Walgreens 12th street pharmacy

Hello Walgreens and other retail pharmacies. I wanted to find out who cleans the bathroom at your store. Particularly, does the pharmacy manager and pharmacy team ever clean the bathroom? We were told by front end that we all, including pharmacy, will start cleaning. We don't have professionals coming in to do it. So, does pharmacy clean in your store? Apart from being busy, what other real reasons do we have for not cleaning it?
(Update: I absolutely know Independent pharmacy will be different. I'm talking about major retail pharmacies - Walgreens, Cvs, Walmart, etc)

Bio
Age: 32 Occupation: Senior Digital Marketing Manager Location: HCOL, Midwest, US
Salary
Gross income: Currently, $103.5K + 10% annual bonus. Starting next week, $117K + 15% annual bonus! I do some sporadic freelance work for $2-3K per year. Husband is $51K. HHI is $168K (no bonus).
Net income: Current biweekly paycheck is ~$2.8K. Deductions: $75 HSA, health insurance, taxes. Not sure what new paycheck will be! Husband’s is ~$1.5K. Deductions: 401K, health insurances, taxes.
Income progression:
- 2012: After undergrad, got a part time contract job as a community manager (when social media was just barely a thing for businesses). Made $12/hr. Also was a server. All in w/both, $35-45K.
- 2014-2017: Over 5 years, contract gig got more serious. I quit my serving job as I made more from contract gig. Eventually, my role was absorbed by largest client. Started w/them as a social media manager at $55K.
- 2019: After a couple years, took new job in editorial/writing for $51K.
- 2019: Company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 6 weeks after I got there (lol). So got a digital marketing manager job in a new, much more expensive city making $70K.
- 2021: After 2 years & a short COVID furlough, joined my current company as a digital marketing manager (under a former boss) at $102K + 10% bonus.
- 2022: Last year, received COL raise to $103.5K.
- March 2023: As of next week, start promotion to senior digital marketing manager w/, $117K + 15% annual bonus.
Assets & Debt
First, to start: my husband & I share finances. We’ve been together for nearly 8 years. We officially combined everything after we got married about a year ago. All assets, spend, etc. reflects both of us.
Assets:
Retirement balance: ~$2K & that’s it. I did not grow up w/financially fluent family (they also didn’t have any money), nor did I have an understanding about retirement until recently. I’ve also been prioritizing enjoying some of my spoils/saving for other things, tbh. This is changing soon!
Savings balance: $21.5K. Have some medically necessary procedures coming up (not covered by insurance) so socking away for that. We also rent, so always want to have moving cash accessible just in case.
Joint checking: $5.6K.
Solo checking: $1.4K
Debt:
Student loans: none! Paid mine off in 2020 (~$20K total). (I qualified for a lot of aid; scholarships, grants & subsidized student loans covered my undergrad degree. My parents did not contribute/)
Mortgage: n/a. We rent.
Car: $550 monthly. Bought the car 6 years ago. First decent car either one of us has had. Worth it. (~$3.5K left. We’re gonna pay this off in the spring).
Credit card: Currently $3K but we pay off in full each month.
Monthly Recurring Expenses
Rent: $2,100 for 2 bed, 2 bath, 3rd floor walkup, including outdoor parking space. We’ve lived here almost 4 years. Rent has not increased.
Electric & gas: $250-$350 depending on time of year.
Internet: ~$70.
Car insurance: ~$200 for two cars.
Phones & service: $155 for two phones + service but I get an $80 subsidy for work, so $75.
Fitness: $209 for unlimited Orangetheory. I go ~3 times/week & it’s great.
Prescriptions: ~$90. I have a daily inhaler & I take Adderall for ADHD.
Subscriptions: YouTube music, streaming TV, random podcasts, etc. my husband supports: ~75.
Savings: We put $1K-$2.5K in savings every month.
Weekly Diary!
DAY 1 – TOTAL: $4.75

• Up at 6:15 – Wordle, NYT Spelling Bee, Reddit, catch one Pokemon in Pokemon Go so I keep my streak
• Quick bath & read a book (this week’s reading: When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris; Mindset by Carol Dweck)
• Dressed & ready, took bus to work. Had team lunch, meetings, etc. all day.
• Getting home was a shitshow. Waited for the train – too crowded to get on. Waited for a bus – same. Eventually caught the train home. $2.50.
• Hung around w/husband, watched Succession, made half a grilled cheese for dinner

