So, best practice is to simply fill it as a script.
Quite frankly if you are getting lot of scripts for OTC items, it’s a good idea to fill them as a script and switch it to cash if not covered by the insurance (they aren’t that expensive anyways).
We don’t get a lot of Tylenol but we do get a lot of Zyrtec, Vit C, Aspirin, Zinc, Claritin, Allegra etc. and we order 100 count bottles for these to fill them as prescription. I have yet to have anyone argue about the cash price.
Also, if you don’t fill aspirin as a script and simply put it on hold without notifying the patient, they may not even purchase it OTC. This can result in negative consequences if they are supposed to take it as a blood thinner. So, best practice is to simply fill it as a script.
Interesting. This is a daily argument for meI have yet to have anyone argue about the cash price.
It cost about 17 dollars to fill a prescription before any profit. Everyone in the profession needs to get an essential understanding of medical economics.
Interesting. This is a daily argument for me
I have yet to have anyone argue about the cash price.
At my chain pharmacy the 12 tablets would come out less than a $1.00 Pharmacists are too overworked to actually care if the patient has all of their medicines.Probably because you can't just 'make up' a price at chain pharmacies. They would end up paying something like $5 for 12 tablets via the pharmacy filling them since it's not covered. They can get a 100 ct bottle for 1.99 or something like that, so why waste the time?
Based on? Highest profit margin comes from generic
Based on? Highest profit margin comes from generic ie. $4 and $10 prescriptions.
Haha - someone necroed the “Dr. Synergy” thread! Wonder if this guy is still out there getting his undies in a wad over OTC products….
Gosh - this thread feels like it was forever ago, but it was just 1 year…. So much has happened in just 1 year..
Based on the FACTS as produced by proper auditing and accounting practices as published repeatedly.
The Tylenol is cheap.Thank you for helping me understand what the problem is.
Tylenol must be pretty cheap though, no? 20 tabs can't be more than a couple dollars?
LOL at you thinking patients read pharmacy labels.A big part of wanting it to be filled at the pharmacy is that every time the patient takes it, they have those instructions right there. Discharge instructions get lost with great frequency and then you either end up with patients taking how many ever Tylenol they feel like (which is often wildly dangerous amounts) or calling your office repeatedly for clarifications on the instructions. A great number of patients in my area have a reading comprehension in the 6th to 8th grade range and low levels of health literacy, so making sure they have clear instructions that they can understand is critical to safe and effective care