ADHD

~~To my knowledge, you cannot get stimulants delivered~~, and I have to call in every month for them to get filled. I’m not sure if the latter could be taken care of by the pharmacy. I have Costco pharmacy, and I really like them.

Edit: Please see the comment below, apparently you can get stimulants through mail if you use a mail-in pharmacy. So please check with your doctor/pharmacy regarding this.

Anecdata here in the US, but my local mom and pop pharmacy (which I love) currently would lose $200/mo on my vyvanse because of my insurance and the whole generic vyvanse nonsense. This system sucks.

For the time being, I fill my vyvanse at Walgreens and hope they're losing $200/mo on it. I fill everything else at the mom and pop, until they let me know the situation is better.

In the US, the problem is whether your insurance works with a specific pharmacy or not. My parents go to Walgreens and their service is fairly awful - out of stock on some things, say they have our package and then can't find it after a 45 minute wait, and the 45 minute waits in general. Seems they have no idea how to staff or predict busy times properly as sometimes you go in and there's 1 person in line and 3 peple working, and other times, 15 people in line and 1 person working. I suggested they choose various other pharmacies but apparently they can't due to insurance.

America is soooooo weird in this regard, I feel for them, I really do :-(

Here I'm the UK our pharmacy (chemists) are highly qualified professionals who know what they're doing (not to suggest they aren't in the US, I just want to temper the mundane thing I'm about to say about them a bit as I'm generalising), but their job for all it's complexities and specialised stuff is this:

They dispense whatever medication is on my prescription.

That's it, that's their job, they don't get further involved. I give them my prescription, they say okay come back in 30 minutes we'll have it ready for you, and then I come back, pay the flat £9.65 fee (no matter what medication it is, it's always £9.65), and I go on my way.

That's it. They don't try to take the place of my doctor and perform their own counter-diagnosis, they don't make random decisions about whether I should have my medication or not based on prejudices etc, their job is just to grab the box of pills or whatever, stick them into a bag with my name on it and hand them to me.

It boggles my mind that over there your pharmacists are often some kinda wild weirdos that think they're able to step in to your doctor's role, or have any say in your medical care, etc. It's wild, and I'm so sorry you have to experience that ridiculousness.

I honestly don't know why your country isn't in uproar over it, considering how prevalent and deep rooted the issue seems to be. If our pharmacists all suddenly started behaving that way we'd go mental, the nationwide scandal would be huge 😅

🫂 Stay safe out there and always stand up for yourself, you're important!

I used a small old school pharmacy (it’s quite obviously only used for meds and inflating balloons cause all the items on the shelves were covered in a layer of dust) but they were meaner than the corporate locations and told me I couldn’t keep switching btwn pharmacies cause it “looked suspicious” despite that literally being the recommendations since there was a stimulant shortage in the entire nation. It’s all situation specific and most of the time I feel degraded😞

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, CVS in California used to do most of that, especially filling the Rx without being asked and then telling us it was ready. But, after some reaction to the opiate crisis I can't find any place that does that. If you're Rx is on a schedule, no matter if it makes sense or how long you've been taking it abuse-free, they absolutely may refuse to help you whenever some miscommunication happens or you need it early because you're traveling or whatever.

I think the pharmacy attached to medical center is a good idea, but it was my doctor's office (the prescriber) who told me they "don't get involved with scheduled drugs" when Costco needed the prescription resent.

I gave up the treatment because the meds were never available even tho my life was so much better with them. I searched every pharmacy in my city, no one keeps methylphendate tabs on them. Now I'm once again going bareback through life.