DAY 2 – TOTAL: $208.20

• Up at 6:30ish - Wordle, NYT Spelling Bee, Reddit, catch one Pokemon in Pokemon Go so I keep my streak
• Bath & reading – every morn!
• Cleaned the kitchen a bit
• Had to pay a bunch of bills manually. My credit card number got stolen awhile ago so bank sent me a new one w/a new number. But the old number (on file w/lots of places for autopay) still worked?? So I just let it ride.
• Started getting emails/calls that the old CC number was no longer valid. SO i paid some bills:
  • Speech pathologist: I’m getting evaluated for possible double jaw surgery so had to see a speech path for evaluation. If you have never been asked by a doctor to open your mouth & show them the chewed graham cracker on your tongue, I highly recommend. :) $178.20
  • Physicians assistant: I go see a PA once every 3 months for ADHD medication. $30
  • iPhone: covered above
  • Orangetheory: covered above
• Then off to WHF! Reporting for pilot I led, atatus meeting w/our digital agency, other calls, etc. On Wednesday nights, I take a stand up comedy class! Super fun & I’m really enjoying it. Had to do a rewrite of last week’s set so banged out right before class. Listened to last week’s piece & feedback, then voice transcribed into Word doc. I have an editing/writing background/degree & lots of speaking/performance so had a great time on rewrite. I was running late so I took an Uber there: $12.90
• Had a great time at class! It goes til 10pm & I’m old so caught an Uber home: $18.95.
• Got home & dumped tonight’s set & feedback into Word doc. Reddit-ed for a few. Sleep around 11pm.

DAY 3 – TOTAL: $325

• WFH again. Chill day. Hard for me to stay out late (for me) at class on Wednesday nights & have a good productive day the next one.
• Was NOT going to spend money today but Colin Jost the comedian is coming to town the night before my birthday!! I bought 2 tickets on Vivid Seats for my husband & me. $229.78
• Was gonna go to Orangetheory in the evening but cancelled – too tired. $14 for cancelling
• Husband went to Costco on his way home. Got paper towels & a few other things & a giant pizza! We ate it for dinner. $81.22

DAY 4 – TOTAL: $0

• Up around 6:40. Wordle, NYT Spelling Bee, Reddit, catch one Pokemon in Pokemon Go so I keep my streak
• Bath & reading! Washed my hair, so styling routine & diffusing.
• 9am meeting w/agency – took from the couch.
• Called around for a pharmacy who has my prescription for Adderall & found one! So then called the doc & had them send it over. Glad this is done!!
• THEN called health insurance. I need to have an expander put in my mouth because I have nasal breathing issues (and a severe open bite & moderate cross bite, all due to a narrow upper palate), BUT not clear if insurance covers it. Was on for 40 minutes – answer is conclusive. A TIP: orthodontic/orthognathic surgeries are an insurance nightmare. :/
• Lots of downtime today. Emails & reporting mostly but also a lot of researching the procedure I need to have. Called a coworker in the afternoon.
• Really sluggy so Diet Dr Pepper around 2:30pm – rare for me. Try to avoid caffeine after lunch.
• Ended up taking a nap from 5:30pm-7pm. Hung around & ate leftovers for dinner.

DAY 5 – TOTAL: $484.57

• Woke up, loafed around a bit.
• Caught the bus to meet a friend for brunch! Read a bit on the bus. $2.25
• Brunch w/my girl! Good to catch up. Ate some pancakes that were pretty good but made my stomach hurt. Got a giant cookie to take home to husband. $29.60
• Went to Anthropologie. Bought 5 things, all on clearance: 3 sweaters, one top, one blazejacket thing. $185, which is pretty great for Anthro.
• Then got ice cream!!! Bought my friend’s cone too. $17.60.
• Took the bus home. $2.25.
• A bit later, husband & I Ubered to a little cocktail bar. $12.99. It was really nice! We each had 2 cocktails. $76.76
• Then we went for dinner! Originally wanted wings but the place was crazy with very drunk March Madness goers. So went to a bistro-y place down the street. Had a couple beers each & ate some really excellent short rib pappardelle & husband had a delicious meatball sub. $138.12
• Ubered home! $20

DAY 6 – TOTAL: $38.49

• Slept in!! Realized we didn’t have any food so ran to Chipotle for a nice big brunch. $38.49
• Otherwise, had a very chill day. Long bath & reading w/face & hair masks. Tidying & laundry.
• Husband made meal prep (rice bowls) for dinner, so ate that & started The Last of Us & went to bed early.

