Publix (supermarket) to offer 7 popular prescription antibiotics FOR FREE!!!

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http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/2007-08-06-publix-free-antibiotics_N.htm
CAPE CORAL, Fla. (AP) ? Seven popular antibiotics will be available free from Publix supermarkets for people with prescriptions, even if they have a health insurance provider that would pay for them, the company and Gov. Charlie Crist said Monday.

Fourteen-day supplies of the seven drugs, among the most commonly prescribed, will be available at all 684 of the chain's pharmacies in five states. Publix said it is not limiting the number of prescriptions that customers may fill for free.

The prescription antibiotics available under the program are amoxicillin, cephalexin, sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim, ciprofloxacin, penicillin VK, ampicillin and erythromycin.

Dr. Andrew Agwunobi, secretary of Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration and a pediatrician, said many of the antibiotics are prescribed for children, and he noted that Florida has 3.6 million uninsured people and many who have some insurance but no coverage for prescription drugs.

"So I hope (Publix stores) are ready," Agwunobi said, predicting a heavy response.

The company joins other retailers that offer discounted drug programs, including Target (TGT) and Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), but Publix Super Markets officials say the company is the first large regional chain to offer certain drugs at no cost.

Wal-Mart Stores is selling a number of generic prescription drugs for $4 in hopes that it can draw more shoppers into its stores who may come for prescriptions and then stay to buy in other departments.

"Health and wellness is crucial to every Floridian's quality of life and paramount to the vitality of our state," Crist said. "We appreciate great partners like Publix Super Markets working to further provide affordability and accessibility to quality prescription drugs for working families and seniors."

"With health care and prescription costs on the rise, our free prescription drug program will reinforce our commitment to the total health and wellness of our customers and their families," said Publix spokesman Dwaine Stevens.

Most Publix stores are based in Florida, but it also has stores in Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee.

 

[SludgeFactory]

That's awesome. Maybe a bunch of people will ask their doctors for those "free antibiotics they heard about on TV" and a percentage of them manage to get prescriptions out of the deal, so they can stock up and render the drugs utterly useless to society that much quicker.

 

[Colt45]

Originally posted by: SludgeFactory
That's awesome. Maybe a bunch of people will ask their doctors for those "free antibiotics they heard about on TV" and a percentage of them manage to get prescriptions out of the deal, so they can stock up and render the drugs utterly useless to society that much quicker.

lmao... my thoughts exactly

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: SludgeFactory
That's awesome. Maybe a bunch of people will ask their doctors for those "free antibiotics they heard about on TV" and a percentage of them manage to get prescriptions out of the deal, so they can stock up and render the drugs utterly useless to society that much quicker.

Thats one possible downfall, but it is a nice gesture by the company to help the elderly and the poor with small children who otherwise might not get their meds

This also gets people into the store for the price of a fairly cheap bottle of meds.

 

[bignateyk]

Originally posted by: SludgeFactory
That's awesome. Maybe a bunch of people will ask their doctors for those "free antibiotics they heard about on TV" and a percentage of them manage to get prescriptions out of the deal, so they can stock up and render the drugs utterly useless to society that much quicker.

QFT

 

[dmcowen674]

What do you guys care?

So if you're vested in the Drug companies you get your money from the bleeding heart corporation instead of the bleeding patients you still get your massive profits.

 

[Looney]

Wow, some of you guys are so cynical it's sad. This was a gesture to help the needy.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: Looney
Wow, some of you guys are so cynical it's sad. This was a gesture to help the needy.

How is it helping the needy? You still have to have to see a doc to get the drugs and also have a REAL need. Now many people will see this and either try and strong arm their Doc or go to some place that will write a order for anybody.

Now these drugs will be weaker and only hurt the needy when they get sick and these drugs will not help them anymore. Now it will cost a lot more and/or they will get more sick and die.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Looney
Wow, some of you guys are so cynical it's sad. This was a gesture to help the needy.

How is it helping the needy? You still have to have to see a doc to get the drugs and also have a REAL need. Now many people will see this and either try and strong arm their Doc or go to some place that will write a order for anybody.

