I went off at Walgreens. It is getting impossible to

[leftyladyfrommo]

get anything done right.

My dog takes phenol barbitol . My vet writes a prescription for 2 bottles of 100 pills each. I buy 1 bottle at a time.

Walgreens never has enough so they always split it and give me enough for 1 month at a time. It costs me more.
The problem comes when I go to refill the 2nd half. Doing it the way they do runs the refill date out. And i have to get another prescription. It's a long weekend. My vet won't be in until Tuesday. This about the 4th t8me this has happened.

If they had filled it right there wouldn't be a problem. They just kept saying they couldn't do anything becayse it's a controlled substance. They couldn't even give me enough to make it through the weekend.

I had just had it. I just went off. Now I am probably the Karen of rhe day.

CVS ordered me a whole bottle . I have enough to stretch to Tuesday by giving the dog less wach time so hopefully we will make it.

No more Walgreens.

Everything has just gotten so damn difficult.

[PoliticAverse]

1. I think you may be needing some phenobarbitol for yourself.

Take it easy, best wishes to you and your dog.

[rampartc]

2. big fireworks holiday.

walgreens is pretty good on my prescriptions, but my wife has similar problems with her inhalers.

[wnylib]

11. I tried Walgreens twice.

The first time, the pharmacy clerk suggested a prescription plan that would get me a lower price on a med not covered by my insurance. The price turned out to be higher than I had paid elsewhere, plus the cost of paying to get in the plan.

The second, and last time, was when they filled a prescription and the clerk asked if I was visiting friends or relatives in town. Seemed like a strange question to ask, but I said no, I don't have any relatives who live locally. She then asked if I was in town for a local tourist site. I said, "No, I live here." She asked when I had moved into the area. I said 30 years ago and finally realized that I should check the label. It had my first name (once common, but not any more) and my last name (a very common one), but a different middle initial and an address 4 states away from where I live.

I have never been back there.

[jimfields33]

3. So who got yelled at?

The minimum wage customer service person who has no control over the pharmacy?

[drray23]

4. minimum wage ?

Walgreens pharmacists make over 6 figures same for Wal-Mart pharmacists and other places.
If there is an issue with the prescription it's likely they talk to the pharmacists on duty.

[leftyladyfrommo]

47. It wasn't the pharmacist. They have techs that work

the windows and answer phones.

[leftyladyfrommo]

5. Yes. I yelled at the wrong person.

I worked customer service for about 8 years. I got yelled at a lot.

I imagine they take a lot of heat over the controlled substances and all the rig a ma rol people have to go through. And all the people who get refused for the pain meds they need.

I never go off like that for myself but I will for my dog. Joey will start having siezures. And I will for all the animals I care for.

[LuckyCharms]

35. Don't sweat your reaction. We're all human.

None of us are at our best 100% of the time.

I hope things work out with the script.

I have the same thoughts a you. I find myself saying daily "everything is broken".

Things are so different now. Back in the early 80's, I asked a pharmacist friend for a mid-strength Valium because I had to go to a funeral for a friend who had committed suicide. and I was having break down a few hours before the funeral, but I needed to go to it. I would have never forgiven myself if I didn't go.

He gave me the Valium, and told me not to worry about it. No way would that happen these days.

Try to ration them out and do the best you can. Here's to hoping everything works out.

[leftyladyfrommo]

37. I do feel bad. But not that bad.

At least I didn't make a scene at the store.

[LuckyCharms]

40. Even if you had done so...

it would have been for your dog.

I find that to be a very noble and kind act.

I'd do anything for my dog, as most people would.

[leftyladyfrommo]

43. I have a friend that's a very active Democrat and

I noticed that she was really on edge yesterday. It's that whole awful SUPREME COURT thing. People are upset.

[LuckyCharms]

46. Here's the thing that's eating me up about the Roe decision and the

supreme court in general.

I'm going to freely admit that I do not know the human body as well as I should. I have a general idea how the female and male reproduction systems work. However, I have never taken a biology course, or a chemistry course.

My high school education consisted of 1/2 days general high school courses, and 1/2 days at a trade school.

My community college degree was in accounting.

My university degree was in accounting, with a minor in psychology.

All that being said, here's what I do know:

1) Pregnancy places incredible stress on a woman's body.
2) A very long list of things can go wrong during pregnancy.
3) Women own their bodies. Period.
4) Sex is a natural act.
5) Sex can result in an unwanted, or otherwise unfavorable pregnancy.
6) A cluster of developing cells is not a human being.
7) Birth defects are a thing.
8) Women are women. They are not vessels for another body unless they choose to be.
9) Women can die during pregnancy. So can a fetus.
10) The decision to have an abortion is not made lightly.
11) My wife miscarried a long time ago. We both grieved.
12) She needed a D&C after the miscarriage.
13) I remember the sadness in her eyes as I held her hand as they wheeled her into the OR.

