[Diabetes-talk] Walmart Talking Prescription Containers and my thoughts on using readers

Mon Apr 1 20:44:37 UTC 2013

Hi Mike and anyone else interested,

I have not had a local pharmacy that offers ScriptTalk, nor any other method
of verbally identifying medicines.  Through mail order, I used the talking
prescription bottle method and had really liked it for a while; it was a
great way of identifying two pills I took that were the exact same size and
shape, but did very different things.  Unfortunately, after a breakdown in
service from a mail order pharmacy I did business with at the time, (the
short version was not getting daily maintenance medications when I needed
them and had to wait several days to get them), I needed to stop using them
and go back to a method of identifying the medications with my own system.
As I see it, The real major drawback to mail order is that if you get sick
in the interim, and your doctor wants you to start another medication for
that illness right away, you don't have the 4 or 5 days it would take to
have something mail ordered to you.  So you go to a local pharmacy in your
area and maybe remember to tell them what medications you are taking, and
hope there is something in their computer system to safeguard against
potential drug interactions.  Maybe this isn't a big deal for some people
who don't take many medications, but if you're on quite a few and you can't
get a hold of your mail order pharmacy to check with them too to make sure
there aren't interactions on their end, well at the least it's a minor
hassle.  At the most, it could threaten your life.  I don't feel that
companies that push doing things by mail order truly get this.  Not to
mention there are security risks involved here where if you aren't home,
someone could come along and take your package hoping for a controlled
substance to get high on.  Again, you're back to not getting your
medications when you need them while you're on the phone talking to UPS or
the postal service about a lost package, your doctor, your pharmacy, your
insurance company, and whoever else needs to be contacted to straighten it
out so you can get another supply.

On the subject of readers, I have had some people work for me from time to
time but I just haven't found this method of doing things to be reliable or
safe.  I have access to an OCR scanner at home and that's how mail and bills
get handled.  You're right in that it won't read things like get well and
birthday cards, but I'm willing to miss out on these things rather than take
the chance of an unscrupulous person taking advantage of the fact that I
can't see what they are doing, and next thing I know, my information just
got stolen by someone I'm supposed to trust.  My sister-in-law is blind too
and she used to have someone help her write out her checks as she never
learned print.  The reading person did some shopping for her, and the
purchases were $60.  She asked the person to write out a $60 check to cover
the cost of those purchases, and the person just kind of conveniently put in
an extra 0 at the end of that check, making it for $600, thinking my
sister-in-law wouldn't do anything about it because "she needs her help to
do things".  It was a real mess straightening that out.  I can't tell you
how many people have tried to take advantage of me and other blind people
when giving back change saying something is a $10 or a $5, when it's really
a $1 they are handing me thinking I can't see it, so I won't know.  Thank
goodness for money identifiers; I've caught people at doing this.  I know
people advocate for use of readers, but with identity theft as rampant as it
is, don't assume people are trustworthy and honest; most of the time, they
are not.  A lot of people are out to take advantage of others when they feel
they can get away with it, and they'll do so any way they can, so my
approach is don't give them anything to work with.  It's sad that it has
come to this, but you really can't trust anyone.  I'm sorry to say it, but
from my experience, and watching what has happened to other people around
me, it just makes me really leery of hiring anyone.

Just my thoughts.

Julie

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Mike Freeman
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 5:32 PM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Walmart Talking Prescription Containers:
Order...

Dar:

I maintain that *every* -- yes, every -- blind person ought to have a system
in place for having things read to him/her with *no* exceptions. Why?
Because the world is predominantly composed of sighted persons. That's what
it means, after all, to be a minority. So finding reliable mechanisms to get
things read is just one of the nuisances of blindness.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of d
m gina
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 12:31 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Walmart Talking Prescription Containers:
Order...

