How to Buy Rx Meds

When your doctor prescribes you medicine, there are a number of ways in which you can purchase it. You can buy prescription drugs at some doctor's offices, hospitals, drugstores and even online. However, it is important to exercise caution when buying prescription medications online.

Things You'll Need

• Insurance card

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Instructions

Buy Prescription Meds at a Hospital, Doctor's Office, or Drugstore

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  Get a prescription from your doctor. Your doctor will prescribe you medicines based on an assessment of illness.

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  Go to any drugstore such as Walgreen's, CVS, or Rite Aid and locate the pharmacy, often in the back of the store. If there is a pharmacy in the office or hospital where you receive treatment, you can have the prescription filled there.

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  Present your prescription to the pharmacist along with your insurance information. Allow some time for the pharmacy to fill your prescription.

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  Most insurance plans cover the majority of the medication's price, requiring you to pay a small copay. You may also be able to purchase the medicines at full cost.

Buy Prescription Meds Online

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  Consult with your doctor and your insurance carrier to make sure that you can fill prescriptions online, and, if so, which websites are covered.

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  Be sure that the site you are buying medication from is trustworthy, as there are many scams out there. Make sure that it is a licensed pharmacy and that your are dealing with a registered pharmacist.

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  Most major drugstore chains have online components through which you can have medicine shipped directly to your home or to the nearest store location.