I will try to convey the following without cursing.

Anyone who is not fully medically trained has no business making decisions about abortions. Certain supreme court justices need to rot in hell for eternity.

Abortion is not a legal issue.

Abortion is a medical issue.

Nobody but the woman in question has the final say about what she does with her body. Nobody but her. Period.

Not everyone is a Christian.

Being a "Christian" means different things to different people.

The Roe decision will have thousands of unintended consequences.

No medical considerations were addressed in the Roe decision. None.

The supreme court is not legitimate.

Next on their agenda might be gay marriage.

Sexuality is not a "choice", it is "who you are".

Who you are cannot be legislated.

Who you love is nobody's business.

The supreme court is playing god, loving every minute of it, for reasons that have nothing to do with the reasons that they are publicly stating.

I often wonder if my wife had miscarried today, and subsequently had a D & C, if some detective, some federal agent, would be questioning her.

All of these things are causing a deep dread with anyone who is paying attention. Both women and men. This impact cannot be overstated. The state of our nation is impacting everything we touch. It is affecting people mentally in ways we don't even understand yet.

And the supreme court, in concert with tfg, in concert with the rise of white supremacy, in concert with Covid, in concert with everything else that is going wrong, is literally breaking everything that has always worked well, and everything that we have always just assumed would continue to work well.

[leftyladyfrommo]

48. There os no Constitution to protect us.

They have ditched it.

I wonder how the citizens in the big Texas cities feel about all of this?

[xmas74]

53. The pharmacy tech at my local Walgreens accused me of

Drug seeking when I asked why the customer portal showed I filled a prescription for blood pressure meds and lidocaine cream. I hadn't filled either, I was out of blood pressure meds and I didn't have the lidocaine I was prescribed for my port to start my chemo. I asked to speak to the manager and she called me several nasty names then refused to get him. I entered the store and the manager refused to speak to me. The clerk said he didn't have time for a Karen and he'd just ban me instead.

I notified my insurance. They said they've had several complaints about Walgreens in multiple states the past year. They overturned Walgreens charges and helped me transfer my meds to a new pharmacy.

[MuseRider]

6. Same here.

I have to take Ritalin for narcolepsy. For years I used Walgreens but every time I went in for my refill they had 20 or so less pills than I needed. You cannot come back in for those 20 pills later you can only get 80 pills now then you would have to get your doctor to write your next prescription earlier. With Ritalin that was next to impossible. If that happened now I could deal with it but back then I had little kids to drive around and a job. I could not just be falling asleep. I had to change so I went to CVS. They were farther away but I talked to them about it and ever since then they refill my prescription as soon as I fill it and hold it for me. Now, without needing to drive so much or do things that are not safe if you doze off, I do not need it as often but when I go in it is there waiting for me. See if you can work something like that out or change your pharmacy.

[leftyladyfrommo]

7. You know, it's not just that.

Trying to get any kind of service is so frustrating. First you sit on hold for 15 minutes.

I was on the phone not in the store. She just kept saying it's our fault but there's nothing we can do.

[Hugin]

8. I'm curious...

Years ago I had to get PB for my dog due to seizures. I actually had to get certified by the FDA to have it in the house. One of the requirements was I had to keep it in a safe.

The refills were provided by the veterinarian. He went back to a floor safe and dispensed me some from there after verification of my credentials.

Is it anything like that now? I never had a problem with refills, however.

[leftyladyfrommo]

16. Not that I have heard. They do keep it in the safe at

the vets. They just write me a prescription.

I can get his pills from my vet on Tuesday if I have to. But they are so much more expensive.

I have noticed that my vets are being really helpful in finding cheaper drugs for their clients. Veterinarian care has gotten horribly expensive and my vets are doing everything they can to help clients save money.

[Tree-Hugger]

18. I've never encountered that

I started in vet med in 2000. Our controlled substances are kept in the double safe in the hospital. Only one person can have the keys at a time - only a veterinarian or Certified Veterinary Technician. Staff without either of those licenses cannot access the safe or dispense medications for it. There is an entire procession for logging dispensed meds as well as holding the keys. Combo codes are changed regularly and every time and employee stops working there. This regulation may vary in different states as not every state is rigid about certification/licensing of veterinary technicians. However, owners have never needed any certification nor have they been required to have a safe at home. Now, we give a big speech about locking up these drugs, but it is not a safe.