Mike and all,
If it wasn't for this method, I would have a devel of a time getting my
medicines read to me.
When I was with Humana the medicine came to me from out of state.
There wasn't a way for me to write on the bottles before they came here.
Then to find someone to help me sort out the pills drove me crazy.
Now this way, I can speak to the lady on what I am asking for, where they
put the lables on the lids of the bottles.
then it also tells me what some of the side effects are, that is good to
know so I know what to expect.
this is threw our program here in town.
Billings for the most part is behind in everything, it is good to see them
doing something that could help others.
for wall mart, it also was interesting that only the capital is the only
city that has this going.
When I have asked our wall mart here in town, you would have thought I was
causing the pleg.
Some of the folks really get mad when I ask if they have this going yet.
this has worked out well for me.

Original message:
> Certainly some of the pill containers are bears for everyone, blind 
> and sighted alike. But, with the possible exception of people with 
> various
forms
> of dementia, it seems to me that with a bit of ingenuity and use of a 
> reader, one can label prescriptions with tape or perhaps PenFriend 
> dots so that one can then take medicines independently. It just takes 
> organization
> -- something that's a necessity for most blind people and something a 
> good many people don't have. I just think in the larger scheme of 
> things,
dealing
> with prescriptions isn't or shouldn't be one of our higher priorities. 
> But enough people feel differently that NFB policy is to work towards 
> some
sort
> of accessible prescription system and you will note that I've had 
> EnVision America on the DAN agenda each year.

> Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of COLLEEN ROTH
> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 10:46 AM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Walmart Talking Prescription Containers:
> Order...

> Hi Mike,
> Well for some people Talking Prescriptions work well.
> I looked at something like this at the NFB of Ohio State Convention in
2011.
> Each pill was in a separate flat package with thirty little slots.
> You would have to read the particular package, dig out a Pill and go 
> to
the
> next one.
> Personally I think Prescription Pill Bottles are easier.
> For those who can't read braille and feel little things that would 
> attach
to
> the bottle this is a good thing.
> I just do not have the patience for these kind of gadgets.
> I did post your announcement on ohio-talk because I think some people 
> will use it.
> Colleen Roth

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Bl'" diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Date: Sunday, March 31, 2013 11:50 am
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] FW: FW: Walmart Talking Prescription
> Containers: Order...

>> Perhaps your insurance company knows something we don't? I refuse to 
>> shop at WalMart myself in that I believe it all-too-anxious to treat 
>> many of its employees in niggardly fashion. Moreover, I am one of the 
>> few, I guess, who is not absolutely convinced of the need for talking
> prescription equipment.
>> But NFB policy is NFB policy and I carry it out.

>> As for your specific question, insurance companies can do business 
>> with whom they like and refuse to do business with entities they 
>> don't like. We'd have to secure passage of a law to force them to do 
>> otherwise and we'd never get it passed.

>> Mike

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf Of Blindhands at aol.com
>> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 8:39 AM
>> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] FW: FW: Walmart Talking Prescription
>> Containers: Order...

>> This sounds really good, but my insurance company will not cover any 
>> prescriptions bought at WalMart.  They cover all other pharmacies, 
>> except WalMart.

>> Does this not sound wrong?

>> Joyce  Kane
>> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
>> Blindhands at AOL.com

>> In a message dated 3/30/2013 10:12:10 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
>> k7uij at panix.com writes:

>> From:  Wcb-l [mailto:wcb-l-bounces at wcbinfo.org] On Behalf Of Sue 
>> Ammeter
>> Sent:  Saturday, March 30, 2013 6:56 AM
>> To: wcb-l at wcbinfo.org
>> Subject: [Wcb-l]  FW: Walmart Talking Prescription Containers:
>> Ordering Information

>> Walmart Expands Program to Provide  Talking Prescription Containers

>> Need information about how to order  Talking Prescription Containers 
>> for prescription medication obtained from  Walmart? You'll find 
>> everything you need in this post. In June, 2012,  Walmart became the 
>> first national pharmacy retailer to offer Talking  Prescription 
>> Containers free of charge to persons with visual impairments.  The 
>> ScripTalk Talking Prescription program is being offered to customers 
>> across the country through Walmart mail order. In addition to the 
>> national  mail order program, Walmart now offers ScripTalk at
>> 33 stores around the  country. A list of stores where ScripTalk is 
>> available, as well as  instructions for ordering, appear below. Read 
>> the June, 2012 Walmart press  release announcing its ScripTalk 
>> initiative.

