Jo, I hear you about all the separate trips to the pharmacy!!!!  The
insurance only allows a 30 day supply of each and they all come due on
different dates.  I feel as though I should get a job at the drug store
because I'm there so often.  I haven't tried mail order yet because I'm
afraid they would deliver to the wrong address.  I get my neighbor's
mail often and mine is always being delivered by a neighbor or a
stranger who got it by mistake.
Gee, I am really starting the year off by complaining, aren't I?

We use a local pharmacy (I think it's a national chain but a local
franchise) that delivers free (same day delivery costs $3.00, but next day
is free).  My mom and I get our meds out on Sunday afternoon and fill our
med boxes ( couldn't keep track otherwise ).  Then I call them in on Monday
morning.  They also deliver non pres med (mouthwash, etc).  It's call Long's
and we've been very happy with them for years.  We do have to call our GP if
a prescription runs out of refills, but otherwise, the drugstore calls the
doctors for refills.  I take about 12 medications and my Mom a few more.
When she was taking a narcotic one that had to be picked up, the doctor's
nurse would walk across the parking lot to another one of the Long's and
then they would take the prescription when they make a run to the other
store and drop it off, then our store would fill it and deliver it.
Complicated, but it worked quite well until that doctor moved to the other
side of town.  Now our GP fills it and we just have to go by there and pick
it up (it's quite a bit closer than the other doctor's office).  I could
mail order through the military, but I pay the same copay here.  I could get
a 3 month supply and only pay two months copays, but I think the convenience
is worth it.  My copays are only $3 for generic and $9 for brand names that
are on their formulary (approved drug list).  The others I have to pay a
percentage.  Since they put nexium as a generic, I don't have any others to
worry about on that.  You might try a letter to the editor of your local
paper and the manager of the pharmacy that's dragging their feet.  It is a
pain in the neck as well as a few other spots, but those type of people are
just like the spammers, it's funny until it affects them.  God bless.

I've been pondering this topic- most prescription meds have information
about do not expose the meds to temperatures below XXX degrees or above XXX
degrees.  During the mailing process I'm sure the meds get frozen in the
winter and very hot during the summer.  Could this effect the way the meds
work?  Or are the meds in temperature controlled shipping at any point from
the manufacturer to the pharmacy?  hmmm......

Leslie