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Well, you need a prescription, and it doesn't apply to all antibiotics, but if you live in an area where there is a Publix store, you can get seven generic brands of antibiotics for free. Plublix is a privately held grocer and I guess they can do whatever they please. What they are doing is giving away the drugs that make up nearly 50% of the generic pediatric prescriptions filled in their stores. The free drugs are limited to a fourteen day supply of amoxicillin, ampicillin, cephalexin, ciprofloxacin (excluding ciprofloxacin XR), erythromycin (excluding Ery-Tab), sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (or SMZ-TMP) and penicillin VK.
Meijer, another privately-held retailer, began the same program in the Midwest back in October. And Wal-Mart and Target currently fill prescriptions for these drugs at $4 a pop.
This article doesn't address why these retailers are doing this, but let's speculate anyway. I can't believe they are doing this out of the goodness of their corporate hearts and assume there must be a sound financial reason behind the idea. Engendering the good-will of parents by giving their children antibiotics for free will no doubt result in these same parents shopping at these stores for their other needs, including expensive prescriptions. Whatever the reason, it seems like a win-win situation to me. What do you think?
Meijer, another privately-held retailer, began the same program in the Midwest back in October. And Wal-Mart and Target currently fill prescriptions for these drugs at $4 a pop.
This article doesn't address why these retailers are doing this, but let's speculate anyway. I can't believe they are doing this out of the goodness of their corporate hearts and assume there must be a sound financial reason behind the idea. Engendering the good-will of parents by giving their children antibiotics for free will no doubt result in these same parents shopping at these stores for their other needs, including expensive prescriptions. Whatever the reason, it seems like a win-win situation to me. What do you think?
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8-08-2007 @ 10:18AM
BabyLove77 said...I saw the piece on the news last night and included was a doctor who was concerned that antibiotics are already over used in America and that the giving away of the drugs would only hurt society. Phewy!! I couldn't believe the ignorance of what he said. It's not like Publix is giving away the drugs willy-nilly. You still must obtain a prescription, FROM A DOCTOR! DUH! This guy was surely paid off from the drug company or just a complete moron. I highly doubt that people and doctors are now going to over prescribe antibiotics just because you can get them for free!
I live in SWFL and refuse to shop anywhere besides Publix. Their stores are clean and orderly. They always have "samples" and events in which they give away free food. You can alwayss get a cookie from the bakery for your little one. The even have a Santa and Mrs. Clause at christmas time so you can snap a holiday pic right there in the produce section! They are a great company and I fully endorse them by shopping at their stores.
You are probably correct in that Publix is not giving away prescription drugs "out of the goodness of their corporate hearts". They are surely taking advantage of the tax breaks of their generous "donation". But who really cares right? It's a win-win for all!
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8-08-2007 @ 11:10AM
nicolebarber said...Why does it have to be the ones my children are allergic to.
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8-08-2007 @ 12:07PM
silver said...I think they hope that people will shop at the store while they wait for their prescription to be filled. They probably also assume that people don't want to use multiple pharmacies and will use them for all their prescriptions, not just the antibiotics.
Hopefully they aren't like our local Walgreens... Once when I was waiting for a prescription to be filled there, they turned 1/3 of their customers away, saying that they were all out of the prescription that needed to be filled.
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8-09-2007 @ 2:27AM
W. H. Heydt said...The issue of "too much use of antibiotics" is driven by parents who insist that, becasue their kid is sick, the doctor *do* something--like prescribing anitbiotics. Far too many doctors go along with this ploy. The problem is, if the infection is a virus, not only do the anitbiotics do absolutely NOTHING to cure it, they give any bacteria hanging around an extra chance to evolve a resistance to the anitbiotic.
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