>> Information you need to  order Talking Prescription Containers from 
>> Walmart

>> .. To order ScripTalk  talking prescription containers for use with 
>> prescription medications  obtained from Walmart, you must first 
>> contact Walmart. For mail order,  Walmart has a dedicated toll free 
>> phone line for ScripTalk requests. The  toll free number is 
>> 1-888-227-3403. You may also contact any of the stores  listed below 
>> directly for information on receiving ScripTalk containers  from 
>> those stores.

>> .. To listen to the talking label provided by  Walmart, you will need 
>> reading device from Envision America, the company  that makes 
>> ScripTalk. The device is called the ScripTalk reader (or the 
>> ScripTalk machine or device) and is available free of charge to 
>> Walmart  pharmacy customers who are blind. After you have contacted 
>> Walmart, you  will need to contact Envision America to order your 
>> device. Envision  America has a dedicated toll-free line for 
>> requests, and for general  ScripTalk service & inquiries. The 
>> toll-free Envision America number is  1-855-773-2579 
>> (1-855-SPEAK-RX.)

>> .. You only need to order the device  once: it will work with any 
>> Talking Prescription label you receive from  Walmart.

>> .. Walmart is currently also offering the Talking Prescription  
>> labels in thirty three stores across the country, listed at the end 
>> of this post. As with mail order, you will need to contact both the 
>> Walmart store  (for the prescription medication) and Envision America 
>> (for the
> ScripTalk  reader).

>> .. If you are a Walmart customer with a visual impairment who's  
>> store is not yet offering ScripTalk, contact Walmart at 
>> 1-888-227-3403 to request that the ScripTalk containers be offered at 
>> your store. Please use  the Contact form on this Website to let us 
>> know if you have made a
> request.

>> We also welcome your feedback about the Walmart  Talking Prescription 
>> Container initiative. To contact the Law Office of  Lainey Feingold, 
>> please use the Contact Form on this website. To contact  co-counsel 
>> at Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian and Ho, please call toll free at
> 1-800-822-5000.

>> Walmart Stores Where ScripTalk is  Available

>> Walmart customers across the United States can order  ScripTalk 
>> Talking Prescription Containers through Walmart mail order by  
>> calling 1-888-227-3403. In addition, the Talking Containers are 
>> available  at the following Walmart Stores. (After contacting the 
>> store, you will need  to contact Envision America toll free at 
>> 1-855-773-2579 to obtain the ScripTalk
>> reader.)

>> Walmart #432
>> 214 Haynes St
>> Talladega,  Alabama 35160
>> Local Phone: 256-761-1819

>> Walmart #2113
>> 1607 W  Bethany Home Rd
>> Phoenix, Arizona 85015
>> Local Phone:  602-246-6601

>> Walmart #2280
>> 600 Showers Dr
>> Mountain View,  California 94040
>> Local Phone: 650-971-0878

>> Walmart #2598
>> 3661  Truxel Rd
>> Sacramento, California 95834
>> Local Phone:  916-928-9673

>> Walmart #2751
>> 601 Englewood Pkwy
>> Englewood, Colorado  80110
>> Local Phone: 303-789-7209

>> Walmart #3125
>> 3615 W Bowles  Ave
>> Littleton, Colorado 80123
>> Local Phone: 303-218-4879

>> Sam's  Club #8120
>> 3122 Dick Wilson Blvd
>> Tallahassee, Florida 32301
>> Local  Phone: 850-671-2711

>> Sam's Club #8138
>> 1175 Beville Rd
>> Daytona  Beach, Florida 32119
>> Local Phone: 386-760-3078

>> Walmart #3235
>> 1425  NE 163rd St
>> North Miami Beach, Florida 33162
>> Local Phone:  305-949-5451

>> Walmart #4520
>> 4021 Lagniappe Way
>> Tallahassee,  Florida 32317
>> Local Phone: 850-656-7211

>> Walmart #579
>> 2355 US  Highway 1 S
>> St. Augustine, Florida 32086
>> Local Phone:  904-794-4134

