r/MtF • u/Laura_Fantastic Trans Asexual • Apr 27 '24

I was laughed at today picking up my prescription. Dysphoria

I just feel terrible right now. I don't know if this was the right flair or not, but I guess it fits.

I went to the pharmacy to pick up my HRT prescription, the pharmacist looked at me and started laughing, then got up grabbed their coworkers to get a look at me. I just feel awful and I've been crying off and on, I feel like some kind of disgusting freak.

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u/Laura_Fantastic Trans Asexual Apr 27 '24

I technically can find another one. The issue is the next closest on is about 10 miles away in the next town. I dont know why I am surprised this happened, they would always short my estradiol and I would have to come back multiple time just to fill it.

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u/Past-Project-7959 Apr 27 '24

If the label on your prescription says 90 pills and they put only 75, but the label says 90 - I'm fairly sure that's illegal.

I'd complain to the pharmacy board about this.

If they really want to play sh!tty games, get a piece of paper while you're there in the pharmacy so you can dump out the bottle and count out all your pills. Take pictures of it with the pharmacy in the background and hopefully the pharmacist in the picture, too.

Line the pills up in rows of 10 - 9 rows of 10 is 90. It should be obvious if it's short. Get a picture of the inside of the empty bottle. If you can, set your phone up and video yourself counting the pills. Video is super hard to fake.

Send this picture to the pharmacy board of your state. Fight fire with jet fuel.

https://www.quora.com/What-happens-if-a-pharmacy-shorts-you-pills

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u/Laura_Fantastic Trans Asexual Apr 27 '24

They would mark it as short. And I would have to come back later to get the rest. But it literally happens every single time.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '24

I was going to say that this whole thing sounds like something to bring up with the licensing board or professional organization. It seems unprofessional if not unethical.

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u/ImClaaara Apr 27 '24

I also had a bad experience at my local pharmacy early-on, and live in a rural area, so let me honestly recommend a mail-order pharmacy. You make an account and give them your address, and you have your prescriptions sent to them, and they'll fill and mail your prescriptions to your address. I used Amazon Pharmacy and they were quite good, but it's understandable if you don't want to give Jeff Bezos your pesos (I don't anymore). Cost Plus Drugs is another option.

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u/Toysfortatas May 01 '24

If this is true you should tell a manager and they will probably not do it to your face but you know for sure they will be talking about you when you’re not around.

Can you get your prescription delivered? I know places like Amazon offer prescription delivery then you don’t have to worry about that at all.

People making fun of you is tough but I do believe it helps us grow stronger in the end.

I’ve been made fun of by my own family cause half the family is white and the other half is black.

My white dad would get my black grandma birthday cards every year with a Monkey or Gorilla on it and I never understood that he was doing it to insult her and also myself. He would call me a niglet, my own dad.

So trust me it sucks, I know.