DAY 7 – TOTAL: $143.67

• Up around 6:30 for the normal morning routine – phone, bath/reading, get ready.
• Had to call a bunch more pharmacies to sniff out Adderall – had very little luck. 
• Ordered flowers to be delivered for my mother’s birthday: $76.78
• Had a chill WFH day. Did some planning & reporting, had a few afternoon calls.
• Husband went to the grocery on his way home. Got a few staples: salsa, bagels, yogurts, etc. $66.89
• Wrapped up around 5:30pm. Laid around & stretched, then went to Orangetheory at 7pm.
• Had a great workout! Came home, cleaned up, wolfed some meal prepped food, then went to bed around 10pm.

TOTAL FOR WEEK: $1,204.68
This was an above average spending week. Brunch & shopping is not a weekly occurrence, nor are those medical bills. We typically eat/cook/meal prep at home a bit more too. But there ya have it – hope you enjoyed!

I need advice on what I should tell my friends if they are worried about me and how I should handle my attraction to older men before it gets out of hand and I end up in a bad situation. I’m a 17f. I’m in the 12th grade. For some reason I always had an attraction to older men, I mean like men old enough to be my dad. When other girls find this out they think I have “daddy issues” and no guidance but I have a very good relationship with my father. The girls that I hang out with at school say they are worried about me because of this attraction, they also know that sometimes I seek out validation from older men online or even out in public. I recently had a situation that happened on Saturday which is the reason why my friends say they are worried for me. It was a group of 5 and we all went downtown for my best friend’s birthday, at first we started out at the arcade and went out to a restaurant/bar that was down the street from the arcade. When we got to the restaurant and stepped inside there was a guy that was sitting at a table further with 2 of his friends and as soon as I walked in he looked at me and gave me a flirtatious smile, at first I didn’t think anything of it so I left it alone but it started to continue for the whole entire night. When he got up to use the restroom he walked past my table and winked at me, we stayed giving each other eye contact for the rest of the night because I was very attracted to him. And when me an my friend were about to leave he came up to our table to ask for my number I was about to say yes until my friend yelled out saying I was underage, a minor and 17, so he just apologized and walked away. I’m as so upset at her for that and till am, she kept on telling she was saving me from being groomed and taken advantage of but I never asked her to save me. She blew my chance with the only guy that ever approached me of my 17 years of living.

Adderall is super hard to find right now in DFW. My 8th grader takes it. Does anyone know of a pharmacy that has it, and also honors GoodRx coupons? My Walgreens won't take GoodRx for Adderall anymore.

I am very fortunate that my 14 yo is not into drugs and alcohol. Even so, I talk to him about them often. Warning that tiny amounts of fentanyl can kill within minutes, and tranq can ‘melt’ your skin. And saying that many other drugs are laced with these two different drugs. So if you think you’re buying (whatever drug), what you get can be lethal. I tell him not to trust any drug that someone else is offering, because it is unknown. I tell him only drugs prescribed by a doctor and come from a pharmacy are safe.
Am I missing anything to tell him?
Also— I am like 100 years old. When I was a kid, people did a lot of lsd, ecstasy, and coke. It was fairly innocuous although a really good friend struggled with addiction and that was really hard. It seems like kids nowadays can’t have anything like that because of the possibility of death.
Why would drug makers put that stuff in coke, lsd, ecstasy, etc. if it can kill someone? Don’t they want first time and repeat buyers? It doesn’t make sense for them to kill their customers and threaten everyone else so they will never buy. Not the best business plan. Can anyone explain this?
I guess as a mom, it simplifies things for me to just be able to say drugs will literally kill you in minutes. I hope that is enough of a deterrent.
My cousin was so addicted to heroin that he became homeless and wandered the streets for several years. I know drugs are no joke.

I cannot swallow it. It’s too big. My doctor said yes and the Walgreens pharmacy said yes. But I’m just wondering if anyone else has? If I even do try to swallow it whole, I know it’ll dissolve in my mouth before I can swallow it.