Now these drugs will be weaker and only hurt the needy when they get sick and these drugs will not help them anymore. Now it will cost a lot more and/or they will get more sick and die.

so a pharmacy giving antibiotics at no cost is going to make docs start writing scripts out wholesale?

i really fail to see how this is going to bring down the effectiveness of AB's

 

[TheKub]

Originally posted by: Looney
Wow, some of you guys are so cynical it's sad. This was a gesture to help the needy.

It is in the guise of helping the needy. The true reason behind this is to get more people in to the store.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Looney
Wow, some of you guys are so cynical it's sad. This was a gesture to help the needy.

How is it helping the needy? You still have to have to see a doc to get the drugs and also have a REAL need. Now many people will see this and either try and strong arm their Doc or go to some place that will write a order for anybody.

Then this should be a doctor issue. And 'strong arm' a doc? LOL i've worked in a doctor's office, and i can tell you everybody kiss ass to the doc. They're the one with the magic pen and pad that can get them the magic pill they want.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Looney
Wow, some of you guys are so cynical it's sad. This was a gesture to help the needy.

How is it helping the needy? You still have to have to see a doc to get the drugs and also have a REAL need. Now many people will see this and either try and strong arm their Doc or go to some place that will write a order for anybody.

Then this should be a doctor issue. And 'strong arm' a doc? LOL i've worked in a doctor's office, and i can tell you everybody kiss ass to the doc. They're the one with the magic pen and pad that can get them the magic pill they want.

And there are piles of doctors that will write scrips for antibiotics if someone just ask even if it is for a cold or other ailgment that antibiotics will do no good. It has become such a problem that it has to be brought up every year. Yet lots of doctors will still write them just cause someone ask/demands. Now people will see this "free" offer and rush to get a scrip maybe from a medco/drive by doc. office. In the long run it hurts those that need the meds more then it helps.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Looney
Wow, some of you guys are so cynical it's sad. This was a gesture to help the needy.

How is it helping the needy? You still have to have to see a doc to get the drugs and also have a REAL need. Now many people will see this and either try and strong arm their Doc or go to some place that will write a order for anybody.

Then this should be a doctor issue. And 'strong arm' a doc? LOL i've worked in a doctor's office, and i can tell you everybody kiss ass to the doc. They're the one with the magic pen and pad that can get them the magic pill they want.

And there are piles of doctors that will write scrips for antibiotics if someone just ask even if it is for a cold or other ailgment that antibiotics will do no good. It has become such a problem that it has to be brought up every year. Yet lots of doctors will still write them just cause someone ask/demands. Now people will see this "free" offer and rush to get a scrip maybe from a medco/drive by doc. office. In the long run it hurts those that need the meds more then it helps.

How the hell do you know that in the long run this will hurt more than it will help? You're saying that without Publix offering this, all will be well... but now that they are, we're doomed?

These are the common antibiotics, if these were some of the newer ones, then perhaps there would be some concern with stockpiling or people abusing them.

And besides, why should the unfortunate not get a chance to abuse antibiotics. Should it really be only a middle and upperclass problem?

 

[TheKub]

Dupe...

 

[TheKub]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
And there are piles of doctors that will write scrips for antibiotics if someone just ask even if it is for a cold or other ailgment that antibiotics will do no good. It has become such a problem that it has to be brought up every year. Yet lots of doctors will still write them just cause someone ask/demands. Now people will see this "free" offer and rush to get a scrip maybe from a medco/drive by doc. office. In the long run it hurts those that need the meds more then it helps.

Then there are piles of doctors that are likely to loose their practice. Walmart has been offering $4 antibiotics for like a year now, I can't imagine that there is a huge number of people the would abuse free drugs that would not abuse $4 drugs. So exactly where is the issue?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
What do you guys care?

So if you're vested in the Drug companies you get your money from the bleeding heart corporation instead of the bleeding patients you still get your massive profits.

Wow, you managed to completely twist what they're saying to mean something entirely different.

