Before you run to Walmart for your $4 prescription

We will start our first blog discussing a frustrated patient. The patient fell into the trap of the Walmart $4 prescription. So, they took their prescriptions to Walmart and found out that only 2 of the 4 prescriptions were going to be $4. Then, they waited 90 minutes to get 2 prescriptions filled. There is a reason Walmart is taking 90 minutes to fill 2 prescriptions, they want you to take the money you will be allegedly saving and spend it in their store. Bottom line, you come out spending much more than the $4 for a prescription and you just wasted 90 minutes of your time.

There seems to be a perception that Independent Pharmacies are going to always charge more than the chains. I am here to tell you that perception is NOT REALITY.

A couple of weeks ago I had 2 prescriptions filled at an Independent Pharmacy. It took the pharmacist all of 5 minutes to fill them and then the pharmacist consulted me on my new prescriptions. One prescription was $4.04 and the other was $3.51. In addition, they deliver. Had I been too sick to wait, they would have been happy to bring the medicine to me.

We want to hear from the patients in the communities and pharmacists. Let us know your thoughts on independent community pharmacy. Do you support them? Please let us know your thoughts on why you do or why you don’t support your local independent pharmacy.