East Coast jellies: what's been your experience with CVS walk-in clinics?

Haven’t ussed a CVS one but when hubs was sick in Florida some years ago we went to a Rite Aid clinic. There was a very competent nurse practitioner there, she diagnosed the problem and gave a prescription. $75.00.

I have only used CVS’s clinic for a flu shot. I had no problems and they were no more expensive than my doctor would have been.

I think that if I had a sinus infection and genuinely knew that’s what I had, I might try them for that. If it’s anything more complicated, I would go to my doctor.

I have only had tests done there. They were fine.

Ok for standard “run of the mill” stuff like colds or the flu.

I’ve never used it; but I recently had a patient who had their ears cleaned at one, but there was still substantial wax in the ears.

I’ve only used them to get a prescription for something basic when it’s more convenient than a doctor. They may be more substantial on the east coast, but here (Texas) it’s literally the back corner of the pharmacy (which is the back corner of the larger corner store). They pull a curtain, and that’s the “patient” area.

Essentially you walk in, ask to see someone, tell them what’s wrong with you, they look you over, concur, and write a scrip which you can then fill right there.

For getting a prescription, they are friendly, quick, and asked enough questions that if I was way off I felt they would have caught it. I’ve used it for poison ivy (prescription cream and steroids), and anti-nausea after I’d already seen a doctor. I don’t remember the price, which probably means an office visit copay with insurance?

I wouldn’t use them for much beyond that. I don’t think they’re equipped for injuries and for less immediate needs I’d rather just build a history with a primary care type.

When we lived over in Boston’s North End, I had a CSV Pharmacy just blocks from my place. I got my flu shots there, and a shingles vaccination. Even closer was the North End Waterfront Community Health Center where my primary care physician and several of my specialists practice. They are a clinic operated by Mass. General Hospital, so their depth of back-up is world class. Therefore, anything more complicated than getting a shot I knew I needed went to the North End Clinic. But rather than wait for an appointment, I was very happy with CVS for those things I used their Walk in Clinic for.

Since moving up to the North Shore, CVS isn’t close by, but a switch to a Walgreens thagt is close has gone well, and their prices on prescription drugs seem to beat CVS most of the time. My wife takes a blood-pressure med that CVS and Walgreens both wanted nearly 300 for a 30 day supply. We did an online search, and found the Costco Pharmacy just across the main road from us could supply it for $14 a month. Shop around.