eli5: Why does filling a prescription take so long?

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Most times I have a prescription filled it take much longer that I would guess. A recent example, at a simplistic level, all that was needed was for 10 pills to be put into a bottle, however, it took nearly an hour. There did not appear to be other customers waiting. Is the delay because there is a complex process with controlled drugs, or they are under-staffed, or are other things going on?

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Because your prescription isn’t the only thing being filled.

A pharmacy gets hundreds of prescriptions a day. Those have to get filled too.

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