Prescriptions - RV-Dreams Community Forum

glfbllrcks · RV-Dreams Community Member

Prescriptions

Bill Adams · RV-Dreams Family Member

If it is an ongoing prescription you should get it to one of the National chains like CVS, Wal-Mart or Rite Aid as this can be refilled at any of their stores. If you need a new prescription you should let your doctor know that you have plans to travel. He can phone in a prescription to a pharmacy and he might have information on what the best way to do this would be.

Jim01 · RV-Dreams Family Member

We use Walgreen's and have been able to get refills almost any place in the country.

Jim

bigredoes · RV-Dreams Family Member

Walgreens.....NEVER a problem

DorisandDave · RV-Dreams Family Member

If you are military retired on Tricare, Walgreens no longer participates.

Doris

rvingft · RV-Dreams Family Member

We have been using Walgreens for quite a while. No problems so far.

They even call us when we are due for the next month's refill. Of course, by then we are somewhere else, but Terry just goes inside the local Walgreens and they look up the info - and refill it right then.

For 2012 we asked his Dr. for 3 month Rx so we can have a 90 day supply filled & mailed to us. That took about 2 weeks from submission to having them in our hand, but we are hoping it will work welll for the duration of our travels.

ahoweth · RV-Dreams Family Member

I use Walgreen's also, and have not had a problem. I do ask the doctor's for a 90 day prescription. That means that I only have to fill it 4 times per year and I am usually close to a Walgreen's by then. The nice thing about Walgreen's over a Walmart pharmacy is that the Walgreen's computer system is national. By that I mean that if you take a prescription to a Walgreen's in one town, their computer system will allow it to be filled at any Walgreen's pharmacy in the country. That differs from the Walmart system in that a Walmart pharmacy will have to first transfer the prescription from the store where you first had it filled to the one you are in now, before they can fill it. That works but just takes a lot longer. When I used them, it would sometimes add as much as an hour to get the prescription transferred before they would even begin to fill it. At least that is the way it used to work. Now might be different as I haven't used the Walmart pharmacies in a while.

That's just my opinion!

janni · RV-Dreams Family Member

I had a pharmacy experience recently (Jan. and Feb. 2012) to add. I had to have a new prescription and got it filled at Walgreens. It was 80.00 for a month with Blue Cross copay. I went to have it refilled as we had moved. Decided to try WM and got three months for 40.00! She said if I have to stay on it that it will be even less next refill. I am NOT a fan of WM but that price difference has made my decision.

AnCndRV · RV-Dreams Community Member

We use Walmart, and they have never given us any problem with a script transfer.