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30. Go to local privately owned pharmacy, fast and easy. Getting scripts from Walgreens is like trying

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Mar 3, 2023, 02:32 PM

Mar 2023

cash a check at a bank. Walgreens always has an issue about something. Terrible place.

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'I'll never need this medication. And now it seems I'll never need anything from Walgreens' [View all] bigtree Mar 2023 OP

They're Folding Like A Washrag ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #1

just illustrates barbtries Mar 2023 #17

It's Ridiculous ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #25

I think we are affected, barbtries Mar 2023 #27

Fair Enough ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #33

That is so fucking true! Can you imagine the hysteria if they stopped selling Viagra! Maraya1969 Mar 2023 #56

Maybe they should only sell Viagra to Married men under 40. Let's separate the flying_wahini Mar 2023 #82

+1 Meadowoak Mar 2023 #2

Yep! FalloutShelter Mar 2023 #3

It certainly is!! niyad Mar 2023 #6

... and brothers, and others!!! MayReasonRule Mar 2023 #8

Walgreens is dead to me. Spreading the word!! n/t Coventina Mar 2023 #55

Now the Black Market will take over, possibly contaminated pills, deaths of women and the RKP5637 Mar 2023 #4

It's much easier to vote than it is to boycott the corner Walgreens. The same people who don't Ninga Mar 2023 #5

Nailed it! I share this "golden oldie" on DU every year around election time FakeNoose Mar 2023 #37

I recently quit both CVS and Walgreens, and my drug cost went way down. These outfits IMO RKP5637 Mar 2023 #7

Costco is the best place for your prescriptions OMGWTF Mar 2023 #11

Yep!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2023 #15

That's all well and good, but LisaM Mar 2023 #38

Have you tried cost plus drugs Richard D Mar 2023 #39

I am not speaking only for myself. LisaM Mar 2023 #42

You are correct about personal privacy, but as others have discovered, be prepared to pay cash... Hekate Mar 2023 #50

Double check on that membership thing. Costco where we used to live had a big sign at the door Hekate Mar 2023 #48

I still can't get there easily. LisaM Mar 2023 #52

What I just told you is that afaik *there is no membership requirement to use the pharmacy* Hekate Mar 2023 #65

Rumor has it you don't need drmeow Mar 2023 #54

It's not a rumor... hippywife Mar 2023 #59

Actually if your doing generics SouthernDem4ever Mar 2023 #69

Thanks. I'm looking around, and this is good to know. ancianita Mar 2023 #74

So refusing to dispense legal medication??? I assume they can no longer call themselves pharmacies? Freethinker65 Mar 2023 #9

Dubya's pet project. See post #20 Hekate Mar 2023 #49

There are only two pharmacies anywhere near my house. intheflow Mar 2023 #10

Amazon? MissB Mar 2023 #16

My prescription is pretty common. intheflow Mar 2023 #21

Cost Plus Drugs is even better, imo nilram Mar 2023 #53

You're right BonnieJW Mar 2023 #66

Might be a good time to check them out to see what they stock and where they deliver Hekate Mar 2023 #22

Some of us boycott Amazon. LisaM Mar 2023 #43

It's a fair criticism! MissB Mar 2023 #47

*** soldierant Mar 2023 #72

Once, it seemed like the GOP bowed, and scraped, and cowered before corporate America. Aristus Mar 2023 #12

They ARE corporate America. Their stock portfolios show this. Samrob Mar 2023 #23

agree republianmushroom Mar 2023 #13

I bought 6 morning after pills Marthe48 Mar 2023 #14

I don't shop there. piddyprints Mar 2023 #18

I detest Walgreens. Time for a boycott! I've not shopped there in years! SheltieLover Mar 2023 #19

Those who wonder how a pharmacist can refuse to stock/dispense a medication have been blind... Hekate Mar 2023 #20

Thank you. I did not know that. My GOP hatred started in 2000 with a genuinely stolen election. Evolve Dammit Mar 2023 #80

Walgreens just said, "I want to ..."Go Bankrupt"...and it will. Stuart G Mar 2023 #24

I'd love to avoid them, but where I live you have a choice: Walgreens or Walgreens. Vinca Mar 2023 #26

My AARP/Medicare secondary insurance requires we use Walgreens. Any ideas? BadgerMom Mar 2023 #28

Write a protest letter to AARP demanding KPN Mar 2023 #31

Yes. BadgerMom Mar 2023 #40

First, I would suggest communicating with AARP. It can't hurt & might help, if enough people do so Hekate Mar 2023 #32

Thank you. BadgerMom Mar 2023 #41

Is that the United Healthcare plan(s)? I was considering that but I really don't like Walgreens. Evolve Dammit Mar 2023 #81

It is. BadgerMom Mar 2023 #85

It's tough to take in all the plans and make the best choice. Overly, mind-numbingly complicated. Evolve Dammit Mar 2023 #88

Well I guess I am done shopping at Walgreens. milestogo Mar 2023 #29

Go to local privately owned pharmacy, fast and easy. Getting scripts from Walgreens is like trying Pepsidog Mar 2023 #30

Local privately owned pharmacy? What's that? 😉 ShazzieB Mar 2023 #75

I have one close to me and I walk in and out in less than 15 minutes with my scripts. I agree a lot Pepsidog Mar 2023 #89

Local privately owned pharmacy? What's that? 😉 ShazzieB Mar 2023 #76

So glad DownriverDem Mar 2023 #34

My local CVS closed and I'm running out of options in my neighborhood IronLionZion Mar 2023 #35

Same...I'll go out of my way to not shop there! PortTack Mar 2023 #36

I get most of mine by mail with my insurance. multigraincracker Mar 2023 #44

I'm done with them as well Buckeyeblue Mar 2023 #45

The same walgreens that lied about it's shoplifting problem to help fuel rightwing rage pre-midterm? EleanorR Mar 2023 #46

I will not use Walgreens for anything LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2023 #51

Right there with ya. This is ridiculous and seems unconstitutional. All prescriptions should be allegorical oracle Mar 2023 #57

What's really odd... hippywife Mar 2023 #58

Walgreens is too stupid to know it is stupid.(no pills sold where it's legal?.What is that about?) Stuart G Mar 2023 #60

one by one businesses cave for the nazis until there are no businesses left nt msongs Mar 2023 #61

This. Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #62

Yep Meowmee Mar 2023 #64

Fascism in action Meowmee Mar 2023 #63

This message was self-deleted by its author NullTuples Mar 2023 #67

Me too Joinfortmill Mar 2023 #68

I call BS, they can't be sued for dispensing medication that is legal. onecaliberal Mar 2023 #70

Done. No more anything from them. They are on the do not shop list. Bluethroughu Mar 2023 #71

That's it. I'm done with Walgreens. ancianita Mar 2023 #73

If all those stores do the same... 2naSalit Mar 2023 #77

glad that rag store is nowhere near me samnsara Mar 2023 #78

Another day in Margaret Atwood's world. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2023 #79

Just wait until the same people demand they stop selling contraceptives. Raven123 Mar 2023 #83

E.D. pills should be banned. The Jungle 1 Mar 2023 #84

Looks like Walgreens can do without my Rx business. I'm making it so. Paladin Mar 2023 #86

I am doing mail order for my Rxs. Jilly_in_VA Mar 2023 #87