12 May 2020 - Shift from visits to pharmacist is expected to endure for some customers when pandemic subsides.
More patients are turning to mail or courier to get their prescription drugs during coronavirus lockdowns, a shift from the traditional visit with a pharmacist that is expected to endure after the pandemic subsides.
While waiting out California’s stay-at-home order in March on his brother’s house boat near San Francisco, Rich Goldman exhausted his supply of cholesterol and blood-pressure drugs. So he found an online pharmacy that would ship the drugs to him.