> if these had been available OTC or if doctors could operate out of pharmacies and prescribe something on the spot, it would have been so, so much cheaper. Ju

> if these had been available OTC or if doctors could operate out of pharmacies and prescribe something on the spot, it would have been so, so much cheaper. Just a tip for future cases, a lot of those pharmacies have small clinic in them staffed by a nurse practitioner. They can prescribe most things in most states. If it happens again, you can probably take her and her discharge paperwork and have the nurse write out prescriptions for whatever it is. Should be way cheaper unless the meds are something exotic that only a hospital pharmacy would carry. It's pretty close to having a doctor in the pharmacy for anything you'd feel okay not going to the hospital for. This is the chart of what they can prescribe per state (you'll have to look up what schedule the particular meds she needs are): https://www.ama-assn.org/sites/ama-assn.org/files/corp/media-browser/specialty%20group/arc/ama-chart-np-prescriptive-authority.pdf https://www.ama-assn.org/sites/ama-assn.org/files/corp/media...