Amazon launched its new "Amazon Pharmacy" service Tuesday, which means it is now selling prescription medication in the US. Amazon Prime members will...
Not sure where you're from but in the US, the pharmacists are unable to sell most drugs. You have to go to a doctor's office first to get the prescription and then bring it to the pharmacy to have it filled, even for stuff as silly as antibiotic creams.
Unlike many countries, our pharmacists are basically only in charge of making sure that the doctor didn't make a stupid mistake like prescribing a pill that makes your birth control not effective anymore. If you go to the pharmacy and ask for something they can only sell you stuff that you could have bought yourself from the shelves anyways.
So this makes sense for amazon in the US where you don't really have a relationship with your pharmacist like you might in other countries.
Not sure where you're from but in the US, the pharmacists are unable to sell most drugs. You have to go to a doctor's office first to get the prescription and then bring it to the pharmacy to have it filled, even for stuff as silly as antibiotic creams.
Unlike many countries, our pharmacists are basically only in charge of making sure that the doctor didn't make a stupid mistake like prescribing a pill that makes your birth control not effective anymore. If you go to the pharmacy and ask for something they can only sell you stuff that you could have bought yourself from the shelves anyways.
So this makes sense for amazon in the US where you don't really have a relationship with your pharmacist like you might in other countries.
Pharmacists are still well trained and are supposed to have a high level of competence.
It’s important that if I get prescribed a new drug I can talk to the pharmacist about it.
That's actually what I meant yeah. It works like in the US. You need a doctor to write you a prescription, then a pharmacist can sell you the drug.