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LisaM

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42. I am not speaking only for myself.

Fri Mar 3, 2023, 03:50 PM

Mar 2023

Other than a temporary prescription for eye drops, I don't have any prescriptions. It was quite eye opening to me, waiting for my eye drops, to see how many people do.

My larger point is that Walgreens and places like it are often the most convenient and sometimes only option. And can someone who doesn't want her family or partner to know she's getting birth control pills safely have them delivered to her house or apartment?

People should have these pills easily available, no questions asked. They should be able to walk into a corner store and get them. This decision creates obstacles.

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'I'll never need this medication. And now it seems I'll never need anything from Walgreens' [View all] bigtree Mar 2023 OP

They're Folding Like A Washrag ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #1

just illustrates barbtries Mar 2023 #17

It's Ridiculous ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #25

I think we are affected, barbtries Mar 2023 #27

Fair Enough ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #33

That is so fucking true! Can you imagine the hysteria if they stopped selling Viagra! Maraya1969 Mar 2023 #56

Maybe they should only sell Viagra to Married men under 40. Let's separate the flying_wahini Mar 2023 #82

+1 Meadowoak Mar 2023 #2

Yep! FalloutShelter Mar 2023 #3

It certainly is!! niyad Mar 2023 #6

... and brothers, and others!!! MayReasonRule Mar 2023 #8

Walgreens is dead to me. Spreading the word!! n/t Coventina Mar 2023 #55

Now the Black Market will take over, possibly contaminated pills, deaths of women and the RKP5637 Mar 2023 #4

It's much easier to vote than it is to boycott the corner Walgreens. The same people who don't Ninga Mar 2023 #5

Nailed it! I share this "golden oldie" on DU every year around election time FakeNoose Mar 2023 #37

I recently quit both CVS and Walgreens, and my drug cost went way down. These outfits IMO RKP5637 Mar 2023 #7

Costco is the best place for your prescriptions OMGWTF Mar 2023 #11

Yep!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2023 #15

That's all well and good, but LisaM Mar 2023 #38

Have you tried cost plus drugs Richard D Mar 2023 #39

I am not speaking only for myself. LisaM Mar 2023 #42

You are correct about personal privacy, but as others have discovered, be prepared to pay cash... Hekate Mar 2023 #50

Double check on that membership thing. Costco where we used to live had a big sign at the door Hekate Mar 2023 #48

I still can't get there easily. LisaM Mar 2023 #52

What I just told you is that afaik *there is no membership requirement to use the pharmacy* Hekate Mar 2023 #65

Rumor has it you don't need drmeow Mar 2023 #54

It's not a rumor... hippywife Mar 2023 #59

Actually if your doing generics SouthernDem4ever Mar 2023 #69

Thanks. I'm looking around, and this is good to know. ancianita Mar 2023 #74

So refusing to dispense legal medication??? I assume they can no longer call themselves pharmacies? Freethinker65 Mar 2023 #9

Dubya's pet project. See post #20 Hekate Mar 2023 #49

There are only two pharmacies anywhere near my house. intheflow Mar 2023 #10

Amazon? MissB Mar 2023 #16

My prescription is pretty common. intheflow Mar 2023 #21

Cost Plus Drugs is even better, imo nilram Mar 2023 #53

You're right BonnieJW Mar 2023 #66

Might be a good time to check them out to see what they stock and where they deliver Hekate Mar 2023 #22

Some of us boycott Amazon. LisaM Mar 2023 #43

It's a fair criticism! MissB Mar 2023 #47

*** soldierant Mar 2023 #72

Once, it seemed like the GOP bowed, and scraped, and cowered before corporate America. Aristus Mar 2023 #12

They ARE corporate America. Their stock portfolios show this. Samrob Mar 2023 #23

agree republianmushroom Mar 2023 #13

I bought 6 morning after pills Marthe48 Mar 2023 #14

I don't shop there. piddyprints Mar 2023 #18

I detest Walgreens. Time for a boycott! I've not shopped there in years! SheltieLover Mar 2023 #19

Those who wonder how a pharmacist can refuse to stock/dispense a medication have been blind... Hekate Mar 2023 #20

Thank you. I did not know that. My GOP hatred started in 2000 with a genuinely stolen election. Evolve Dammit Mar 2023 #80

Walgreens just said, "I want to ..."Go Bankrupt"...and it will. Stuart G Mar 2023 #24

I'd love to avoid them, but where I live you have a choice: Walgreens or Walgreens. Vinca Mar 2023 #26

My AARP/Medicare secondary insurance requires we use Walgreens. Any ideas? BadgerMom Mar 2023 #28

Write a protest letter to AARP demanding KPN Mar 2023 #31

Yes. BadgerMom Mar 2023 #40

First, I would suggest communicating with AARP. It can't hurt & might help, if enough people do so Hekate Mar 2023 #32

Thank you. BadgerMom Mar 2023 #41

Is that the United Healthcare plan(s)? I was considering that but I really don't like Walgreens. Evolve Dammit Mar 2023 #81

It is. BadgerMom Mar 2023 #85

It's tough to take in all the plans and make the best choice. Overly, mind-numbingly complicated. Evolve Dammit Mar 2023 #88

Well I guess I am done shopping at Walgreens. milestogo Mar 2023 #29

Go to local privately owned pharmacy, fast and easy. Getting scripts from Walgreens is like trying Pepsidog Mar 2023 #30

Local privately owned pharmacy? What's that? 😉 ShazzieB Mar 2023 #75

I have one close to me and I walk in and out in less than 15 minutes with my scripts. I agree a lot Pepsidog Mar 2023 #89

Local privately owned pharmacy? What's that? 😉 ShazzieB Mar 2023 #76

So glad DownriverDem Mar 2023 #34

My local CVS closed and I'm running out of options in my neighborhood IronLionZion Mar 2023 #35

Same...I'll go out of my way to not shop there! PortTack Mar 2023 #36

I get most of mine by mail with my insurance. multigraincracker Mar 2023 #44

I'm done with them as well Buckeyeblue Mar 2023 #45

The same walgreens that lied about it's shoplifting problem to help fuel rightwing rage pre-midterm? EleanorR Mar 2023 #46

I will not use Walgreens for anything LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2023 #51

Right there with ya. This is ridiculous and seems unconstitutional. All prescriptions should be allegorical oracle Mar 2023 #57

What's really odd... hippywife Mar 2023 #58

Walgreens is too stupid to know it is stupid.(no pills sold where it's legal?.What is that about?) Stuart G Mar 2023 #60

one by one businesses cave for the nazis until there are no businesses left nt msongs Mar 2023 #61

This. Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #62

Yep Meowmee Mar 2023 #64

Fascism in action Meowmee Mar 2023 #63

This message was self-deleted by its author NullTuples Mar 2023 #67

Me too Joinfortmill Mar 2023 #68

I call BS, they can't be sued for dispensing medication that is legal. onecaliberal Mar 2023 #70

Done. No more anything from them. They are on the do not shop list. Bluethroughu Mar 2023 #71

That's it. I'm done with Walgreens. ancianita Mar 2023 #73

If all those stores do the same... 2naSalit Mar 2023 #77

glad that rag store is nowhere near me samnsara Mar 2023 #78

Another day in Margaret Atwood's world. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2023 #79

Just wait until the same people demand they stop selling contraceptives. Raven123 Mar 2023 #83

E.D. pills should be banned. The Jungle 1 Mar 2023 #84

Looks like Walgreens can do without my Rx business. I'm making it so. Paladin Mar 2023 #86

I am doing mail order for my Rxs. Jilly_in_VA Mar 2023 #87