[Hugin]

23. My experience was in the latter half of the '90s.

It sounds like the regs have loosened up on the consumer end or it is possible that due to the fact I lived in a rural area and had to have a larger quantity on hand I fell into a different category.

The “dog” was a wolf hybrid and had every conceivable malady including being bit by a rattlesnake. Which I opted to treat with the antivenin instead of a steroid like is sufficient for a normal dog. Luckily my intrepid vet had some on hand. Other than that bite was the source of the seizures is another story.

[woodsprite]

9. I totally understand! Our Walgreens

Cut their pharmacy hours down. They’re only open M-F until 6pm, with a 1-2 lunch break, and closed on weekends. I’ve been there several times lately when they didn’t know when their computers would be back up so couldn’t fill or pick up a filled script.

After major surgery the hospital sent the scripts to our “preferred” pharmacy. Got released from the hospital around 4pm. Drove to the pharmacy and were told they’d have to order the one med (Percocet). Thay said it had to be filled at a Walgreens since they had the script on the system and it was a controlled substance and couldn’t be changed since they had already filled uncontrolled parts. Hubby ended up scrambling to drive a couple towns over to pick up the script before they closed. Thankfully that one wasn’t on the same schedule as ours.

Was in the hospital a few weeks after that and told them about the problem with Walgreens. They told us they had a “meds to beds” program that we could use anytime I was in the hospital or ER.

Unfortunately our CVS doesnt seem much better. They had all their pharmacists walk out a few months ago.

[Hugin]

12. I almost lost an arm grabbing my CC as the shutter went down for lunch break.

Granted the store manager was polling the line for how many prescriptions each was there to pick up and she had her store staff locating the bags in the bins. She was doing her best and it helped speed up the process.

[leftyladyfrommo]

13. Great. It's not a good sign when the pharmacists

walk out.

How do we stand living like this? I am not standing it very well.

[Diamond_Dog]

10. I get you

Life is being made more and more exhausting…. every little thing you try to accomplish seems like it’s a big hill to climb now.

I hate dealing with doctors offices and insurances the most

Hope your pup is doing ok

[leftyladyfrommo]

15. Joey is fine. But he starts having siezures if he

doesn't get his pills.

[XanaDUer2]

14. Life is ridiculous now nt

[leftyladyfrommo]

17. I think the stress is really starting to get to people.

I almost never go off like that. But it's like trying to deal with a computer that just keeps blinking back at you.

I should be ok for another year now.

[mvd]

19. I'm now at a family owned pharmacy in Phoenixville

So far it seems better than the big chain pharmacies. It is farther away, but worth it. They don’t act like they are doctors and are more efficient.

[SharonClark]

20. I had a cat on PB about 20 years ago and never had a problem with Walgreens then.

Have you tried the pharmacy at a grocery store or even Walmart?

[867-5309.]

21. You had no business going off on retail employees

They're stuck in the middle. They're human beings.

[leftyladyfrommo]

24. All she had to do was let me talk to a manager.

Repeating the same thing over and over until a customer gets mad is not doing a good job.

But, in all fairness , I doubt these people get any training in dealing with someone that is unhappy.

[Triloon]

29. They're not stuck anywhere.

They're human beings and perfectly capable of bringing customer complaints to management. If management doesn't want to hear it then management needs to fail.

[867-5309.]

51. None of that excuses going off on them n/t

[xmas74]

54. The one I went off on

Called me a drug seeker because I asked why the online portal showed my blood pressure med and my lidocaine cream for my port was filled when it hadn't been. She refused to let me speak with the pharmacist or store manager and called me several more names, saying she'd get me arrested and banned from the store. Yes, I tore into her after that because she had no right to call me a drug seeker, especially for those meds of all things.

I also turned that store over to my insurance, who showed it had been filled while I was in the ICU, though the tech claimed I picked it up. My insurance overrode the pharmacy charges and helped me transfer to a different pharmacy. They also said they've had calls about Walgreens in multiple states.

[Thtwudbeme]

56. Huh. Congratulations! You are probably the FIRST adult in the US

that has not yelled at someone in a low paying public job-- Golly darn- you must just about be ready to reach enlightenment.

[LiberalFighter]

22. I had trouble with cvs once. Never went back.

Never had trouble with Walgreens, Meijer or Costco.