Moron.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Looney
Wow, some of you guys are so cynical it's sad. This was a gesture to help the needy.

How is it helping the needy? You still have to have to see a doc to get the drugs and also have a REAL need. Now many people will see this and either try and strong arm their Doc or go to some place that will write a order for anybody.

Then this should be a doctor issue. And 'strong arm' a doc? LOL i've worked in a doctor's office, and i can tell you everybody kiss ass to the doc. They're the one with the magic pen and pad that can get them the magic pill they want.

And there are piles of doctors that will write scrips for antibiotics if someone just ask even if it is for a cold or other ailgment that antibiotics will do no good. It has become such a problem that it has to be brought up every year. Yet lots of doctors will still write them just cause someone ask/demands. Now people will see this "free" offer and rush to get a scrip maybe from a medco/drive by doc. office. In the long run it hurts those that need the meds more then it helps.

How the hell do you know that in the long run this will hurt more than it will help? You're saying that without Publix offering this, all will be well... but now that they are, we're doomed?

These are the common antibiotics, if these were some of the newer ones, then perhaps there would be some concern with stockpiling or people abusing them.

And besides, why should the unfortunate not get a chance to abuse antibiotics. Should it really be only a middle and upperclass problem?

Are you kidding? There are more and more drug resistant diseases every year and one of the leading causes is the over writing of prescriptions for antibiotics.

The link between antimicrobial use and increasing resistance is established in an Article in this week's issue of The Lancet. This information should be a vital warning to physicians of the consequences of inappropriate and uncontrolled antibiotic prescribing.


Antibiotic Prescribing Increases Antibiotic Resistance in Individual Children in Primary Care

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Colt45

Originally posted by: SludgeFactory
That's awesome. Maybe a bunch of people will ask their doctors for those "free antibiotics they heard about on TV" and a percentage of them manage to get prescriptions out of the deal, so they can stock up and render the drugs utterly useless to society that much quicker.

lmao... my thoughts exactly

dittoed

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I guess its time to stock up on all existing stockpiles of Cipro for the next disease outbreak

 

[TheKub]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Are you kidding? There are more and more drug resistant diseases every year and one of the leading causes is the over writing of prescriptions for antibiotics.

The link between antimicrobial use and increasing resistance is established in an Article in this week's issue of The Lancet. This information should be a vital warning to physicians of the consequences of inappropriate and uncontrolled antibiotic prescribing.


Antibiotic Prescribing Increases Antibiotic Resistance in Individual Children in Primary Care

F.U.D...

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Looney
Wow, some of you guys are so cynical it's sad. This was a gesture to help the needy.

How is it helping the needy? You still have to have to see a doc to get the drugs and also have a REAL need. Now many people will see this and either try and strong arm their Doc or go to some place that will write a order for anybody.

Then this should be a doctor issue. And 'strong arm' a doc? LOL i've worked in a doctor's office, and i can tell you everybody kiss ass to the doc. They're the one with the magic pen and pad that can get them the magic pill they want.

And there are piles of doctors that will write scrips for antibiotics if someone just ask even if it is for a cold or other ailgment that antibiotics will do no good. It has become such a problem that it has to be brought up every year. Yet lots of doctors will still write them just cause someone ask/demands. Now people will see this "free" offer and rush to get a scrip maybe from a medco/drive by doc. office. In the long run it hurts those that need the meds more then it helps.

How the hell do you know that in the long run this will hurt more than it will help? You're saying that without Publix offering this, all will be well... but now that they are, we're doomed?

These are the common antibiotics, if these were some of the newer ones, then perhaps there would be some concern with stockpiling or people abusing them.

And besides, why should the unfortunate not get a chance to abuse antibiotics. Should it really be only a middle and upperclass problem?

Are you kidding? There are more and more drug resistant diseases every year and one of the leading causes is the over writing of prescriptions for antibiotics.

The link between antimicrobial use and increasing resistance is established in an Article in this week's issue of The Lancet. This information should be a vital warning to physicians of the consequences of inappropriate and uncontrolled antibiotic prescribing.


