I think a big part is pharmacists don't like people injecting things. They have no idea if people are trained, it could be dangerous, even buying needles without a perscription I've seen numerous people get denied. Maybe on that sense they don't offer a lot of injectable products to general population
Agreed - could be, but the one gent who said no is abusing his power and I told him just that. I am happy to go into the little private room and one of the pharmacists can do their job and show how to inject properly. Weird, he never offers that but the other staff never hesitate or order it in or give me B-12. To be frank, you can do much more damage to your body with a bottle of tylenol than a bottle of injectable b-12 of b-6.
I didn't go into it earlier but there was a time when I had a back injury and my doc offered Tylenol 3 and I declined and said I would just get Tylenol 1 at the pharmacy as it has 8 mg of codeine, caffeine, and acetaminophen and worked just as well. No prescription is needed. Any how - codeine can be abused but you would fry your liver to get a buzz with T1's. Anyway, the pharmacist nazi walks over to me, on a Monday I had off, I ask for a bottle and he says we are all out and walks away. No small talk, no niceties, no when they will get it in. I was dressed for what I was doing - my old . dirty clothes because I took a Monday off to get a bunch of equipment ready for the winter.
The next morning, I am heading to my job and shave and put my suit on. Stop at the same pharmacy / same guy and ask and without hesitation he gets it for me. After he hands it over, I asked if a shipment just came in and he said no and his face changed. I asked him if he remembered me from yesterday when he told me they were out because I looked like a person without much money. Those are all facts and happened. I gave him a blunt but not belligerent earful and I could give a F who else was around and heard me. He never apologized, I still go there, and he is still there, he now rushes to serve me. This was approx 15 years ago when the opioid issue was not rampant and T1's were handed to people like candy. It is not like that now - pharmacies have a long process to give you a bottle but no script is needed.
I agree with you but in many cases, new pharmacists are doing things that are not required. Sure, there are people who might abuse T1's I guess and the pharmacists have a hard job because people try to fill scripts early, etc. Anyway, my point is this 'gent' is an ass and he knows how I feel. He no longer hesitates to order B-6, hand over B-12 and I haven't needed Tylenol 1 in ages.