>> Walmart #5854
>> 8400 Coral Way
>> Miami, Florida  33155
>> Local Phone: 305-351-9519

>> Walmart #3210
>> 2760 No. Dirksen  Pkwy
>> Springfield, Illinois 62702
>> Local Phone:  217-522-4054

>> Walmart #1580
>> 10617 E Washington St
>> Indianapolis,  Indiana 46229
>> Local Phone: 317-895-0316

>> Walmart #5991
>> 3137 S  Seneca St
>> Wichita, Kansas 67207
>> Local Phone: 316-361-3351

>> Walmart  #1206
>> 3132 College Dr
>> Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808
>> Local Phone:  225-952-0776

>> Walmart #2867
>> 3225 Towne Center Blvd
>> Lansing,  Michigan 48912
>> Local Phone: 517-487-9161

>> Walmart #2939
>> 200  Marketplace Drive
>> Richland, Mississippi 39218
>> Local Phone:  601-939-2958

>> Walmart #391
>> 2270 W Main St
>> Tupelo, Mississippi  38801
>> Local Phone: 662-842-9375

>> Walmart #1014
>> 4000 S Bolger  Rd
>> Independence, Missouri 64055
>> Local Phone: 816-478-3975

>> Walmart  #1872
>> 2750 Prospect Ave
>> Helena, Montana 59601
>> Local Phone:  406-443-3455

>> Walmart #2593
>> 2310 E Serene Ave
>> Las Vegas, Nevada  89123
>> Local Phone: 702-270-7837

>> Walmart #5178
>> 220 Enterprise  Dr
>> Rockaway, New Jersey 07866
>> Local Phone: 973-361-6709

>> Walmart  #2210
>> 3290 Sheridan Dr
>> Amherst, New York 14226
>> Local Phone:  716-691-0738

>> Walmart #2058
>> 1725 New Hope Church Rd
>> Raleigh, North  Carolina 27609
>> Local Phone: 919-790-9856

>> Walmart #2552
>> 4200 SE  82nd Ave
>> Portland, Oregon 97266
>> Local Phone: 503-788-0400

>> Walmart  #2141
>> 1675 S Christopher Columbus Bl
>> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19148
>> Local Phone: 215-468-4230

>> Walmart #1183
>> 2401 Augusta  Rd
>> West Columbia, South Carolina 29169
>> Local Phone:  803-791-8114

>> Walmart #2625
>> 1025 West Trinity Mills Rd
>> Carrollton,  Texas 75006
>> 888-227-3403
>> Mail Order Center

>> Walmart #4554
>> 2525  W Anderson Ln
>> Austin, Texas 78757
>> Local Phone:  512-354-8904

>> Walmart #651
>> 4145 Dowlen Rd
>> Beaumont, Texas  77706
>> Local Phone: 409-899-3615

>> Sam's Club #6686
>> 300 W 1905  S
>> Salt Lake City, Utah 84115
>> Local Phone: 801-478-1695

>> Walmart  #5753
>> 6303 Richmond Hwy
>> Alexandria, Virginia 22306
>> Local Phone:  703-253-9908

>> Walmart #5697
>> 7025 W. Main St
>> Milwaukee, Wisconsin  53214
>> Local Phone: 414-203-0683

>> Walmart #2625
>> 1025 West Trinity  Mills Rd
>> Carrollton, Texas 75006
>> Phone: 972-323-4600

>> We welcome  your feedback about the Walmart Talking Prescription 
>> Container initiative.  To contact the Law Office of Lainey Feingold, 
>> please use the Contact Form  on this website. To contact co-counsel 
>> at Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian and  Ho, call toll free at
1-800-822-5000.

>> Lainey  Feingold

>> Law Office of Lainey  Feingold

>> http://LFLegal.com

>> 510.548.5062

> @> LF at LFLegal.com

>> http://twitter.com/LFLegal

>> Linda  Dardarian
>> Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian &  Ho
>> www.gbdhlegal.com
>> 510.763.9800
> @> LDardarian at gbdhlegal.com

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