Why are pharmacies so slow?

[hogarth]

@constanze

3. instruction leaflet: because the foils or the plastic bottle with the syrup or the tube of cream are put into a cardboard carton, the factory can always enclose an package insert with the relevant information. So the patient can read this slowly at home.

If you are given an orange plastic jar with a label, where’s the insert? Does the pharmacist tell orally the patient about all the possible important things? How does the patient remember this one week later?

In my (Canadian, similar to U.S.) experience, they show you the leaflet and put it in the bag with the medication.