They do prescribe it here, though. If you’re sick for work for something minor, you might get a prescription for painkillers, which in turn drives the price down to 1/4th of the OTC price. 😉
It ends up prescribed commonly in the US too, which may make some difference in the price depending on insurance, though from what I hear anectdotally unfortunately not often for OTC meds. Truthfully idk because we don’t have time to memorize that additional, inconsistent, constantly-changing layer of bureaucracy on the US healthcare shit-sandwich. Safety-net hospitals usually have people whose whole job is to help with stuff like this though
No, it makes it OTC up until a fixed dosage. Naproxen for example is basically Aleve, an OTC pain killer. However you can only get 500mg+ tablets of Naproxen through prescriptions because they’re reserved for people with real pain problems.
Well you should be because it’s not true. The pharmacist might tell you it’ll cost less than your prescription copay to just buy it OTC but they’ll fill it.
Telling me insurance is so shitty you might as well just buy it isn’t the gotcha you think it is. If you’d said they actually reasonably cover it maybe I’d be impressed.
Which a doctor wouldn’t prescribe as it’s otc like everywhere.
They do prescribe it here, though. If you’re sick for work for something minor, you might get a prescription for painkillers, which in turn drives the price down to 1/4th of the OTC price. 😉
It ends up prescribed commonly in the US too, which may make some difference in the price depending on insurance, though from what I hear anectdotally unfortunately not often for OTC meds. Truthfully idk because we don’t have time to memorize that additional, inconsistent, constantly-changing layer of bureaucracy on the US healthcare shit-sandwich. Safety-net hospitals usually have people whose whole job is to help with stuff like this though
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They don’t though.
They do. I’ve gotten a prescription before for 800mg pills of ibuprofen. OTC is generally 200mg pills.
They do, it just depends on the drugs. Sometimes you might even need a prescription for a heavier dose than what OTC might offer.
That makes it not otc…
No, it makes it OTC up until a fixed dosage. Naproxen for example is basically Aleve, an OTC pain killer. However you can only get 500mg+ tablets of Naproxen through prescriptions because they’re reserved for people with real pain problems.
… which makes it not otc, you literally just described exactly what I’m saying and are telling me it’s the opposite.
But I can’t buy 500mg tablets over the counter
Which makes it not OTC.
Forget it, I’m just going to block and move on.
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We’ve only recently started the change to e-prescriptions where you just have to show your ID card at the Pharmacy, but not all doctors do it yet.
We still have a very large amount of old-school pill-doctors (as we call them here) that will write you one of these…
You will get weirdly looked at at some pharmacies though. 😅
They’ll prescribe it, but in the US at least your pharmacy won’t fill it and you pay full price.
Why am not surprised?
Well you should be because it’s not true. The pharmacist might tell you it’ll cost less than your prescription copay to just buy it OTC but they’ll fill it.
That’s really no better.
Of course it is, you’re just stupid.
Telling me insurance is so shitty you might as well just buy it isn’t the gotcha you think it is. If you’d said they actually reasonably cover it maybe I’d be impressed.
It’s like $10 for the copay and OTC Tylenol is basically free. I reiterate, you’re just kinda stupid.
And you’re a dick. What of it?
i got a prescription for a higher dosed paracetamol which can not be bought without a prescription. not in the us though.
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