I need you all to know that it's absolutely not fucking normal to wait for a pharmacist to "verify" a prescription after it's been issued by a licensed doctor.
It's absolutely deranged that anyone would have to wait even one hour to receive *prescribed* medication that is otherwise available because of whatever batshit rule, process, regulation or lack thereof.
@olivierlacan it sounds like you and your partner are suffering quite a bit, and I hope you get better soon, without any long term side effects.
I happened to have a serendipitous chat with a pharmacist at a cafe one morning recently. It was interesting to hear their perspectives on the challenges of the job. Maybe there's detail lost in translation about the actual procedure for "verification."
It is unfortunate that your filling of a prescription was confounded by a misclassification.
@cpb well that’s just way too empathetic and you’re quite lovely. Thank you.
I don’t doubt the job has challenges, but I’ll remain on the side of sick folks who, at least in the US, seem to have routine experiences waiting for crucial medication.
Whether it’s the direct operational fault of the pharmacist or merely their responsibility (being last in the chain) doesn’t really change anything in my initial assertion: this isn’t normal and I believe sick folks shouldn’t ever think it to be.
@olivierlacan 🙇♂️🙏
The pharmacist I mentioned left me with the axiom "ask for a prescription in a minute, and you're asking for death." But, it sounds like there's a range of latencies, with tragedy on either end!
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