So I started Mounjaro last month for pre diabetes. My A1c was 6, I was taken metformin with bad side effects to it. So doc wrote me Mounjaro. Working wonders. I used the savings card and paid $25. Suddenly Walgreens refuses to refill my prescription and the savings card no longer works. So now I will have to send my prescription to another pharmacy and pay the difference of what my insurance won’t pay. WTH?? So frustrated.

Hello! I started Elvanse 30mg in august and it has been a godsend! My grades are a lot better now and I am able to manage all the work that comes with A levels. However, there appears to be some sort of shortage of Elvanse, at least in London, as I have gone to about 3 pharmacies now and all of them have said they don't have any in stock and don't know when they will be able to get more. My main pharmacy has been waiting for a shipment for over two weeks. My A level exams start on May 12th and I only have enough left for just under a month, some of which I have set aside to take on the day of my exams.
I am really not sure what to do in this situation as I can't revise effectively without taking my meds but I don't have enough to even cover the whole exam period, let alone revise before then. I don't know if I can switch prescriptions as I recently got dropped by my private doctor as I turned 18 and she was a paediatrician and the NHS waiting list is very very long. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Hello! I started Elvanse 30mg (vyvanse in the US) in august and it has been a godsend! My grades are a lot better now and I am able to manage all the work that comes with A levels. However, there appears to be some sort of shortage of Elvanse in the UK as I have gone to about 3 pharmacies now and all of them have said they don't have any in stock and don't know when they will be able to get more. My main pharmacy has been waiting for a shipment for over two weeks. My A level exams start on May 12th and I only have enough left for just under a month, some of which I have set aside to take on the day of my exams.
I am really not sure what to do in this situation as I can't revise effectively without taking my meds but I don't have enough to even cover the whole exam period, let alone revise before then. I don't know if I can switch prescriptions as I recently got dropped by my private doctor as I turned 18 and she was a paediatrician and the NHS waiting list is very very long. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Hello!
I've had bad luck with pharmacies. CVS's and Walgreen's are always too busy and the workers seem stressed out (I don't blame them). I've tried a couple independent pharmacies with similar results. I feel bad for pharmacists because it seems like an incredibly stressful job, but the meds I'm getting are for extreme anxiety and I have so much anxiety going into these places. I'd love help. Can anyone recommend an independent pharmacy with a calm, competent and kind staff anywhere near Logan Square?
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Also, mail order is not an option because I get subsidized patient assistance for expenses from the drug company and I haven't found an online pharmacy that honors this program. If I use insurance instead of this program it is 380/month.
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Thank you for your help!

So I’ve been on hrt for over a year and I recently switched pharmacies from Walgreens to a Kroger store called Dillons. I’ve noticed that after I switched that my blockers smell bad I mean like a skunk and I’m not sure they’re working like my old old pharmacy. My hairline has started to climb back again. All my doses are the same as the old pharmacy and I’ve only recently switched from estrogen pills to shots. Like I’m on my first month of them and I noticed my hair a few months back but I wasn’t sure which direction my hairline was going.
I’m on finasteride, spironolactone, and estradiol injections. Does anyone else have bad experiences with Kroger‘s medication?

Since August, I have been getting prescriptions filled using the savings card. (Or so I thought)
This month I go to fill and am having to fight pharmacy/insurance on requiring a prior auth. Mounjaro is not on my insurance’s formulary.
Walgreens tells me that my insurance had been covering it at $25. Insurance says they’ve denied each month.
Walgreens won’t bypass the prior auth so I’m growing frustrated and feel like I’m getting misinformation from both sides. Any advice?

