This evening I finally got around to filling my Imitrex prescription. Did you know that Imitrex is crazy expensive? It's totally ridiculous. I hardly want to use it except for extreme headaches. Good thing Exedrin Migraine works pretty well most of the time.
While I was there I asked the pharmacist for Plan B. Not that I'm planning on needing it, but that's the whole point of emergency contraception -- to have it in case of an emergency.
I've heard news stories about people getting hassled when they try to buy Plan B, and I was wondering if that would happen to me. In fact, it was no hassle at all. The pharmacist just said, "let me go check if we have it," walked away and came back with the head pharmacist. Who asked to see my ID, told me not to use it as a primary means of birth control, and asked if I understood that it has to be taken within 72 hours. That was it. Kind of expensive -- $37 for one dose -- but if I ever needed it, it would be well worth it.
So if anyone is keeping track, the Eckerd Drugs on Hillsborough Road is a fine place to buy emergency contraception.
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rather ironic that you got no hassle buying plan b there, but when i bought gatorade there during my most recent cold, the cashier tried to talk me out of it.
anyway, i'm glad they get the big things right :)
Lisa -- that's weird. Please tell more.
Sarah -- may your migraines one day soon be nothing but history. I've never had any, but they look terrible terrible terrible.
By the by, "Imitrex" reminds me way to much of Office Space's "Initech".
I was in England last fall. Imitrex was sold *over-the-counter* at eight pounds (sixteen dollars) for two. I was so envious.