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Honestly impressive how pharmacies are able to find a new type of problem every time I go to pick up my meds
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this post was submitted on 06 May 2026
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Another meme I cannot relate to because I have the privilege of not living in america
Haha was thinking the same thing. Minor issues here for certain medication availabilities at times but nothing that would make this meme relatable to many people!
Yup. In the uk, you pay the same charge for each prescription you pick up, whatever it is (or you get an annual flat fee pass if you get more than one a month). So if the pharmacy only found an expensive version, that's a them problem, not a me problem.
Americans just don't get that brand name medications are exactly the same as generic ones either 😅
The fun part is the generics aren't always the exact same medication! In most cases it is a 1:1 between name brand and generic but there's always edgecases, whether due to allergies or quality control or sometimes the recipe differences actually impact the potence and performance of the medication
Not all of them are though my wife can only take the name brand of cimbalta because the generic fucks with her body
With prescriptions, it is not about what the customer wants, it is about what brands the insurance wants to cover (and getting a doctor that does not write a brand specific prescription). If an insurance company only covers a weird brand of a common (but expensive) medicine, the customer either has to hunt for a pharmacy that has it in stock, wait for their local pharmacy to order it (in either case delaying when the insurance company has to pay for it), or buy the in-stock brand without any insurance coverage. The insurance can still claim they cover the drug while paying less for it.
At one point, I was on a medicine that had a very high co-pay for the brand name and would not cover the generic. It was so high that it was cheaper for me to buy the generic uninsured instead of paying the co-pay.
Yeah, my pharmacy texts me to confirm I want a refill, then I go pick it up. One extra confirmation text and wait a couple days if there are no more refills
To be fair, this is generally my experience in the US as well. However, I do recognize that the insurance I get through my union is very good.
I live in America take boat loads of meds cause I’m post transplant and don’t have these issues, I think OP needs a new pharmacy