I can NOT be the only person who feels this way about these large conglomerate pharmacies who trick…read moreyou into thinking because a computerized VOICE takes your order, and affirms in advance that you have nothing to worry about, and your prescription WILL be filled.
Yesterday I started to lose my temper, today I treated the pharmacist so badly, I'm embarrassed. But here's my point; I cannot think of one time that I've been able to walk into a Walgreens (CVS, Rite Aid, etc.) AFTER being told via text message, my prescription is ready, and have everything simply go smoothly. There's always a problem, it's NEVER ready, and the price is constantly changing.
I have to take a drug that's extremely dangerous. In fact, if this medication is abruptly taken away from me (after using it for over 27 years), I could die. So, I assume any and all pharmacists ALSO know this. Yesterday I went to pick it up, dreading every second I waited until I was to pick it up. At the counter of Walgreens on Fredrickson Blvd. Portsmouth, a pharmacist actually looked me in the eye, and said they were completely out of stock. Not only was this Walgreens, but all the Walgreens in a 50 mile radius was also completely out. THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED.
My next thought was;
'I need to get to an emergency room. OMG how could this be happening?'
She goes on to tell me that I should start calling pharmacies OTHER than Walgreens because as far as she knows it won't be until mid OCTOBER, that they will have this drug back in stock.
In a daze, I'm completely outraged that I HAVE to call around, that I need to hunt my prescription down, by calling random drugstores, I think to myself, Why didn't they tell me this when they first ran out? Why did they put me in this dangerous situation. And when I say dangerous, I'm not exaggerating.
So I remembered how much I love to use Mom & Pop businesses in my community, I flipped open my local YellowPages and the very first druggist I saw, (Drug Center Pharmacy),was still open and they had my medication . Wow, so I didn't have to expose myself to COVID-19 last night in some random emergency room. I was so relieved. I knew they were closing, and I didn't want to hassle them with the "Drug exchange " part. So today I called Walgreens and after waiting on hold for over 13 minutes, I told the pharmacist I found a drugstore and they have my Rx. I began to give the man the phone number and all my information, when suddenly he interrupted me and asks "WHAT'S THE DATE OF BIRTH?" I tell him. That's followed by, "Okay, if you can have THEM give us a call..."
I lost my mind!! "YOU WANT ME TO CALL THEM BACK AND HAVE THEM CALL YOU, give me a break."
"I can't give you a break ma'am, it's Virginia State law, blah blah blah"
Wow, I'm not even a human being to this man. And when I really realized that, I told him he just lost a customer. But something tells me, he really didn't care. And he probably gets that A LOT! EERRRRR! Makes me so angry
And I'm easy going, it takes a lot to push my buttons.
So if anyone is STILL reading this, and feels anxious about these places like I do, I have some good news. In Portsmouth (a stone's throw away from that Walgreens) exists the sweetest Mom & Pop's true Drug Store, called, 'DRUG CENTER PHARMACY'. I promise you, you will be treated like a person. No lines, and no waiting. Oh and they also DELIVER!! That's right. Free delivery. A beautiful girl name Ariana, helped me. She even listened while I spilled my anger over what had just happened. I'm never going back to Walgreens, CVS or RITE AID, again!