Yesterday I had my 1st visit with an Endocrinologist MD for my T2D diagnosis. I thought these Answers to my Questions might be helpful to others. I asked several questions that have been bandied about here.
If you find this helpful, please give it an Upvote. I'm new on Reddit, and any posts I've made go to the bottom. I'm guessing the Upvotes help others to see it.
1) Dr. said that MJ is the strongest weight loss medication out there. He said the limiting factor (why more people/Dr's don't use it) is cost and supply issues. I asked if it would go generic. He said medical patents normally provide protection from copycats for 7 yrs. MJ is about 1 year old. He also said that injectables continue to be costly even when generic options are available.
2) I asked him if my prescribed higher dose (5mg for next month) wasn't available, could I inject 2 X 2.5 dose. He said, Yes, that is the same as injecting 1 X 5mg dose. However, the problem is managing the subscription with your insurer because you are using up twice as many doses as prescribed. (Someone on here asked if doubling the injections gave the same result as a higher dose, so I thought I would confirm that solution would work - but if you're using insurance, they may not cover both doses).
3) I shared with my Dr. that I was on Day 3 of my injection, and I had not eaten anything that day. It was about 1:00pm. I told him that, in the past, it was torture for me to try to fast til noon when I was trying to do weight loss/blood sugar control on my own with intermittent fasting. (Notice I said 'try to fast til noon', because most of the time, I didn't make it that long.)
Dr. wasn't surprised and said the appetite suppression is a big part of why MJ helps us lose weight. I then asked Dr. 'if I am not feeling hunger on 2.5mg, why would I move up in dosage?' He said that the MJ studies showed that weight loss is 'dose dependent'. I asked if that meant the higher the dose, the more you lose? He said Yes to that. He looked at my MJ 2.5 box and called it a tiny dose.
4) He said there are metabolic changes that take place when you take this medication. (To me, that meant your metabolism speeds up, but he didn't say that exactly.) He said the protocol is for patient to increase dosage to the next higher level every 28 days until the patient can no longer tolerate the side effects (which are mainly nausea and diarrhea).
I told Dr. that I had nausea (no vomiting) on Day 1, and asked if I should get some Pepto or a nausea Rx to have if I need it with each injection. He said it's best to try to handle the side effects without medication, as it will usually pass if you just wait. (Please note that I reported minor nausea to my Dr. Perhaps if I had stronger effects, he would have recommended something).
Dr. directed me to take each new dose for 2 weeks, and then report back if I am able to tolerate it. If I can tolerate the new dose, then he will send an Rx to Walgreens for the next higher dose, all the way up to 15mg or the highest dose available. He also confirmed that a higher dose is not a refill, but a new Rx, so the pharmacy/insurer won't try to make you wait til the 28th day to refill. This means I'll have 2 weeks of pens remaining when I get my next Rx, which gives me time to find it in stock.
5) I asked Dr. if I need to take this forever. He said yes, and the reason is that when we remove the tool that was helping us to lose weight, we will probably just gain it back. He also said that if I start losing too much weight, he may back the Rx down to the previous level. So, as many of you are posting about Maintenance, it seems to be a matter of determining what works best for your body.

What has been your recent experience with Sequence and prior authorizations? I signed up Friday night. I originally had a video chat appt for Thursday, but switched to chat so I could be "seen" faster.
Yesterday, I messaged that I wanted Mounjaro and it would need a prior authorization. I told this to the clinician and the care coordinator. Care coordinator acknowledged this and said she will let the insurance advocate team know. Clinician sends script over to my pharmacy without the PA last night. WTF?!
Of course, I get a message from Walgreens saying there is an issue. I requested the PA with Sequence formally this morning.
What has been your experience with Sequence getting PAs approved? Also, it seems like there is a disconnect between the clinician and the care coordinator. We are all on the same group chat, so why aren't they communicating with each other?
FYI: I'm pre-diabetic with a family history of diabetes. I want to lose 35 pounds, but I know my PA can't just have a weight loss DX on it

I got around 65% in 12th boards (due to medical condition) and currently in VIT. I worked hard and got 9+ CGPA in first sem. I want to study in colleges like MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, Harvard, Oxford etc. Will my 12th grade scores affect my masters application process if I mention my medical illness to the admissions committee? What about job offers? I wish to work as a quantitative trader at Jane Street like HTFs (I know it's hard to crack a Jane Street interview) and will they take 12th grade score into consideration inspite of having a good CGPA in college?
Reposting here since I realised that jeeneetards is not the right place to post this.
educational_info: VIT first year student

I study at a famous college near law garden and let me tell you I've seen 11th-12th students teach better during teacher's day exercises. Most of the teachers put minimal effort in actual studies and education, instead talk about their opinions and make you gossip on recent occurrings. I know there are exceptions in the form or Nirma, Pdeu, Gnlu, Xavier's etc but besides these 8-9 outliers (which are the bigger colleges) all the rest of the smaller colleges literally somehow have PhD graduates who don't act or talk any different than the usual aunties and uncles you come across on the street.
How do you achieve a degree of that level with such little competence?

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