Antibiotic Prescribing Increases Antibiotic Resistance in Individual Children in Primary Care

I didn't say antibiotic resistance will not be a problem. I'm asking you, is Publix going to be the direct and only cause of it? Because that's what you're making it out to be. Just because they're offering free antibiotics WITH a prescription, doesn't mean that they've suddenly caused the tipping point and next year, we're going to be screwed.

This has been a 'problem' in the making for decades. Publix offering free critical meds is not going to change the course in any ways.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Looney
Wow, some of you guys are so cynical it's sad. This was a gesture to help the needy.

How is it helping the needy? You still have to have to see a doc to get the drugs and also have a REAL need. Now many people will see this and either try and strong arm their Doc or go to some place that will write a order for anybody.

Then this should be a doctor issue. And 'strong arm' a doc? LOL i've worked in a doctor's office, and i can tell you everybody kiss ass to the doc. They're the one with the magic pen and pad that can get them the magic pill they want.

And there are piles of doctors that will write scrips for antibiotics if someone just ask even if it is for a cold or other ailgment that antibiotics will do no good. It has become such a problem that it has to be brought up every year. Yet lots of doctors will still write them just cause someone ask/demands. Now people will see this "free" offer and rush to get a scrip maybe from a medco/drive by doc. office. In the long run it hurts those that need the meds more then it helps.

How the hell do you know that in the long run this will hurt more than it will help? You're saying that without Publix offering this, all will be well... but now that they are, we're doomed?

These are the common antibiotics, if these were some of the newer ones, then perhaps there would be some concern with stockpiling or people abusing them.

And besides, why should the unfortunate not get a chance to abuse antibiotics. Should it really be only a middle and upperclass problem?

Are you kidding? There are more and more drug resistant diseases every year and one of the leading causes is the over writing of prescriptions for antibiotics.

The link between antimicrobial use and increasing resistance is established in an Article in this week's issue of The Lancet. This information should be a vital warning to physicians of the consequences of inappropriate and uncontrolled antibiotic prescribing.


Antibiotic Prescribing Increases Antibiotic Resistance in Individual Children in Primary Care

I didn't say antibiotic resistance will not be a problem. I'm asking you, is Publix going to be the direct and only cause of it? Because that's what you're making it out to be. Just because they're offering free antibiotics WITH a prescription, doesn't mean that they've suddenly caused the tipping point and next year, we're going to be screwed.

This has been a 'problem' in the making for decades. Publix offering free critical meds is not going to change the course in any ways.

No but them advertising "free" antibiotics WILL make people want to "stock" up. If you don;t think people think and act like that you must live a very sheltered life. heck just check out fatwallet and see what some will do for soemthing free.

Wal-Mart, Target, and some others have said they offer cheaper drugs. But they don;t advertise "FREE" or ONLY antibiotics. So people see drugs and not a single one. There are still piles of people every year that get antibiotics when they have a cold.

Publix is not the main problem but it does not help.

 

[TheKub]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
No but them advertising "free" antibiotics WILL make people want to "stock" up. If you don;t think people think and act like that you must live a very sheltered life. heck just check out fatwallet and see what some will do for soemthing free.

Wal-Mart, Target, and some others have said they offer cheaper drugs. But they don;t advertise "FREE" or ONLY antibiotics. So people see drugs and not a single one. There are still piles of people every year that get antibiotics when they have a cold.

Publix is not the main problem but it does not help.

Time to zip up the bubble...

 

[TheKub]

Are you affraid of drug resistant diseases or are you afraid that Publix will take a cut of your action?

Homepage leads to a referal site to BudgetMedicines.com

 

[Vette73]

I was right here is the Fatwallet thread

And of course here is what I was talking about...

"I asked for (And received) before a monthlong backpacking trip overseas a couple of common scripts. Samples, etc- very much worth it. I might do that again- they're not going to go bad..."

So he was not sick and just asked and got scripts for antibiotics.


This goes on and on...