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BetterRed · 03-25-2019, 02:03 AM

Here, doctors normally prescribe for 6 repeats of 28/30 days, by law the pharmacists only let you have 28/30 days supply, so you have to get a replenishment roughly once a month --- unless you're taking a long vacation.

There's a scheme here known as 'Webster packs'. The pharmacist repackages your meds into 4 (morning, noon, evening, bed) x 28 day blister packs - the blisters can hold several pills. Mainly intended for people who are forgetful and/or take many meds.

My pharmacists is pretty good too, she will home deliver if you're unwell. The number of pharmacies used to be tightly controlled, but that was scrapped quite a few years ago. So, there's plenty of competition, more pharmacies than pubs these days -- in the cities at least, probably not in the bush

BR

03-25-2019, 02:03 AM	#32851
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,826 Karma: 30277270 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Here, doctors normally prescribe for 6 repeats of 28/30 days, by law the pharmacists only let you have 28/30 days supply, so you have to get a replenishment roughly once a month --- unless you're taking a long vacation. There's a scheme here known as 'Webster packs'. The pharmacist repackages your meds into 4 (morning, noon, evening, bed) x 28 day blister packs - the blisters can hold several pills. Mainly intended for people who are forgetful and/or take many meds. My pharmacists is pretty good too, she will home deliver if you're unwell. The number of pharmacies used to be tightly controlled, but that was scrapped quite a few years ago. So, there's plenty of competition, more pharmacies than pubs these days -- in the cities at least, probably not in the bush BR