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antibiotics for free
wow.
Publix to offer 7 popular prescription antibiotics for free
CAPE CORAL - Publix supermarket chain said today it will make seven common prescription antibiotics available for free, joining other major
retailers in trying to lure customers to their stores with cheap medications.
The oral antibiotics, representing the most commonly filled at the chain's pharmacies, will be available at no cost to anyone with a prescription as
often as they need them, Publix CEO Charlie Jenkins Jr. said. Fourteen-day supplies of the seven drugs will be available at all 684 of the chain's
pharmacies in five Southern states.
The prescription antibiotics available under the program are amoxicillin, cephalexin, penicillin VK, erythromycin, ampicillin,
sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim, and ciprofoxacin.
"It can't be any more affordable than free," Crist said.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Kmart and other retailers already offer discounted drug programs. But Publix Super Markets Inc. officials say the company is the
first large regional chain to offer certain drugs at no cost. In addition to Florida, the company operates stores in Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama
and Tennessee.
With health care costs one of the biggest challenges facing many Americans, Crist said that the private sector's involvement in the solution was "a
great trend."
Jenkins acknowledged that increasing pharmacy sales was a part of the company's motivation, but said the company also wanted to contribute to that
trend.
"Frankly, we're interested in building our pharmacy business," said Jenkins. "But moreover, we want to help the citizens of our state have affordable
health care, and we thought this was just a good start in doing that."
Barbara Lemay, who was shopping in the Publix where Crist and the company made the announcement, said it would be a good start for her.
"I've been on antibiotics occasionally, and to get anything free with the price of medications today is phenomenal," she said. "People just can't
afford the medications. You have no insurance, you're looking at hundreds of dollars a month."
Lemay, who gets Social Security benefits, said if she is prescribed one of the antibiotics she definitely would go to Publix to get it, and said it
could save her "thousands of dollars."
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.
Wal-Mart last year started offering hundreds of prescription drugs of all different kinds, ranging from diabetes medication to high blood pressure
drugs, for $4. It hopes it can draw more shoppers into its stores who may come for prescriptions and then stay to buy in other departments.
Kmart, a unit of Sears Holding Corp., began last month offering a 90-day supply of generic drugs for $15. Now, more than 300 drugs are included in
that program.
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Six66Mike
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 That's what people need, free access to antibiotics so when the kids get a sniffle
or sneeze they get hopped on on the wrong shit.
Doctors are blaming the massive over prescription of antibiotics on asthma and other ill effects. Doctors prescribe it like theres no tomorrow, it
won't help a cold at all but they give it to little kids and ruin their immune system.
This is fucked.
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sounds like a good time to get the clap
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Six66Mike
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I watched US morning news in oz today, they showed coal miners & shit, then the monitor had this Publix antibiotics story but he went to weather, so
Australia had that part edited out for whatever reason & I didn't get to see it.
A lot of people ask me what kind of music I like. I love "soul music". My "soul music" isn’t a style, genre or niche. It’s music that is genuine. It’s
a painful lyric, a dirty bassline, it’s a harrowing vocal, it’s feedback, it’s an anthem, it’s a love song, it’s anarchy. I’ve got my personal
favourites but in the end it doesn’t matter who or where it comes from... so long as it’s good and it's real.
- Paul Morris, music director at 97.7 HTZ-FM
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