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[Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies]

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[Twin Peaks]

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[DC Comics, Strix and Batgirl]

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[my mad fat diary]

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[Sekai Seifuku]

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[Lindsey Stirling]

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[Star Trek: The Next Generation]

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[Attack on Titan]

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[How to Train Your Dragon]

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[Figure Skating]

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[A Wild Endeavour]

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[American Horror Story]

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[The Americans]

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Huh, we either get a printed paper from the doctor with the information + signature/stamp and bring that to the pharmacy or what I do and what is more and more common in the entire country it is made electronically which also means I can get my meds in every pharmacy in Norway that has the system installed.

I think I get what the difference is, our doctors always prescribe us the amount the box has then just gives us the instructions to how we are supposed to use it, and if the box contains more pills than we need then we just stop taking them when the instructions on the stickers tells us to, not when we run out of meds.

I have never experienced that the pharmacy doesn't have what I need, but then again I usually take pretty generic meds so it isn't like they have to look hard for something. And even if they didn't have it I can just walk to a different pharmacy to get them, or in a crisis they can give me a smaller box than what I was prescribed.

*Well it is the pharmacists job to print it out and put it on the box, but yeah.

Pharmacies here stock the pills in large quantities and then individually count out the pills per bottle. So yeah, I think that's probably the biggest difference.

(I'm fascinated by these discussions about how everyday things vary so much between country to country)

Sometimes my mom fill have a prescription for a 90 day supply, but the pharmacy will only have 30 days worth, so they will give them pills and have my mom come back later to get the rest. We also aren't taking any controlled substance, otherwise there are probably a lot more restrictions.

Yeah we don't do that.

(I find it interesting, but once again I managed to hijack a thread because I had a question, I didn't do it on purpose, I was just curious)

Hm, the filled for days thing is not something I am familiar with? Well the meds will usually if you need them for 3 months last for that time, but that isn't what you get filled, you get one box of each. Or you could if you want to get all 3 boxes at the same time if that is the amount your doctor prescribed.

I think that's what seems to be the biggest difference then, they keep the prescriptions in mass quantities and then individually put them in bottles for the patient.

My dad's blood pressure meds, because it's something he has to take daily, area actually on a renewal service and get mailed to the house. They screwed up the last time and sent him 100 mg instead of 50 mg, so the doctor just said to split them in half. So that might be another difference is that our pills come in so many different sizes/strengths that a pharmacy finds it more efficient to keep mass quantities, rather than individual boxes.

(I also didn't like how this comment started with just a link so I'm glad you hijacked it and I get to learn more about Norway!)

Yup.

Well, as I mentioned to the Anon that asked about oxycodone, that is in 6 different strengths/quantities, and that is just one thing the pharmacy keeps stocked, so I don't think that it is the reason we don't order it in large boxes. It is probably just a difference in how much of each we might keep, as our population is a lot smaller, so they might not keep more than 1 or 2 boxes of the less common meds.

(That is good at least! I found it quite interesting to learn about the UK and US too)

Also there's another thing to deal with the insurance because they takes a while to run it through too when you fill a prescription, just so the pharmacy even knows what they cover and what they have to charge you.

Most companies require you to have a generic drug if it's available unless there's a legitimate reason to have the name brand drug (a friend of mine has to be on the name brand because it has a stricter tolerance limit for the active ingredient) and another friend has the name brand because she's allergic to the generic.

Drugs are complicated.

Yeah we don't do that, as we are all covered through the state...

We have a law that says that the pharmacist have to inform you about cheaper alternatives, but you buy whichever one you want. There are some pills that might be more expensive for some people than for others, because of criterias, like if you have to use the same medicine for 3 months or more it is cheaper than if you use it for a shorter amount of time, but there are exceptions. Antibiotics are the obvious one, which you barely pay anything for, because of a mix between cheap to buy and we only pay 20ish% of that cost.

Yes, yes they are...

I have never experienced that the pharmacy doesn't have what I need

Couple months back I managed to convince my mum that she needed to see a doctor about the weeping on her leg and that since we were going into the city centre anyway, we should go to the walk-in centre there. They prescribed her some antibiotics.

These should be easy to get hold of. Unfortunately, my mum is allergic to penicillin and all derivatives thereof, so she has to be prescribed the alternate antibiotics.

There are five pharmacies in the city centre alone (two Boots stores, Manor Pharmacy, two Superdrug stores), and not a single one of them had the alternate antibiotic in stock. Because doctors usually prescribe something related to penicillin, that's what the public pharmacies keep in stock.

Yeah in situations like that you might have a bigger issue, but I don't think it would be that difficult over here. Then again I am not familiar with alternative antibiotics, except a friend of mine don't take the one most of us are on, but it isn't because of a penicillin allergy and she has no issues finding that one.

I am more shocked over the fact that you have walk in doctors, because I have never heard of that, only the emergency room and they don't take kindly to people just walking in without some kind of emergency.

Walk-in centres are for people who need to see a doctor, but it's not serious enough (in their mind) for the emergency department, and they either can't get an appointment with their own doctor soon enough or they're not actually signed up to a doctor's surgery.

I don't know if it's the same for all of them, but the one I use works more like an emergency department than a GP's surgery. You walk in, give your details to the receptionist (who I think are also trained nurses), tell them your symptoms, and they'll prioritise you in the system according to what you tell them. Sometimes it'll be decided you only need to see a nurse, other times you'll be seen by a doctor. If it's decided you need an x-ray, an ambulance will be called for you since they can't let you just walk out with a suspected fracture.

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