[leftyladyfrommo]

25. I had trouble once at the pharmacy before CVS bought

them out. I handed 2 prescriptions in at about 5:30 right after work. I went to get them and they had disappeared. And the pharmacist called my doctor to see if I was a drug addict trying to get drugs.

I bet that those drugs ended up on the black market.

[MineralMan]

26. Phenobarbital is a controlled substance.

So, the pharmacy has to take specific precautions to prevent it from hitting the black market. That's the source of your problem. It's not prescribed much for humans any longer, so most pharmacies either have just a small supply or don't stock it at all.

Talk to your vet about the problem and see if he or she has some suggestions for a pharmacy that is more likely to maintain a stock of it for veterinary prescriptions.

But, the person working the counter at the Walgreen's prescription area can't change anything for you. So, losing it at the counter won't help your situation much, I'm afraid. Again, talk to your vet about the issue. You should get some suggestions that way.

[speak easy]

39. Phenobarbital is used for Euthanasia.

[MineralMan]

41. I can't see how that is relevant, really.

It's prescribed for seizure disorders in both humans and pets. It's not prescribed for euthanasia by anyone for either.

[speak easy]

42. Quantity restrictions.

[Meowmee]

27. I had a similarly bad experience at a Walmart

where I get local rx filled. I am going to switch when my refills are done, it is not worth the hassle. They used to be nice for the most part, now they are for the most part rude and horrible. I hope you and your dog are ok.

[sarcasmo]

28. We now live in a, you can get what you get, society.

[PortTack]

30. I find the same with over the counter products there. Buy 2, get 50% off 2nd, but no 2nd to buy

So…I shop less and less there.

[Hotler]

31. Any more if it wasn't for crappy service there would be no customer service. nt.

[KentuckyWoman]

32. Oddly, I just fired Walgreens this past week as well.

I take a generic and this one looked different. I looked online and none of the variation shown looks anything like what I have. They gave me the wrong medicine. Something that actually could have hurt me. I transferred everything to the local family pharmacy.

This Walgreens was fantastic up until about a year ago. They got a new head pharmacist and everything went straight to hades.

[leftyladyfrommo]

33. The problem with our Walgreens is that it is just too

big and too busy.

The CVS by me is small and it doesn't have volume.

[Vinca]

34. I noticed Chewy fills pet prescriptions. The food from them comes in just 2 or 3 days so I

wonder if getting prescriptions delivered from them might work. As long as the price is competitive, of course.

[leftyladyfrommo]

36. I have a friend that's a vet and she says you can't

depend on the quality at any of the online places.

I know there is a problem with Seresto collars. Some 2500 dogs have died. The FDA is involved. But there were a lot of fakes sold and it's not clear that it was the actual Seresto collars were to blame.

I know when I was in Petsmart they told me they order direct from Seresto so they don't get fakes.

[speak easy]

38. There are restrictions on phenol barbitol.

It is be used for euthanasia.

[orleans]

44. walgreens pharmacy has been a pain in my ass too

wouldn't fill a new prescription b/c pharmacist was "reviewing" it -- call back in an hour said the recording...for over a day! it was blood pressure med!

turns out they had entered (WRONGLY) in their computer that i had an allergy for that particular med.

assholes!

[mnhtnbb]

45. If there is a School of Veterinary Medicine

in your state, call them and ask what pharmacy they work with for dispensing meds for humans that aren't handled by veterinary practices.

Once you get the name of that pharmacy, call them. They probably will also overnight mail requiring a signature.

My Snowy was on a human medication for the last couple of years of her life. There was a pharmacy in Raleigh that had a separate pet division and the way I found out about it was through the School of Veterinary Medicine at NC State.

[Boomerproud]

49. CVS sucks too.

I had to go on a generic type2 diabetes med cause my insurance wouldn't pay for the one I was on forever. CVS never has enough to fill my script.

[Archae]

50. I have a local non-franchise pharmacy across the street from me.

They shorted me by 10 pills, once, and corrected the mistake right away.

I have no trouble with them at all, and it usually takes a short amount of time to get my script filled.

I gave up on Walgreen's years ago, after waiting for an hour and a half, they gave me the wrong pills.

I pointed it out, and they almost blamed me for their mistake.

I haven't been in a Walgreen's since.

[xmas74]

52. Walgreens messed up my prescriptions

They said they filled scripts they didn't then claimed I was drug seeking- for metropolol and lidocaine cream. The first is a blood pressure med and the second is used an hour before the access my port. One less bit of pain before chemo.

I contacted my insurance company. They overturned Walgreens charges and said I needed to change pharmacies stat.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

55. Rite aid is the same way right now

so I feel you.

Good luck stay patient.