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I don't understand why it has to be so complicated. In most of Europe you go to a pharmacy with your health insurance card and 30 seconds later you walk out wi
by lottin 6y ago
I don't understand why it has to be so complicated. In most of Europe you go to a pharmacy with your health insurance card and 30 seconds later you walk out with the drug you have been prescribed. On the rare occasions when it is out of stock you can come back later (usually it takes only a few hours) or go to another pharmacy around the corner where the chances are they will have it.
- ajmurmann 6y agoA odd, underdiscussed, difference I noticed between the US and Germany (and presumably other European countries) is around packaging. In Germany pretty much any medication comes packaged for retail in a cardboard box with tablets on one of these bubble sheets. Similar to most over the counter stuff in the US. In the US the pharmacist puts the tablets into an orange container with the precise counts requested by the prescription and with an individualized label. I wonder how much of the logistics issue in the US is from the individual packaging work required.
- lottin 6y agoYes, I have seen that in American sitcoms and films. In Europe, as you say, they come in cardboard boxes. The pharmacist will cut out and keep the barcode in the case of prescription drugs.