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@icyfroth wrote:

I go to that one and do that very thing, Katey lol. Wander around looking at cosmetics and other stuff. I've never had to wait 45 mins though, 15 minutes max.

 

Actually with my cosmetics and other pharmacy shopping, I generally wait until my prescriptions are due, because they are mostly significantly cheaper than at the supermarkets.

 

 

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Icy, the chemist I go to doesn't seem to charge the full dispensing rate, so it is actually cheaper for me. I guess there is some leeway. Also my OH had a patch of dermatitis on his knee for years. I went in to buy some calamine and the chemist suggested I use a certain medicated cream instead. Guess what, after about a decade of itching, the dermatitis went. We had tried many over the counter creams before that, and the patch always returned. Upselling that actually worked. lol.

2011

PHARMACISTS have been accused of putting money ahead of patients' interests after the Pharmacy Guild of Australia struck a controversial deal to promote dietary supplements with prescription medicines.

The guild, which represents 94 per cent of Australia's 5200 pharmacies, has agreed to begin recommending a range of Blackmores products to patients when they pick up prescriptions for antibiotics, blood pressure drugs, cholesterol drugs and proton pump inhibitors - used for gastro-intestinal problems.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/pharmacies-to-push-supplements-as-fries-and-coke-to...

If you eat a balanced diet, you do not need supplements.

 

 

In fact, taking them could mean you exceed your RDI and  cause more harm

 

than good. Unless your doctor has advised taking them do to blood tests showing deficiency.... don't waste your money.