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On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:04:47 -0500, The Cook >
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> Thank goodness for an old fashioned, small town pharmacy. I call my
> refills in and pick them up in an hour or so. They have about 6
> chairs facing the pharmacy counter and even when they are busy, the
> wait is very short. The current pharmacist is second generation owner
> and his parents were wonderful people and his son is just as nice. I
> have seen him out on the sidewalk kneeling beside a car explaining the
> medication to someone who could not come into the store.
>
> The store is fairly small but there are 5 registered pharmacists and 3
> or 4 counter people there. If I have had tests and get a call from
> the doctor's office They will say that they have called or faxed the
> prescription in. Even with Walmart, Walgreen, RiteAid, CVS,and
> another local pharmacy in a town of about 5000, he stays busy.
>
> The place is strictly a pharmacy. The only thing other than
> prescriptions are OTC medicines and other medical devices.


That sounds very Old World. Don't think I've ever seen a pharmacy
only establishment in the USA. We didn't even have that back in the
days when businesses closed every Wednesday afternoon and closed up
shop for the weekend at noon on Saturday.

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