Ok so I am a pharmacist in KS not TN but just read a snippet of the actual Tenn Code 63-10-224 which basically states that you have to go to a pharmacy that has a collaborative agreement with a provider/prescriber and they can "prescribe/dispense" to you per this collaborative agreement and be "held harmless" if dispensed under these agreements. There is some paperwork involved but we did the narcan nasal spray (in KS) this way for a few years until they finally made it over the counter. You're allowed to charge a "visit or prescribing fee" but I would guess that may or may not be similar to the one that is now in place in most states for FLU/COVID prescribing/dispensing (I have yet to do this as all the "appointments" are during the day and I work overnight)--we do the combo flu/covid test (fee involved) and if positive can prescribe paxlovid or tamiflu (pretty sure those are the only ones currently on the protocol but I could be wrong--just got off ten hr shift). The drugs should be covered by your insurance and the fee for test varies by type you get (rapid or pcr--$20-$120) and there is approx $45 prescribing fee if you want drugs--depending where you go. Could vary widely depending on independent vs chain. Hope this helps!
Someone from TN did comment about it a month or so ago. It's tied up still, in some bureaucratic maneuver, so not really available OTC. I noted it particularly because I was going to be driving through TN and wanted to buy some OTC.
In Tn a prescription is no longer required. I don't know if someone without a Tn address can get it. It is only available at a few pharmacies, usually compounding pharmacies. I have never even tried to use insurance for it. There is a limited amount of paperwork involved, but no prescription.
Could someone from TN let us know how it was done?
Ok so I am a pharmacist in KS not TN but just read a snippet of the actual Tenn Code 63-10-224 which basically states that you have to go to a pharmacy that has a collaborative agreement with a provider/prescriber and they can "prescribe/dispense" to you per this collaborative agreement and be "held harmless" if dispensed under these agreements. There is some paperwork involved but we did the narcan nasal spray (in KS) this way for a few years until they finally made it over the counter. You're allowed to charge a "visit or prescribing fee" but I would guess that may or may not be similar to the one that is now in place in most states for FLU/COVID prescribing/dispensing (I have yet to do this as all the "appointments" are during the day and I work overnight)--we do the combo flu/covid test (fee involved) and if positive can prescribe paxlovid or tamiflu (pretty sure those are the only ones currently on the protocol but I could be wrong--just got off ten hr shift). The drugs should be covered by your insurance and the fee for test varies by type you get (rapid or pcr--$20-$120) and there is approx $45 prescribing fee if you want drugs--depending where you go. Could vary widely depending on independent vs chain. Hope this helps!
Thanks.
Someone from TN did comment about it a month or so ago. It's tied up still, in some bureaucratic maneuver, so not really available OTC. I noted it particularly because I was going to be driving through TN and wanted to buy some OTC.
In Tn a prescription is no longer required. I don't know if someone without a Tn address can get it. It is only available at a few pharmacies, usually compounding pharmacies. I have never even tried to use insurance for it. There is a limited amount of paperwork involved, but no prescription.
Thanks, L1. Is the issue that very few pharmacies will dispense it OTC even with a valid prescription and legal standing to do so?
I’m just guessing, but seems like the big pharmacies were being told not to do it even though legal in Tn.
OK, thanks.
I am thinking about ordering some more from an online Indian pharmacy.
Along with antibiotics.