How to Buy Rx Meds
Things You'll Need
- Insurance card
Instructions
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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.
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